Enabling our social science community to respond to impact opportunities in flexible, responsive and creative ways
ESRC Impact Acceleration Account
Introducing the ESRC IAA at Queen's
The ESRC IAA at Queen's helps to maximise the societal and economic impact of social science research by facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing with external partners. The scheme supports the translation of research findings into practical applications, policy recommendations and commercial opportunities.
Funding available
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Leading Impact (Open to 4 November)
Up to £15k for social science impact initiatives
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Placing People (Open to 4 November)
Up to £5k for fellowships and practitioner appointments
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Projects we have supported
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Rapid Impact
Name School Project title Project summary Rebecca Loader SSESW Reductions in Education Funding - Rapid Response View Emma Campbell NBE Running a EU 'Clever Cities' conference session on co-design View Nichola Booth SSESW Autism in the Air View Shane Brighton HAPP Talking to Americans about Northern Ireland: an Historical Briefing to British Diplomats in Washington View Laura Dunne SSESW Attendance at UN General Assembly event View Marek Martyniszyn Law Engagement with the European Court of Justice View - Leading Impact
Name School Project title Project summary Yecid Ortega SSESW Improving community relations through understanding historic, linguistic and cultural identities View Christine Brown Wilson Nursing & Midwifery The Codesign of a Chinese Dementia Awareness Game View Denise Currie and Heike Schroder QMS Evidence-based Wellbeing Strategies for the Health and Social Care Workforce (NI): Informing Human Resource Strategy and Practice View Emma Reisz HAPP Participant auto-Ethnography Around Colonialism and Empire (PEACE) / working title: MMMV2 View Katerina Dounavi SSESW Acting on early life autism signs (Act-ELAS) View Cheryl Lawther Law Trend Indicator Toolkit for Dealing with Online Extremism View Pratyush Nath Upreti Law The Role of Geographical Indications in Promoting Rural Development in Nepal View Ruth Hunter MDBS There is no Planet B: The importance of protecting where we live View Tess Maginess SSESW Translating Age: Exploring attitudes to and experiences of ageing among older migrant women in Northern Ireland and Canada View - CROSS+
Name School Project title Project summary Paulina Wilson Law Comparative law challenges in cross-border/multilingual law practice View - Partnerships
- Placing People
Name School Project title Project summary Liam O'Hare SSESW Innovation Zones ‘Conversations’ project secondment View
STRIDE Consultancy
STRIDE is a consultancy firm based at Queen's University Belfast, specialising in social impact programmes that work. It was supported through the CROSS strand.
Reducing Opioid Related Deaths
This project sought to reduce opioid related deaths for individuals who are at high risk of death from overdose on release from prison. It was supported through the Leading Impact strand.
For more information and support please contact esrciaa@qub.ac.uk
Explore Further
UKRI Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAAs) are strategic awards that offer funding to research organisations for a wide range of impact-driven activities. These awards allow research organisations to respond flexibly, responsively, and creatively to various opportunities for creating impact. There are 32 organisations across the UK with ESRC IAAs.
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