The ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre has launched the third call of its annual Early Career Researcher (ECR) Development Fund.
11 September 2024
The Fund offers grants of up to £25,000 for early career researchers to lead co-produced projects that explore current and emerging challenges related to vulnerability and policing.
The 12-month projects should align to the Centre’s mission, and values and principles. The deadline for applications is 4pm GMT, Monday 13 January 2025.
This year’s Fund is a vulnerability and policing open call with a particular emphasis on the following themes:
- Quantitative methodologies and/or the use of administrative data
- Vulnerability in drugs markets (Dr Leah Moyle Commemorative Award). This award is named in memory of our Round 1 grant holder, Dr Leah Moyle, who sadly passed away in May 2024.
A webinar providing more information about the Fund and the application process will take place from 2pm-3pm, Thursday 17 October. Register for the webinar.
The Centre funded a range of innovative projects in the first two rounds of the Fund. These successful grants included work investigating social media-facilitated trafficking of children, child-to-parent violence, honour-based violence and abuse, and policing and climate change.
Speaking at the Centre’s conference in Leeds, Centre Co-Director Professor Adam Crawford said: “The volume and quality of applications we have received in previous years is testimony to the importance of the subject area and the wonderful early career scholars across the UK who are working closely with a range of non-academic partners to advance knowledge, understanding, and innovative practices in addressing diverse forms of harm.
“Some fantastic projects have been delivered from this programme […] We hope that many more innovative projects can come from this year’s call.”