EPSRC discipline hopping in ICT, Nov 2023: responsive mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) · United Kingdom
Grant funding to support researchers moving into or out of information and communication technologies (ICT) disciplines to build new interdisciplinary research skills, collaborations and knowledge. EPSRC discipline hopping in ICT…
Summary
Deadline
Rolling
Complexity
Medium
Time to apply
20-60 hours
Updated
9 Jun 2026
Grant funding to support researchers moving into or out of information and communication technologies (ICT) disciplines to build new interdisciplinary research skills, collaborations and knowledge. EPSRC discipline hopping in ICT…
Eligibility
Applicant types
Research
Business size
Research organisation
Industries
Information and communication technologies and interdisciplinary research areas relevant to ICT.
Match funding
Not required
Requirements
Researchers based at an eligible UK research organisation under EPSRC standard eligibility rules. Applicants must either come from an ICT background applying their expertise to another discipline or come from another discipline seeking to develop ICT research skills. The application must be submitted by an eligible UK research organisation through the UKRI Funding Service. Projects supporting r...
Eligible applicants
Researchers based at an eligible UK research organisation under EPSRC standard eligibility rules. Applicants must either come from an ICT background applying their expertise to another discipline or come from another discipline seeking to develop ICT research skills.
Funding and scope
Benefit amount
No funding cap specified
Total fund available
Not specified
Funding intensity
80% of Full Economic Cost (FEC).
Payment type
Grant (typically 80% FEC in arrears)
Eligible scope
Projects supporting researchers to gain new skills, explore cross-disciplinary research areas, learn new techniques or tools, and develop collaborations between ICT and other disciplines.
Eligible expenses
- Salary of the project lead, travel and subsistence for time spent away from the home institution, training courses or development activities, a project co-lead at the host institution, consumables and activities that broaden the impact of the discipline-hop.
Ineligible costs
- Costs not eligible under UKRI FEC and EPSRC funding opportunity terms.
Application and risks
Application platform
UKRI Funding Service
Competitiveness
Open (Rolling assessment)
Decision timeline
Applications are batched and assessed at responsive mode panel meetings held periodically.
Assessment process
Applications undergo peer review followed by prioritisation panel assessment where proposals are scored and ranked against assessment criteria.
Application sections
- Summary, core team information, thematic area alignment, vision and approach document, applicant and team capability (R4RI format), references, project partner details and letters of support, facilities, resources and cost justification, and ethics and responsible research considerations.
Application components
Not specified
Decision risks
Applications may be rejected if eligibility requirements are not met, if the project does not involve a genuine discipline-hop into or from ICT, or if submission guidance is not followed.
Timeline and partners
Opening date
13 Nov 2023
Project duration
3 to 24 months
Project start
Not specified
Project end
Not specified
Co-funders
Not specified
Collaboration rules
- Collaboration with researchers from other disciplines or users is expected to support interdisciplinary research development.
- International collaborators may be included in the project where relevant.
Consortium requirements
- Not specified
Additional guidance
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Quick facts
- Status
- Open
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Funding amount
- No funding cap specified
- Funding band
- Mid (£500k-£5M)
- Funding type
- Grant
- Payment type
- Grant (typically 80% FEC in arrears)
- Audience
- Research Innovation
- Industry
- Information and communication technologies and interdisciplinary research areas relevant to ICT.
- Last updated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Published
- 12 Nov 2023