{"id":18293,"date":"2026-06-19T09:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=18293"},"modified":"2026-06-19T09:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:33:17","slug":"esrc-future-data-services-sandpit-transforming-discovery-and-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2026\/06\/19\/esrc-future-data-services-sandpit-transforming-discovery-and-access\/","title":{"rendered":"ESRC Future Data Services Sandpit: Transforming Discovery and Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Apply to attend a sandpit to develop projects to transform discovery and access to data provided by ESRC&#8217;s social science data service infrastructure.\u00a0 Projects will make a step change in how researchers can discover, access and use social science data and advance the transition to technology-enabled data pipelines that support this.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The sandpit will take place on 12\u00a0(in-person, London), 14, 19 and 23 October (virtual).\u00a0 Attendance for the full four days will be mandatory.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">It is expected that around 5 to 10 projects will be funded, sharing up to \u00a321.6million of total funding.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Expression of Interests to apply for the sandpit must be completed by\u00a0<b>16 July 2024<\/b>.\u00a0 Please see\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/opportunity\/future-data-services-sandpit-transforming-discovery-and-access\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fopportunity%2Ffuture-data-services-sandpit-transforming-discovery-and-access%2F%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgovdelivery&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAlison.Brown%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C4fbb56b254ea447591ff08dec6c8b4a2%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C639166762539324037%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Gh4a5FZgqZat4pHh3lV9RCcwuOK%2Ff9E8WJ7r5r9qTJc%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">UKRI&#8217;s website<\/a>\u00a0for further details.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The overall aim of this sandpit is to develop projects that:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>will make a step change in how researchers can discover, access and use social science data<\/li>\n<li>advance the transition to technology-enabled data pipelines that support data management, curation, discovery and access<\/li>\n<li>in turn, will develop and upskill data service infrastructure workforce to support the research community in the future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The projects developed at the sandpit should advance at least one, or a combination of the following priority areas identified in the FDS review:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>data discovery<\/li>\n<li>access to sensitive data<\/li>\n<li>technology<\/li>\n<li>upskilling and supporting staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apply to attend a sandpit to develop projects to transform discovery and access to data provided by ESRC&#8217;s social science data service infrastructure.\u00a0 Projects will&#8230; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2026\/06\/19\/esrc-future-data-services-sandpit-transforming-discovery-and-access\/\" 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":[135,1237],"class_list":["post-18293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-esrc","tag-future-data-services-sandpit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18293","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=18293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18295,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18293\/revisions\/18295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}