Mathematical Sciences Small Gra

Application Platform: UKRI Funding Service

Application Sections: Summary, vision and approach document, applicant and team capability, references, project partners, facilities, resources and cost justification, and ethics and responsible research considerations.

Assessment Process: Applications are submitted as full proposals and assessed on a rolling basis by a panel from the mathematical sciences community.

Co-Funders: Not specified

Collaboration Rules: Applications may involve single or multiple applicants. Interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary collaborations are permitted if the majority of the research is within the EPSRC mathematical sciences remit.

Competitiveness: Not specified

Consortium Requirements: Not specified

Decision Risks: Applications may be rejected if they do not follow submission guidance or fall outside the EPSRC mathematical sciences remit.

Decision Timeline: Not specified

Eligible Expenses: Research staff, travel for fieldwork or collaboration, consumables, and other justified research costs. Equipment over £25,000 is not eligible.

Eligible Scope: Projects focused on original research, including exploratory work in new areas, proof-of-principle research, short follow-on projects from previous work, collaboration development, user impact activities, and career development for postdoctoral researchers.

Funding Intensity: EPSRC funds 80% of the Full Economic Cost.

Important Notes: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and assessed in batches by expert panels.

Ineligible Projects: Applications focused purely on networking, community building, or impact activities without a research component.

International Collaboration Requirement: International collaborators may participate. A project co-lead (international) may be based at a Norwegian institution under the UKRI–Research Council of Norway Money Follows Cooperation agreement.

Interview Stage: Not specified

Key Requirements: The majority of the research must fall within the EPSRC mathematical sciences theme and demonstrate high-quality research vision, approach, capability, and appropriate use of resources.

Lead Organisation Requirement: The lead organisation must be an eligible UK research organisation.

Match Funding Requirement: No institutional matched funding required beyond the standard 20% Full Economic Cost contribution.

Project Duration: Up to 12 months

Project End Date: Up to 12 months from project start

Project Start Date: Not specified

Publication Date: 2023-11-23 00:00:00

Renewal Rules: Applicants can only hold one small grant at any one time and uninvited resubmissions of previously submitted projects are not accepted.

Research Category: Mathematical sciences research.

Research Organisation Funding: Funding is awarded to the host research organisation under the Full Economic Cost model.

Subcontractors: Not specified

Total Fund Available: £2,000,000 per year