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Grant Funding

Our most direct means of achieving our mission is through awarding grants to research and education organisations.

£300m £300m

total value of grants portfolio (live and complete).

Funding for the future.

Our approach to grant making is that we direct most of our funding, in consultation with our community and based on evidence and insight of what the challenges are, where our focus should be, and what are the most effective solutions.

We know that we must also retain the flexibility to fund unexpected and new ideas that help to fulfill our mission and surpass our existing plans. If you are looking for grant funding, we invite you to share your idea with us through our LinkedIn group, where you can engage with our wider community. If, after discussion, we think it is an area we’d like to explore further, we may invite you to apply.

We also invite applications through specific open, competitive calls and our small grants scheme. To learn more about these opportunities, please visit our Calls for Funding page.

Applying for funding

This information is to support applicants and their teams know what is expected of them before they apply – it includes policies, eligibility, legal requirements and the contract.

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Managing your award

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Our grants data

We are committed to being as transparent as possible and we work with the 360Giving initiative to publish our grant data.

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Latest funding news

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Global multi-stakeholder taskforce aims to improve safety outcomes for construction workers in the informal economy

A global partnership led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation aims to investigate where chronic hazards occur in the informal construction value chain in three locations: Kenya, India and the Philippines.