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Pre-announcement: UKRI Metascience AI early career fellowships

The UK Metascience Unit will fund a cohort of early career fellows to build our understanding of how the growing adoption of AI is changing the research landscape, including what metascientific, ethical, epistemic, and socioeconomic questions this raises, and how governments, industry, and funding organisations should respond.

Scottish Election Study 2026 (invite only)

This is an invite only opportunity for funding to run the Scottish Election Study for the 2026 devolved election.


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