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Funding Opportunity - BRIGHT IDEAS RESEARCH FUND

9th July 2014

Nesta, the UK's Innovation Foundation, has announced that the next funding round of its Policy and Research Bright Ideas Research Fund is open for applications. The fund provides grants of up to £10,000 to develop interesting research projects and policy proposals in fields that relate to innovation but where Nesta do not have big programmes already in place. This could include the development of a new idea about how innovation happens, a pamphlet making an interesting and compelling argument relating to innovation, an examination of a new innovation or technology, or a worked-up, evidenced proposal for a policy related to innovation.

The fund is open to a wide range of people and organisations, including think tanks; academics; journalists; charities; and businesses, etc. The fields that Nesta are particularly interested in include; what do emerging technologies mean for the economy and society; developing an innovation policy for the arts; how to encourage new ideas and experimentation in social innovation; and smarter smart cities; etc. The next closing date for applications is the 24th October 2014.

http://www.nesta.org.uk/funding/bright-ideas-research-fund-open-call