The Ideas Fund | New opportunity: Community-Led Research Collaboration

The Ideas Fund have announced that £80,000 in funding is being made available to improve and strengthen the support available to individuals and organisations who are delivering community-led research.

Expressions of interest are invited from people who are embedded in this work across the UK, to join an in-depth period of collaboration and co-design that will develop and test ideas as to how this funding can be used.

This initiative builds on learning from The Ideas Fund and other community research projects within the British Science Association, and responds to what they’ve heard from people leading this work: that community-led approaches to research can bring huge benefits to individuals, communities, and local systems, but that those leading the work often struggle with limited resources and recognition, isolation, and barriers that make their impact harder to achieve and sustain.

To help shape how the £80,000 will be used, they expect to bring together between 6-8 individuals over the coming months who will be awarded a grant of £3,000 (plus travel expenses) to take part in an in-depth co-design process. They hope this will provide the opportunity and space to connect with others leading this work and build new relationships, alongside the chance to shape ideas that respond directly to the needs of people doing community-led research. This will be an exploratory process which they hope will benefit both the people taking part and the wider field of community-led research.

The Ideas Fund | New opportunity: Community-Led Research Collaboration

Last modified: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:56:42 BST