Changes to ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As of 17^th of May 2018, ESRC has introduced some key changes to ESRC’s Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI) to encourage more high quality applications using secondary data from researchers working across all disciplines of social sciences and economics. These are:

• Applicants are permitted to use any major data resource funded by the ESRC or other agencies, national or international, given sufficient justification and appropriate access
• The maximum funding threshold for applications has been raised from £200,000 (100% fEC) to £300,000 (100% fEC)
• The maximum duration of proposals has increased from 18 months to 24 months
• The inclusion of an Early Career Researcher (ECR) as either Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator is no longer mandatory, although the inclusion of ECR’s is still encouraged

ESRC seeks applications with the potential to deliver high-quality and high-impact, policy and practitioner relevant research in social sciences and economics through the deeper exploitation of any major data resource.

SDAI operates as an open call alongside ESRC’s Research Grants open call and proposals are considered by a distinct panel of experts specifically constituted to support this initiative.

For further information on the ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative please contact the sdai@esrc.ac.uk mailbox.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”23288″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK’s largest funder of research on the social and economic questions facing us today. It supports the development and training of the UK’s future social scientists and also funds major studies that provide the infrastructure for research. ESRC-funded research informs policymakers and practitioners and helps make businesses, voluntary bodies and other organisations more effective. The ESRC also works collaboratively with six other UK research councils and Innovate UK to fund cross-disciplinary research and innovation addressing major societal challenges. The ESRC is an independent organisation, established by Royal Charter in 1965, and funded mainly by the Government.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]