UKRI and ESRC have released a number of pre-announcements in relation to funding to establish world leading centres of excellence in particular areas, including the Centre in Climate Change and Health.\u00a0 While applications for these centres will not be counted in the demand management measures in place for the ESRC\u2019s open centres opportunity we need to ensure that there are no similar proposals being submitted to the schemes (open opportunity or one of the steered centres opportunities).<\/p>\n
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For all of these calls further details will be made available when the full opportunity is posted in February 2023. UKRI and ESRC are expecting to fund a single centre within each of the steered centre opportunities (two-stage process put in place).\u00a0 For the ESRC\u2019s Open Centre opportunity we are able to submitted 2 outline applications as lead institution (see attached documentation for a reminder on the process for the ESRC Open Centres call).<\/p>\n
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If you are interested in any of the steered centres opportunities, detailed below, or considering leading an application please could you inform Lorraine Smith (Lorraine.Smith@ncl.ac.uk<\/a>), Senior Research Funding Development Manager, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Centre in Community Participation and Connectedness<\/a><\/p>\n Centre between \u00a35 million and \u00a39.7 million for up to 5 years.<\/p>\n ESRC are looking to fund a centre that is focused on supporting and strengthening connectedness and participation in communities across the UK.\u00a0 The centre will bring together the right people, disciplines, institutions and infrastructure to provide the evidence needed for this challenge within a 5 year timeframe.<\/p>\n This centre will bring together research disciplines that span UKRI\u2019s remit to increase understanding and develop and test approached that strengthen social connectedness; community and civic participation; pride in place; interpersonal and institutional trust; and community resilience.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Centre in Sustainable and Equitable Low-Carbon Living<\/a><\/p>\n Centre between \u00a35 million and \u00a39.7 million for up to 5 years.<\/p>\n ESRC are looking for a centre to support the UK\u2019s transition to sustainable and equitable low-carbon living.\u00a0 The centre will bring together the right people, disciplines, institutions and infrastructure to provide the evidence needed for this challenge within a 5-year timeframe.\u00a0 The aim of the centre is to enable UK decision makers to identify the most cost-effective and socially feasible options for supporting the public, government, and businesses in transitioning to low-carbon living and adapting to wider environmental change and biodiversity challenges.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n