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Sustainable Cities Small Grants Scheme 2022/2023

Sustainable Cities GRP Small Grants Scheme 2022/2023 - Open for application

Sustainable Cities GRP Small Grants Scheme 2022/2023 - CLOSED

Sustainable Cities Global Research Priority is dedicated to supporting Warwick's research community, providing support and resources to those working in and with urban research. There are a number of themes that underlie our work:

Scheme is closed

Economic Sustainability

This theme explores how financial solutions can make our cities more sustainable. We use micro- and macro-economic data. We also look at how city economies work.

Environmental Sustainability

This theme explores how to improve the situation of the urban poor. We look at how to do this without harming the environment and nearby ecology.

Social and Cultural Sustainability

This theme explores the human side of the city. How we can make public spaces more habitable and sustainable?

Risk & Resilience

This theme explores how we plan for, detect and respond to: Natural Hazards, Disease outbreaks, Cyber attacks, Infrastructure disruption, Terrorist threat and Social unrest. 

Urban Data and Knowledge

What can data collected through sensors and mobile devices tell us about our urban environment?

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The award in brief

  • The value of the award is up to £2,500
  • This award is open to single applicants or team of researchers.
  • Where possible, teams of researchers should include an early career researcher.

  • The project must be completed and all funds spent by the 30th of June 2023

Funded activities related to the above themes include

  • Pump-priming activities that will lead to external grant applications
  • Impact and engagement activities relating to existing research projects
  • Workshop/conference organisation
  • Visiting Fellows
  • Digital outputs

Applicants from all disciplinary areas are welcome, especially for activities that involve several people at Warwick. Collaboration and coproduction with external partners are encouraged, as well as cross-disciplinary exchange. Applications from or involving underrepresented groups are especially welcome.

What we do not fund 

We do not fund salary costs, student-led projects, individual research trips or conference attendance. For undergraduate projects, please see the Undergraduate Research Support Scheme or IATL’s project support scheme. We are unable to fund activities that are part of taught assessed work at any level.

Please get in touch with Norhayatie Forman : Norhayatie.forman@wbs.ac.uk if you want to discuss applying for GRP funding in conjunction with other internal sources of funding or if you would like advice on external funding.

Application Form

Please return your completed application form to