EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Funding Opportunity

Impact acceleration account (IAA) is a strategic award that provides funding to Queen's University for a wide range of impact activities. This award enables researchers to develop flexible, creative and tailored approaches to increase the impact of their research by building new or developing existing partnerships locally and across the world.

EPSRC IAA Call 11 is due to open Monday, 4 November 2024

(full details to follow soon regarding the new online application and guidelines)

EPSRC recognises that the IAAs are an important mechanism for delivering impact for Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS) research and that there is a strong potential in supporting greater connectivity across the broader EPS ecosystem.

Funding is available to researchers to further support impact generation from their research for a range of project activities including Secondments, Collaboration Catalysts, Demonstration of Commercial Principle projects, Enterprise Fellowships and for Non-Commercially Focused projects.  Projects wishing to focus on non-commercial impacts and, in particular, projects with potential policy impacts are encouraged.  Applications for Enterprise Fellowships and Outward Secondments are encouraged. Typical funding for each project is expected to be between £2,500 and £10,000 (with up to £30,000 available for secondments and enterprise fellowships).  It is not a requirement that IAA-funded projects are related to previous UKRI funding.

Application Form  

Guidelines

Other IAA funding opportunities: AHRC, BBSRC and ESRC

The AHRC, (Rapid Fund is open) and BBSRC  Impact is open on a rolling basis.

MRC IAA currently closed

The ESRC IAA Rapid Impact will close 4 November 2024.   Leading Impact / Cross + / Partnerships / Placing People is currently closed.  Impact Content and Events is (currently closed).  Please view further details here. 

View available opportunities here

To discuss your proposal for the above IAAs, please email iaa@qub.ac.uk and include the relevant IAA in the subject line.

EPSRC equality, diversity, and inclusion action plan

EPSRC is committed to a long-term plan of action around equality, diversity, and inclusion and have developed an EDI action plan that sets out our priorities for 2022 to 2026. EPSRC has detailed initial actions and expected outcomes across five action sets.

Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and  Responsible Innovation