SSRP invites applications for our Impact and Visiting Fellowship funds. 

Applications for both funds will be assessed as they are submitted, until the final deadline of the end of March 2025. 

The Impact Fund allows Principal Investigators, Co-investigators and postdocs associated with existing or previously funded SSRP projects to accelerate impact and further engagement with these projects. 

The fund supports activities that build and strengthen relationships with various stakholders and expand the impact of SSRP research. 

Funding could be used for a range of activities, including but not limited to:

• developing policy recommendations/documents with external partners
• collaborative meetings overseas (noting that the visiting fellowship scheme will cover financing colleagues from overseas to visit Sussex)
• research-based training for external partners
• Short-term employment of research assistant to enhance impact
• special Journal Issues
• costs of organising special sessions on an SSRP topic at a national or international conference; cost of attending a conference to present SSRP results
• costs of visits to key stakeholders and presenting SSRP results.

The Visiting Fellowship Fund is designed to build collaborations with partner organisations and strengthen the international research network of SSRP and the University. 

As part of the funding initiative, overseas colleagues are invited to Sussex to work on outputs from joint research activities. Possible outputs may include, but are not limited to:

• research proposals
• journal articles or other academic outputs
• policy briefs or other policy-relevant outputs
• and a lecture or seminar

Proposed SSRP Visiting Fellows should be nominated by a Sussex applicant. The applicant is expected to have developed a clear plan for collaborative research outputs with the nominee, and the nominee should have agreed arrangements to cover their absence from their home institution.

We wish you all the best with your applications, and you can find more information here.