Social Policy Association Opportunity Grants
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Social Policy Association Opportunity Grants support member-led events that showcase research, explore teaching and connect researchers, practitioners and communities to share knowledge and build partnerships.
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Funder: Social Policy Association
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (Spring application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Category A: up to £1,000 | Category B: up to £5,000
Summary: Supports member-led events that promote social policy, share knowledge, build partnerships and connect researchers with practitioners and communities.
Key Information: Applicants must be SPA members; members outside the UK may need a UK-based co-applicant.
Description
The Social Policy Association (SPA) Opportunity Grants programme supports events that promote social policy through showcasing research, exploring learning and teaching, opening conversations and connecting different academic perspectives. Events can bring together academics, students, practitioners, service-users, policymakers and others with a stake in social policy. Topics may address any issue within social policy broadly understood, with either a UK focus or comparisons between national contexts.
The programme values both smaller, exploratory activities and larger events, event series or the initial stages of networks. Its goals include forging partnerships, sharing knowledge, setting agendas and bringing together different perspectives. Priority areas are early career researcher participation, third-sector involvement and engagement with local public sector organisations. Funding supports staging events rather than conducting fresh research.
