Research England & Office for Students: Funding to Improve Participation for BAME Groups in Postgraduate Research

Application deadline: 27/05/2021

Maximum grant: £200,000-£800,000

Maximum project length: 4 years

Research England (RE) and the Office for Students (OfS) are providing his joint funding competition for project proposals to improve access and participation for Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in PGR study in the English higher education sector.

RE/OfS are interested in projects that aim to provide evidence of effectiveness and impact on improved access and participation for Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in PGR study. They expect projects to aim to provide exemplars of effective practice and/or transferable insights across the higher education sector.

Bids must meet one or more of the following priorities:

• To stimulate innovation, scale up and/or distribute effective practice in increasing access and participation for Black, Asian and/or minority ethnic groups in PGR study
• To ambitiously address evidenced issues of inequality across the PGR student lifecycle that create barriers for students from Black, Asian and/or minority ethnic groups
• To collaborate strategically to embed EDI across the sector to improve access and participation for Black, Asian and/or minority ethnic groups in PGR study.

Providers may only lead on one bid (individual or collaborative) and may be involved in up to three other bids as a partner; therefore no more than four bids in total.

Bids will be considered for:

• A minimum of £200,000
• A maximum of £400,000 for bids from single institutions
• A maximum of £800,000 for bids from multiple institutions.