Applications are now sought for the 2023 RSA Policy Expo grant funding scheme. We seek proposals that, while ambitious in advancing the field, target policy-relevant questions and envisage avenues to influence policy and practice.
The Policy Expo initiative is worth up to £15,000 (c.$19,000; c. €16,800) to successful teams aiming to connect their work and wider communities to societal questions and policy needs. The RSA seeks to support up to 3 Policy Expos spread across the below themes.
The RSA will award £15,000 for the completion of the research and outputs. The research should produce an article for our gold open access journal, Regional Studies, Regional Science and a short ‘policy facing’ book of no more than 30,000 words published by Routledge relating to one of the themes below.
The book will have a large distribution, as it will be sent in print copy to all RSA members and in e-book format to all those who subscribe to any of the journals of the RSA.
Applicants are advised to read the application support document carefully and to comply with rules of the scheme such as the inclusion of a named early career researcher in the team.
THEMES
- Populations and health
- Climate and sustainability
- Inclusive strategies for regional development
- Regional planning for resilience
- Tools, frameworks and capacities for regional policy
- Geopolitics and regional impact
APPLICATION QUERIES
Research-related queries should be addressed in the first instance to the RSA Chief Executive, Sally Hardy on sally.hardy@regionalstudies.org and policyexpo@regionalstudies.org.
Administrative queries should be addressed to policyexpo@regionalstudies.org.
Please send your applications to policyexpo@regionalstudies.org
The submission deadline for detailed applications is 31 October 2023.
To download the application form and handbook, please go to http://www.regionalstudies.org/funding/page/policy-expo-grant-scheme