Funding Opportunities
Brigstow award funding to enable the co-production and co-design of new interdisciplinary research projects. Our two funding schemes are Ideas Exchange funding and Seedcorn funding.
What are we looking for in a Brigstow project?
- Novelty: addressing a gap in existing knowledge.
- Exploratory: piloting early-stage explorative research.
- Co-produced: drawing on a range of disciplines in the university (interdisciplinarity) and expertise from a diverse range of partners from beyond the university. Projects should be collaborative at all stages of the research process: co-created, co-designed and co-led.
- Radically interdisciplinary: bringing together people with different knowledge, expertise, skills and ideas.
- Creative: valuing creative processes and critical making as part of the research process.
- Equitable: aspiring for equity amongst team members throughout the research process.
Ideas exchange funding
Ideas Exchange funding is designed to support emerging, interdisciplinary networks and partnerships that are co-designed and co-run with people within and outside of Academia. Ideas exchanges give new partnerships the time and resources to connect with others and explore the idea’s potential together to identify shared research interests and plan the next steps.
How much funding can I apply for? Up to £2000
What can funding be spend on? Funding can be used to: buy in expertise; hardware costs; consumables or travel.
What is the deadline? There is no deadline for this funding, but we may pause the competition depending on the funding available.
Who is eligible? Everyone is eligible to take part in Ideas Exchanges. However you will need at least one University of Bristol academic as part of the project team.
Seedcorn funding
Seedcorn funding is an annual opportunity for mixed teams of researchers to carry out curiosity-driven, playful, exploratory and equitable projects to take the first steps in developing and pursuing new research. Funds are available to initiate and develop partnerships to undertake early-stage, exploratory research pilots that engage with creative thinking and making.
How much funding can I apply for? Up to £15000
What can funding be spend on? Funding can be used to: buy in expertise; hardware costs; consumables or travel.
What is the deadline? This call is currently closed. There will be a new call in Autumn 2024.
Who is eligible? Everyone is eligible to take part in Seedcorn funding. However you will need at least one University of Bristol academic as part of the project team.
If you have an idea for a project that does not fit into our current calls email Brigstow Institute: hello-brigstow@bristol.ac.uk.
Are you unfamiliar with managing a research project?
The Brigstow team provide individually tailored support throughout the process of funding to:
- help develop research ideas
- find partners
- navigate the university systems
- help with administration
- share your work
- look for further funding
- and much more...