The Open University

Funded awards at The Open University.

Funded awards
865
Published Funding
£146.4M
Average published award
£273K
Active funded awards
121

Amounts are published for 536 of 865 funded awards. Data as of 16 July 2026.

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The biggest topic here is Climate, Earth & Environment — 154 grants (18%). The busiest year was 2020, with 67 grants.

Funded Awards by Year

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YearFunded awards
200631
200741
200834
200948
201030
201135
201231
201330
201429
201535
201651
201749
201846
201956
202067
202165
202256
202354
202456
202519

Grants

Research Capability HubThe Open UniversityESRC£5.2M2025Active
From Atoms to PlanetsThe Open UniversitySTFC£4.3M2008Completed
Understanding Origins at the Open University (UO@OU)The Open UniversitySTFC£3.4M2011Completed
Astronomy and Planetary Sciences at the Open University (APSOU)The Open UniversitySTFC£3.0M2014Completed
Planetary Science at The Open University 2020-2023The Open UniversitySTFC£2.5M2020Completed
Improving Resilience of Enterprise Workforce and AI to Operational Challenges (Resilient Enterprise)The Open UniversityInnovateUK£1.1M2024Active
Feeling the untouchable: Haptic touch experiences for naturalistic learningThe Open UniversityUKRI£959K2024Active
Universities Fit for the Future? Democratising Governance in Neoliberalised Higher EducationThe Open UniversityUKRI£589K2025Active
NERC/NSF Mind the Gap: Tackling the Molecule–Fossil Divide in Angiosperm Evolution Using Fossil Pollen, Superresolution Microscopy, and Deep LearningThe Open UniversityNERC£509K2025Active
The binary actions of finite groupsThe Open UniversityEPSRC£420K2025Active
Climate Misinformation Surveillance with Multidimensional GISThe Open UniversityEPSRC£289K2025Active
Improving Black women’s health and wellbeing in the UK through the development of an evidence baseThe Open UniversityWellcome£153K2025Active
Young children’s embodied engagement with storyworlds: Attuning to movement and affect while playing with stories as an inclusive reading practice.The Open UniversityESRC£128K2025Active
Gabriella D'AvinoThe Open UniversityESRC£128K2025Active
Spotting Ice! (SPICE): infrared light-field tracking of icy particlesThe Open UniversitySTFC£117K2025Active
Netherlandish networks: Home-making in an age of emerging global capitalism (1565-1799)The Open UniversityAHRC£116K2025Active
Networking the Blue Economy: space, scale and impact in the Western Indian OceanThe Open UniversityESRC£111K2024Completed
Uncovering Ethnic Bias in Learning Materials using Learning AnalyticsThe Open UniversityESRC£110K2024Completed
Creating Stages with Young People and Publics in Response to the Refugee Crisis in Europe. Mobilizing Affects and Politics through Creative MethodsThe Open UniversityESRC£110K2024Completed
Radiation damage in detectors: what really happens to silicon imaging detectors in orbit?The Open UniversitySTFC£104K2025Active

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