Career-Launch Research Grant
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Career-Launch Research Grant supports early-career Social Policy Association researchers with social policy research to sustain momentum and achieve concrete outcomes amid competing demands.
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Funder: Social Policy Association
Due Dates (Anticipated): July 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to £1,000, with possible follow-up funding in subsequent rounds
Summary: Supports early-career Social Policy Association members to sustain research momentum and achieve concrete research outcomes amid competing demands.
Key Information: Applicants must be early-career researchers and members of the Social Policy Association.
Description
The Social Policy Association (SPA) Career-Launch Research Grant is dedicated to facilitating research by early-career researchers who belong to the association. It aims to create space for members to sustain research momentum and secure concrete achievements at a career stage when competing pressures, other demands, and an increasingly competitive funding environment can make continued research particularly challenging.
Supported projects span social policy and related areas. The 2026/27 recipients are researching trauma-informed teaching and learning in higher education, changing social relationships in the digital era, and mobility justice through human needs and participatory governance. Their work includes developing practical frameworks and toolkits, informing future empirical research, and examining whose needs and voices are recognised in policy decisions.
