The Nuffield Foundation invites applications for its grants for research and innovation. They have seven programmes that fund research and innovation in areas of social policy and education. These are all open to applications. The programmes are: Children and Families, Early Years Education and Childcare, Economic Advantage and Disadvantage, Education, Finances of Ageing, Law in Society, and Open Door.
Opportunity
These support research, practical experiments or development work in the following areas:
- children and families – helps to ensure that the legal and institutional framework is best adapted to meet the needs of children and families;
- early years education and childcare – funds projects on educational attainment and child development outcomes;
- economic advantages and disadvantages – funds projects on the distribution of individual and household economic well-being;
- education – supports projects in the priority areas of primary education, secondary education transitions, science and mathematics;
- finances of ageing – funds projects related to all aspects of finance, economics and transfers related to individual and population ageing;
- law in society – promotes access to and understanding of the civil and family justice system;
- open door – for projects that improve social well-being and meet trustees’ wider interests but lie outside other programme areas.
Funding Available
- Minimum amount: £10,000
- Maximum amount: £350,000
Helpful Links
- Full details regarding the Grants for Research and Innovation
Deadlines
| Outline Application: | ||
| CURO Internal Deadline for review | October 3, 2016 | Please contact your Research Facilitator. |
| Outline Application submission to sponsor | October 10, 2016 | 5:30 p.m. |
| Full application: | ||
| CURO Internal Deadline for Review | Please contact your Research Facilitator. | |
| cuResearch Checklist Deadline | January 26, 2017 | |
| Full application submission to sponsor | February 2, 2017 | 5:30 p.m. |
Submitting Your Application
- Applications must be submitted via cuResearch, through which Departmental and Associate Dean’s approval must be provided to complete the online application process.
- More information on cuResearch can be found here.
Internal Contacts
If you would like assistance with proposal development and/or a substantive review of your proposal, please contact the appropriate Research Facilitator.