Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: coordinating groups
Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: coordinating groups funds groups convening higher education providers to explore institutional collaboration for a cost-effective research and innovation system in England.
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Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates: January 7, 2027, 4:00pm UK time (Application deadline) | July 1, 2027 (Latest project start) | June 30, 2028 (Funding use deadline)
Funding Amounts: £10,000–£100,000 for up to 12 months; 100% of full economic cost; approximately £750,000 available
Summary: Supports coordinating groups to identify barriers and potential solutions to institutional collaboration for a sustainable, cost-effective research and innovation system in England.
Key Information: Groups must represent multiple English higher education providers; collaborative research and implementation of proposed solutions are not funded.
Description
Run by Research England within UK Research and Innovation, this opportunity supports coordinating groups that bring together higher education providers to explore structured, strategic institutional collaboration in England. It seeks practical, ambitious ideas for a sustainable, cost-effective research and innovation system, including joint working under formal multi-institutional agreements. Supported activities include workshops, roundtables, consultations, coordination, and the development of published, accessible outputs.
Groups should identify barriers and challenges, propose solutions, and explain the inputs, outcomes and impacts those solutions would involve. Their work should draw on relevant best practice across geographies, sectors and wider communities, and consider effects on equity, inclusion, diversity, trust and collective responsibility. Findings will help Research England identify interventions that could support sustained joint working. This is not a research grant and does not fund delivery of the proposed solutions.
