EPSRC Network Grant Responsive

Application Platform: UKRI Funding Service

Application Sections: Summary, core team details, thematic area alignment, vision and approach document, applicant and team capability, added value of the network, references, project partner contributions and letters of support, facilities, resources and cost justification, and ethics and responsible research considerations.

Assessment Process: Applications undergo peer review followed by prioritisation panel assessment where proposals are ranked against the published assessment criteria.

Co-Funders: Not specified

Collaboration Rules: Networks must involve researchers with a range of expertise and may include collaboration with industry, other stakeholders and international partners.

Competitiveness: Not specified

Consortium Requirements: Networks should involve multiple researchers forming a new interdisciplinary research community.

Decision Risks: Applications may be rejected if they fall outside EPSRC remit, fail to follow submission guidance or do not demonstrate sufficient interdisciplinary value.

Decision Timeline: Applications are batched and reviewed through responsive mode panel meetings held periodically.

Eligible Expenses: Salary costs for network management, travel and subsistence for meetings and collaboration, workshops, administrative support, communication costs and equipment such as computers or web servers used to coordinate the network.

Eligible Scope: Activities that build research networks such as workshops, collaboration meetings, mobility between academia and industry, and development of new interdisciplinary research topics.

Funding Intensity: 80% of Full Economic Cost (FEC).

Important Notes: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and assessed in batches through EPSRC responsive mode panels.

Ineligible Projects: Network grants do not fund direct research activities.

International Collaboration Requirement: International collaborators may participate. A project co-lead (international) may be based at a Norwegian institution under the UKRI–Research Council of Norway Money Follows Cooperation agreement.

Interview Stage: Not specified

Key Requirements: The network must create a new interdisciplinary research community, involve researchers with varied expertise and demonstrate clear added value through collaboration.

Lead Organisation Requirement: The application must be submitted by an eligible UK research organisation through the UKRI Funding Service.

Match Funding Requirement: No institutional matched funding required beyond the standard 20% Full Economic Cost contribution.

Project Duration: Up to 3 years

Project End Date: Up to 3 years from start

Project Start Date: Not specified

Publication Date: 2023-11-13 00:00:00

Renewal Rules: Uninvited resubmissions of previously submitted projects are not accepted.

Research Category: Interdisciplinary research network development.

Research Organisation Funding: Host research organisations receive funding under the Full Economic Cost model and must provide appropriate research environment and infrastructure.

Subcontractors: Not specified

Total Fund Available: Not specified