{"id":18255,"date":"2026-05-15T12:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=18255"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:26:11","slug":"opportunity-to-help-shape-new-ukri-grant-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2026\/05\/15\/opportunity-to-help-shape-new-ukri-grant-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity to help shape new UKRI grant role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">UKRI is currently developing a new grant role that will enable members of the public to be included in research teams on funding applications. Since 2024, we have enabled \u2018public contributors\u2019 to join research teams as part of UKRI\u2019s Specialist grant role. We are now looking to fully develop this role, and we welcome feedback from the sector to help us shape this new role. You can share your thoughts via our survey which is open until\u00a0<b>3rd\u00a0July<\/b><i>:\u00a0<\/i><a id=\"OWAde9c899e-c351-5e13-8219-6e3be203724a\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/engagementhub.ukri.org\/ukri-publicengagement\/ukri-public-contributor-role-survey\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fengagementhub.ukri.org%2Fukri-publicengagement%2Fukri-public-contributor-role-survey%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAlison.Brown%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C5b99d604c36f4d42e43e08deb1c4bb13%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C639143655682990298%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2FBe6t2aR8Uo7l8PekRKAY1RFS3p3oy6K3FYjKsBw8b8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><i><u>UKRI Public Contributor role survey &#8211; UK Research and Innovation &#8211; Citizen Space<\/u><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><i>We anticipate the survey taking up to 20 minutes to complete.<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">If you have any questions, please contact the UKRI Public Engagement team at\u00a0<a id=\"OWAb40edb5b-b957-f3f8-8935-d3d83ab958bb\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"mailto:publicengagement@ukri.org\" href=\"mailto:publicengagement@ukri.org\" data-linkindex=\"1\"><i><u>publicengagement@ukri.org<\/u><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UKRI is currently developing a new grant role that will enable members of the public to be included in research teams on funding applications. Since&#8230; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2026\/05\/15\/opportunity-to-help-shape-new-ukri-grant-role\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11659,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1232],"class_list":["post-18255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-new-ukri-grant-role"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18256,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18255\/revisions\/18256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}