Society & Economics Part of UKRI

Economic and Social Research Council

Research funded by Economic and Social Research Council

Funded awards
14,333
Published funding
£4.2B
Average published award
£487K
Active funded awards
2,509

Amounts are published for 8,626 of 14,333 funded awards.

Search funded awards from Economic and Social Research Council →

Economic and Social Research Council funds most in Society, Politics & Law — 3,330 grants (23%). Its largest recipient is University College London, with 827 grants.

Funded Awards by Year

View data table
YearFunded awards
2006550
2007642
2008628
2009554
2010487
2011760
2012457
2013467
2014350
2015306
2016382
20171,055
20181,015
20191,031
20201,027
20211,086
20221,037
20231,125
20241,001
2025360

Grants

Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Survey Waves 13-15University of EssexESRC£53.4M2020Active
Early Life Cohort (ELC) Longitudinal StudyUniversity College LondonESRC£42.0M2025Active
UKDS recommissioningUniversity of EssexESRC£38.0M2024Active
Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Resource Centre 2015-20University College LondonESRC£36.3M2015Completed
Understanding Society Waves 6 to 8University of EssexESRC£32.0M2013Completed
ADR Scotland: 2026-2031 (UoE led)University of EdinburghESRC£17.1M2026Active
Administrative Data Research Wales (ADRUK partner)Swansea UniversityESRC£15.1M2026Active
ADRC NI 2026-31 RecommissioningQueen's University BelfastESRC£12.3M2026Active
SafePod NetworkUniversity of St AndrewsESRC£2.3M2026Active
Scottish Election Study 2026-2031University of EdinburghESRC£1.3M2025Active
Getting the Picture: Changing the Heatwave Visual Discourse in the News MediaUniversity of ExeterESRC£865K2025Active
The mind as a sampler: Towards a standard model for cognitive scienceUniversity of WarwickESRC£844K2025Active
Explaining Syntax acquisition: A cross-linguistic model of the acquisition of syntactic categoriesUniversity of LiverpoolESRC£787K2026Active
Debiased machine learning for missing dataLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineESRC£771K2025Active
Does elite education help or harm social mobility?Institute for Fiscal StudiesESRC£728K2026Active
New Genetics, Same Old Surgeries? Cancer Risk, Personalised Medicine and Women’s Health (NeGen-SOS)University of SheffieldESRC£708K2025Active
Uncovering hidden inequality: Developing new ways of doing death administrationUniversity of ManchesterESRC£540K2025Active
In her hands: Long-term effects of designating mothers as beneficiaries of cash transfers for educationUniversity of EssexESRC£539K2025Active
Policing Academic Centre of ExcellenceUniversity of BathESRC£504K2025Active
Refugees Care: Employment pathways for refugee health professionals in North East EnglandNewcastle UniversityESRC£385K2025Active

Page 1 of 3