36 new projects funded in the latest Research Incentive Grants Round

The Trust is delighted to announce that 36 Early Career Researchers have been awarded funding in the latest Research Incentive Grants round (September 2019 deadline). The successful Principal Investigators, active in a wide range of academic disciplines, will receive funding totalling £405,724 with an average grant value of £11,270. The success rate was 34.6%.

In this round:

  • 104 applications were received;
  • 4 applications were judged ineligible;
  • 67 were shortlisted for panel review (however, one SET proposal was withdrawn by the applicant at the panel review stage);
  • 36 awards were made, 20 of these were in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, and 16 in Science, Engineering & Technology.

You can download a full report here, including details of the selected projects.

The next deadline for applications is 17th March 2020. Visit the Research Incentive Grants page to learn more about this scheme.