Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Future data services sandpit: transforming discovery and access
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Apply to attend a sandpit to develop projects to transform discovery and access to data provided by ESRC’s social science data service infrastructures. Projects will make a step change in how researchers can discover, access and use social science data and advance the transition to technology-enabled data pipelines that support this.
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Apply to attend a sandpit to develop projects to transform discovery and access to data provided by ESRC’s social science data service infrastructures. Projects will make a step change in how researchers can discover, access and use social science data and advance the transition to technology-enabled data pipelines that support this. You must complete an expression of interest to apply for the sandpit. The sandpit will take place on 12 (in-person), 14, 19 and 23 October (virtual). It is expected that around five to 10 projects will be funded, sharing up to £21.6 million of total funding at 100% full economic cost (FEC). ESRC will fund 80% FEC.
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