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The Nuffield Foundation - Research, Development and Analysis Fund

Grants will advance educational opportunity and social well-being across the UK and will improve the design and operation of social policy, especially in education, welfare and justice. This fund prioritises rigorous and impartial research, development, and analysis projects that bear on one or more of five priority questions. The next deadline for applications 5th October.

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  • Source:  Charitable Trusts & Foundations
  • Activity:  Education, Skills & Employability, Poverty, Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  5 October, 2026
  • Amount available:  Applications for research, development and analysis grants are usually between £10,000 and £750,000.
  • Contact:  The Nuffield Foundation
  • Phone:   020 7631 0566
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Grants will advance educational opportunity and social well-being across the UK and will improve the design and operation of social policy, especially in education, welfare and justice.

They prioritise rigorous and impartial research, development, and analysis projects that bear on one or more of the 5 priority questions:

  1. How can we build a prosperous and fair society, where people are secure and can fulfil their potential?
  2. How can we build an inclusive society, where people thrive and feel they belong, in the context of changing demography and ways of life?
  3. How can we ensure that developments in science and technology work for people and society?
  4. How can policies to address climate change be developed in a way that promotes a prosperous, fair and inclusive society?
  5. How can we build and maintain the effective and trustworthy institutions that our society and democracy needs?

Next outline application deadline is 5th October.

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