What we will fund

Funding is available for any project that will have a positive impact on the personal, professional and career development of researchers in the UK.

Projects may either directly benefit researchers from more than one HEI/research institute or produce outputs that allow other HEIs/research institutes to replicate benefits for their own researchers. 

Bids will be welcomed from any individual, organisation or consortium with an interest in researcher development, including but not limited to:

• Staff supporting researcher development in HEIs (including careers advisors, staff developers and other HR professionals, Roberts trainers, staff in Graduate Schools)
• Employers of researchers beyond the higher education sector
• Researchers (including doctoral researchers, staff researchers, supervisors and principal investigators)
• Other organisations and individuals with an interest in careers, learning and development (including freelance trainers or other commercial providers, Learned societies, associations, trade unions, Vitae programme staff)

Bids will be welcomed where there are practical outputs for UK researcher development including but not limited to:

• research findings (in the subject area of researchers' personal, professional and career development)
• events/activities that advance knowledge and understanding of researcher development issues
• replicable events/activities that provide development opportunities
• training resources
• publications (in the subject area of researchers' personal, professional and career development)

The Vitae innovation stream will fund up to 100% of the costs of any project.  However, projects that deliver value for money by securing additional funding will be welcomed.

There is no minimum amount of funding that can be requested in this funding round.

We will fund:

• small projects (up to £10,000 in funding and up to 1 year in duration) and
• large projects (up to £100,000 in funding and up to 2 years in duration).

The total funding to be allocated in this funding round is £100,000 so it is unlikely that one single bid for the full amount would be approved.

There is no limit to the number of bids any individual or organisation can lead or participate in submitting.