Funding for research and the development of innovative practical interventions linked to a road safety theme.
The theme for this call is ‘Inequalities in Road Safety’.
Applications are expected to address one or more of the following priority areas:
- The impact of social determinants (such as income and health and other demographic factors) on local communities and their exposure to risk related to:
- Illegal, dangerous and anti-social use of the roads, the effectiveness of current countermeasures and potential new methods for reduction.
- Rural areas and different age groups within such communities.
- Access to, and use of, technologies that make vehicles and roads safer.
- What are the Road Safety issues for Children with SEN and/or disabilities and what are the issues for their carers?
- How to improve the availability, quality and strategic use of demographic evidence and information, alongside other safety related evidence and information, to support practitioners and policy makers in respect of road safety.
Eligible projects include research, pilots and trials, improving, developing and expanding successful trials and interventions, and the evaluation of projects and interventions.
Projects, including research projects, should aim to have a practical focus and develop evidence-based tools and interventions in the above areas of Inequalities in Road Safety. They must also include a focus on monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness.
Applications must include:
- Expected outcomes and impact for road safety.
- Plans for monitoring road safety objectives.
- Plans for engagement, knowledge exchange and dissemination of the results and outputs such as reports, practitioner or policy briefings and interventions and tools for the Road Safety profession and sector or for road users.
UK universities can apply as lead organisations, but they must have a partner or demonstrable plans to work collaboratively with other public sector organisations (e.g. Local Authority, Police, Fire and Rescue) and the project must have a clear focus on practical outcomes.
Funding from £50,000 to £300,000 is available for a maximum of three years.
Deadline: 1 November 2024
Further details can be found in the guidance document below.