Are you an early career researcher in the academic or Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector? Is your research related to one or both of the themes of “children and young people” or “mental health and wellbeing”?
Does your research use data in the UK Data Service collection? Would you like support to develop your ideas for creating impact from your data-enhanced work and a £2,000 award to help fund your development?
If so, then we invite you to apply for the next round of our Data Impact Fellows scheme. The scheme offers financial support to help you develop your idea of data impact and an opportunity to meet and network with other Fellows to share and develop ideas.
You will also have a chance to open up discussion on our Data Impact blog, showcase your work and its impact by co-creating a case study, and contribute to our impact events.
How to apply
The scheme will run from January 2025 to December 2026. Applications are now open and close at 23:59 on 18 November 2024.
We’ll let you know whether you are successful or not by mid-December 2024. Find out more information and apply online here.
Why apply?
“Being a UK data impact fellow has directly changed my practice and expanded my networks (and funding and job opportunities), leading to better impact in the UK and global food system.”
Christian Reynolds, 2019 Data Impact Fellow. Reader in Food Policy and Senior Tutor for Research at the Centre for Food Policy, City University, London.
“Participating in this scheme has been an incredibly enriching experience, offering me professional growth to enhance the impact of my research.”
Niloofar Shoari, 2023 Data Impact Fellow. Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Child Health, University College London (UCL).
“Through the scheme, I had the opportunity to meet with a diverse group of early career academics, with backgrounds and research topics that were very different to mine, but facing similar data challenges, and even looking at similar data. Some of the connections made through this scheme have already opened new avenues for collaboration which I am now actively pursuing.”
Tasos Papastylianou, 2023 Data Impact Fellow. Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex.