Deadline for applications: 3 June 2022

The majority of awards are expected to be made under £2000 with larger sums considered on a case by case basis. All funds must be spent by the end of this financial year.

The Office hopes to be able to fund projects in two broad areas:

1. Innovations in open practice
2. Developing Open Research skills

Proposal submissions

Proposals should be submitted via email to openresearch@manchester.ac.uk and consider the following areas:

• A breakdown of the estimated costs of the project/activity
  • Will the Open Research Accelerator fund be covering these in full, or will other sources of funding also be used?
• What the project will achieve and how this relates to open research
• How the project will contribute to meaningful and sustainable culture change at The University of Manchester
  • Describe any sustainable benefits that will continue after the project is completed
  • In the case where an application is being made for training, describe knowledge will be shared with the open research community at Manchester.