Providing small grants to develop interesting research projects and policy proposals in fields that relate to innovation.

We plan to fund a small number of projects over the course of the financial year 2014-15. You can apply for the fund any time during the year and we will review applications in batches. The last review date was Friday the 6th of June and the next review date will be on the 24th of October 2014 with the closing date for applications being 12 noon that day. The online application form for the 24th of October review is now open and can be found at the side of this page. We expect there to be subsequent batches after this (subject to our overall strategy and funding constraints) with the final review date for applications in this financial year being on Friday 16th January 2015 at 12 noon.

Who should apply? We…