Funding success rates

We publish details of grants we awarded, the succesful applicants and the amounts awarded. 

Recent responsive mode grants

Lists of standard and small grant awards made are published after each responsive mode assessment round.

Funded grants from recent meetings of the Grants Assessment Panels/Grants Delivery Group

Funded grants from the Research Grants Board

Statistics for ESRC responsive mode applications

Statistics on the numbers of applications and awards are published after each responsive mode assessment round.

Future Research Leaders

We also maintain anonymised statistics on the race and ethnicity of ESRC grant applicants as part of our Equality policy.

Vital statistics and spending overview

The 'Vital statistics' section of our Annual Report contains details of responsive mode numbers and success rates by:

  • subject and research organisation
  • major research investments by subject
  • evaluation grades
  • data and methods
  • international investments
  • training and studentships
  • knowledge transfer
  • expenditure. 

For a breakdown of annual spend please refer to the 'Financial information and accounts' section of the Annual Report.