UKRI has adopted a harmonised approach to Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAA) which offers a unique opportunity to support impact creation through diverse and innovative ways, including interdisciplinary projects. The harmonised IAA Impact Starter Fund (previously known as the rapid response call) supports early-stage research impact and knowledge exchange projects.
Projects should fall within the AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC and MRC remits, or be interdisciplinary in nature, but previous UKRI funding is not required. Applications can be to either a single funding council or, where proposed projects are multidisciplinary, multiple funding councils. Applicants will be asked to identify relevant funding council(s).
Impact Starter funding will be available on a rolling basis to fund short-term projects of up to three months duration. Projects are expected to be short, cost-effective ways of kick-starting impact creation from research findings. The Impact Starter Fund will only consider projects that do not qualify for other IAA funding calls.
Please visit our IAA SharePoint site for more information about this call.