The Digital Futures at Work (Digit) research centre has launched an Innovation Fund, offering grants for projects around how digital technologies are transforming work.
Ideas for projects should align with the Digit research objectives and can relate to any stage of the policy process from inception to impact, at any level from local to global. They must, however, be directly applicable to the UK and can be aimed at any setting, such as for businesses, unions, governments and/or NGOs and the voluntary sector.
The Digit Innovation Fund is designed to support innovative research projects to a total value of £500,000 over the life of the Digit research centre, which runs from 2020 to 2024. Four rounds of funding are anticipated with the intention of distributing funds equally across each call.
Projects must be costed at 100% full economic cost (fEC) and will be funded at 80% fEC, according to UKRI guidelines. Funding in this round is available for projects which cost between £10,000 to £50,000 fEC and are maximum one year in length. Digit says it wants to encourage smaller applications as only a limited number of large applications can be awarded. The fund is open to research organisations across the UK, although project team members may be based elsewhere.
A webinar providing further information on the Digit Innovation Fund was held on Monday, 4 May 2020.
The closing date for applications is Monday, 15 June 2020 by 17.00 UK time.
Please see the following documents for full details: