The aim of the Research Innovation Fund is to develop and support an international network of researchers across the world, therefore any researcher based at an Higher Education Institution (HEI)/university anywhere in the world can apply for the Research Innovation Fund.

 

Grants can only be awarded to academic staff and PhD students, with their supervisor’s permission, based at HEIs, however we welcome non-academic partners as co-investigators (Co-Is). 

 

There are two competitive Research Innovation Funds calls per year:

• The strategic awards will run for up to 12 months from August to July each year. Awards are expected to be for up to £50K. We expect to fund up to 7 of these strategic awards per year. 
• The seedcorn awards will run for up to 6 months from January to July each year. Awards are expected to be for up to £10K. We expect to fund up to 7 of these seedcorn awards per year.

The Research Innovation Fund is run by the University of Bristol independently of the funder who has no involvement in deciding what grants are made.

The Hub’s Research Grants Committee is chaired by a senior academic from the University of Bristol, other members of the committee are people with lived experience of gambling-related harms and the Hub’s Co-Directors. For more details, please see the guidance for each award.