Funding for researchers to build their skills and capacities in areas fundamental to their current and future research, be that through personal development, collaboration or dissemination. This could include quantitative skills, data science, digital humanities and languages.
The award can also be used by researchers to adopt an interdisciplinary approach to their work and seek to advance their skills in a new area that may fall outside the traditional bounds of their subject discipline.
It provides Early Career Researchers with the opportunity to develop specialist skills to support the foundations of their career, while offering mid and senior-career researchers the chance to diversify their skills and methodological approaches in response to new avenues of research interest.
There are no quotas for individual subject areas and no thematic priorities within the scheme.
ELIGIBILITY
The scheme is intended for established researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences with a current long-term appointment which will continue for the full duration of the proposed award.
Lead Applicants who do not have a doctorate may have equivalent experience, which they should define in the personal statement section. Co-applicants may be based in the UK or overseas. They may have a doctorate or equivalent experience, or other specialist knowledge as appropriate to the aims of the scheme.
VALUE AND DURATION
The maximum grant is £10,000.
The awards are for a minimum period of six months and a maximum period of 12 months.
KEY DATES
Deadline: 8 October 2025
Earliest start date: 1 March 2026
Latest start date: 31 March 2026
Full details can be found on the opportunity webpage and in the guidance documents below.