funding bodies
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
The AHRC was established on 1 April 2005,
and replaced the Arts and Humanities Research Board. It supports research within
a huge subject domain from traditional humanities subjects, such as
history, modern languages and English literature, to the creative and performing
arts.
The AHRC funds research and postgraduate study within the UK's higher education
institutions. In addition, on behalf of the Higher Education Funding Council for
England, it provides funding for museums, galleries and collections that are based in, or
attached to, higher education institutions in England.
www.ahrc.ac.uk/
Arts Council England
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery. www.artscouncil.org.uk/
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
The Arts Council is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern
Ireland. They are the main support for artists and arts organisations, offering
a broad range of funding opportunities through their Exchequer and National
Lottery funds.
www.artscouncil-ni.org
Arts Council of Wales
The Arts Council of Wales (ACW) is responsible for funding and developing
the arts in Wales.
www.artswales.org
British Academy Research Centres Funding
The British Academy offers grants in the humanities and social sciences. Most
awards are made to staff employed in universities and other institutions of
higher education, but applicants are not restricted by either academic or
employment status. Rather, they must show that they are seeking support for
advanced research at postdoctoral level (or equivalent).
www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/introduction.html
Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS)
CORDIS is
an important source on EU Research & Development programmes and relevant matters and can help
you to participate in EU funded research programmes, find partners, and transfer
your innovative ideas.
www.cordis.lu/en/home.html
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is
the UK’s leading research funding and training agency addressing economic and
social concerns.
www.esrc.ac.uk/index.asp
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC)
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council is the UK Government’s leading funding agency for research and training
in engineering and the physical sciences.
www.epsrc.ac.uk/default.htm
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent grantmaking foundations in the UK. The foundation expects to make grants totalling £29 million across the UK during 2007 for charitable purposes in four programme areas: Arts & Heritage, Education, Environment and Social Change: Enterprise and Independence.
info@esmeefairbairn.org.uk
www.esmeefairbairnfoundation.org.uk
The Fullbright Commission
The Fullbright Commission offers awards to UK citizens or
EU citizens resident in the UK to study, lecture or pursue research in the
United States.
020 7404 6880
programmes@fulbright.co.uk
www.fulbright.co.uk
Higher
Education Research Opportunities in the UK (HERO)
The HERO website aims to be the primary internet portal for academic research and higher
education in the UK
www.hero.ac.uk/
Details of the UK research councils on the HERO website:
www.hero.ac.uk/uk/research/getting_funded226.cfm
Higher
Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
"Working in partnership, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
promotes and funds high-quality, cost-effective teaching and research, meeting
the diverse needs of students, the economy and society."
www.hefce.ac.uk/
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
"Our mission is to promote internationally excellent higher education in Wales,
for the benefit of individuals, society and the economy, in Wales and more
widely."
194.81.48.132/index.htm
Joseph
Rowntree Foundation
One of the largest social policy research and development charities in
the UK, spending about £10 million a year on a research and development programme "that seeks
to better understand the causes of social difficulties and explore ways of overcoming them."
www.jrf.org.uk/default.asp
Leverhulme Trust
The Trust makes awards for the support
of research and education.
www.leverhulme.org.uk/
The National Endowment for Science, Technology
and the Arts (NESTA)
NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.They are the
largest single endowment devoted exclusively to supporting talent, innovation
and creativity in the UK.
www.nesta.org.uk/index.aspx
Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council is the lead body for the funding, development and advocacy of the arts in ScotlandThe Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
The Scottish Funding Council distributes about £1.5 billion in funding each year for teaching and learning, research and other activities in Scotland's colleges and universities.
The Council for International Education (UKCOSA)
The Council for International Education
provides advice and information to international students studying in the UK and
to staff who work with them.
www.ukcosa.org.uk/
The UK Research Office (UKRO)
The UK Research Office (UKRO) is the UK's leading information and advice service
on European Union funding for research and higher education. UKRO is jointly funded by the all eight UK Research Councils
and receives subscriptions from over 150 research organisations, principally in
the UK.
www.ukro.ac.uk/