ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis round two
ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis round two supports social science researchers using existing datasets and developing methods to advance social and economic research with real-world impact.
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Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates: November 4, 2026, 4:00pm UK time (Closing date)
Funding Amounts: Up to £300,000 full economic cost; ESRC funds 80%; up to 24 months
Summary: Supports secondary analysis of existing datasets and methodological development to advance social and economic research.
Key Information: Project leads must be based at an ESRC-eligible UK research organisation, and social sciences must exceed 50% of research focus and effort.
Description
Run by UKRI’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), this opportunity supports research exploiting existing qualitative or quantitative data from UK or international resources. It funds secondary analysis, methodological development and linkage of existing datasets across topics within ESRC’s remit. The programme encourages ambitious, novel concepts and techniques with significant scientific, societal or economic impact, while strengthening social science researchers’ capacity to use large and complex datasets.
Partnerships with non-academic stakeholders and knowledge exchange are encouraged to generate policy- and practitioner-relevant research. An Artificial Intelligence for Social Science highlight welcomes innovative AI-powered tools addressing real-world social or economic issues, including deep learning, neural networks and generative AI. Strategic interests include digital trace or smart data, modelling complex economic and social systems, and AI-driven evidence synthesis.
