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Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) · United Kingdom (collaboration with Luxembourg under UKRI–FNR agreement)
Funding opportunity supporting collaborative social science research projects between UK researchers and partners in Luxembourg under a joint agreement between UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR).
Summary
Deadline
Rolling
Complexity
Medium
Time to apply
20-60 hours
Updated
9 Jun 2026
Funding opportunity supporting collaborative social science research projects between UK researchers and partners in Luxembourg under a joint agreement between UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR).
Eligibility
Applicant types
Research
Business size
Research organisation
Industries
Social sciences and interdisciplinary research where social science constitutes more than 50% of the research focus.
Match funding
Not required
Requirements
Researchers based at UK organisations eligible for ESRC funding. Luxembourg collaborators must be based at eligible Luxembourg research institutions such as the University of Luxembourg or public research centres. The project lead must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding. Standard research projects, methodological development, large-scale surveys and infrastructure ...
Eligible applicants
Researchers based at UK organisations eligible for ESRC funding. Luxembourg collaborators must be based at eligible Luxembourg research institutions such as the University of Luxembourg or public research centres.
Funding and scope
Benefit amount
£350,000 to £1,000,000 (full economic cost for UK component)
Total fund available
Not specified
Funding intensity
ESRC funds 80% of the Full Economic Cost for the UK portion of the project.
Payment type
Grant (typically 80% FEC in arrears)
Eligible scope
Standard research projects, methodological development, large-scale surveys and infrastructure projects such as linguistic corpora or social science data compilation.
Eligible expenses
- Staff salaries, research costs, travel and subsistence, equipment, facilities and other project resources necessary to deliver the research.
Ineligible costs
- Costs not eligible under UKRI FEC and ESRC funding opportunity terms.
Application and risks
Application platform
UKRI Funding Service
Competitiveness
Open (Rolling assessment)
Decision timeline
Applications are assessed on a rolling basis with regular decision points.
Assessment process
Applications undergo independent peer review followed by panel assessment involving experts from both ESRC and FNR.
Application sections
- Summary, core team details, vision, research approach, applicant capability (R4RI), ethics and responsible research considerations, data management and sharing, facilities, resources and cost justification, project partner details and Luxembourg funding documentation.
Application components
Not specified
Decision risks
Applications may be rejected if collaboration requirements are not met, eligibility criteria are not satisfied or the project falls outside the ESRC remit.
Timeline and partners
Opening date
Not specified
Project duration
Up to 5 years (60 months)
Project start
Not specified
Project end
Not specified
Co-funders
- Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR)
Collaboration rules
- Projects must involve collaboration between UK and Luxembourg researchers with clearly defined roles and balanced contributions.
- Mandatory collaboration with a Luxembourg-based research partner funded through FNR.
Consortium requirements
- Not mandatory, but collaborative teams with partners in Luxembourg are required.
Additional guidance
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Quick facts
- Status
- Open
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding amount
- £350,000 to £1,000,000 (full economic cost for UK component)
- Funding band
- Mid (£500k-£5M)
- Funding type
- Grant
- Payment type
- Grant (typically 80% FEC in arrears)
- Audience
- Research Innovation
- Industry
- Social sciences and interdisciplinary research where social science constitutes more than 50% of the research focus.
- Last updated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Published
- 28 Sept 2023