Innovation Fund
Innovative projects on digital futures at work have the potential to make a real contribution to the advancement of policy and practice for employers, employees and government.
Scope
The Digit Innovation Fund is designed to support innovative research projects to a total value of £500,000 over the life of the Digit research centre (2020-2024). The Innovation Fund provides pump-prime support for new projects that complement the core Digit research programme. There will likely be four rounds, and intention to distribute funds equally across each call. Projects must be costed at 100% full economic cost (fEC) and will be funded at 80% fEC, according to UKRI guidelines. Funding in this round is available for projects which cost between £10,000 to £50,000 fEC and are maximum one year in length. We strongly encourage smaller applications as we are very limited in the number of large applications that can be awarded. The fund is open to the research organisations across the UK, though project team members may be based elsewhere.
Ideas for projects should align with the Digit research objectives and can relate to how digital technologies are transforming work at any stage of the policy process from inception to impact, at any level from the global to the local (though must be directly applicable to the UK) and in any setting, for businesses, unions, governments and/or NGOs and the voluntary sector. All projects can be developed in partnership with Digit researchers, though Digit researchers cannot themselves directly apply for funding.
Documents
Please see the following documents for full details:
Key dates
- Call issued: Monday, 20 April 2020
- Webinar: Monday, 4 May 2020, 10.00 UK time. Please register through Eventbrite here
- Application closing date: Monday, 15 June 2020 by 17.00 UK time
- Judging panel meeting: week commencing 20 July 2020
- Decision to applicants anticipated: by Friday, 24 July 2020
- Project start date: projects should start no later than 1 September 2020
- Project end dates: projects should aim to end by 31 August 2021 or before
