Large Grant Seed-corn Funding Scheme
The Large Grant Seed-corn Funding scheme's primary purpose remains to pump-prime research leading to the submission of large, externally funded research applications by enabling academics to develop a full proposal for submission to an external funder. The expectation is that such applications should be clearly identified and formulated in the application and should be substantial in nature and in value (£300,000 and above, which is a slight change from the previous years). The maximum amount per application is £5,000.
Application
The 2nd round of the scheme for the projects between 1 August 2025 and 30 April 2026 is open for applications.
Key Dates
The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 March 2025, at noon.
How to apply
Application to this scheme should be made by completing the application form using the scheme criteria. Application documents can be downloaded from the links in the drop-down section below. Applications should be emailed to ihss@qmul.ac.uk in advance of the deadline.
Please read the application guidelines before filling out the application form.
IHSS Large Grant Seed-corn Funding Scheme Guidelines 2024 - 25 2nd Round [DOC 85KB]
Currently Funded
In December 2024, the IHSS funding panel awarded funding to the following projects for 2024 - 25.
Coding Crime: Big Data, Mass Incarceration, and the Internationalization of Computerized Policing, 1960-1990 led by Dr Katharine Hall (Politics and International Relations),
Mapping Inhuman Reparations led by colleagues from the School of Geography IHSS Fellows Drs Archie Davies and Elsa Noterman and Professor Kathryn Yusoff,
Beyond Best Practice: Developing Sustainable Nuclear Safety Governance for the Nuclear Sector in Africa led by Dr Innocent Batsani-Ncube (Politics and International Relations),
Building Community Resilience Through Effective Interventions for Technostress Mitigation: Enhancing Digital Skills and Support Networks for the Digital Well-being and Empowerment of Elderly Technology Users led by Dr Haytham Siala (Business and Management),
Willingness to Tolerate: Why Voters Overlook Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in Political Candidates led by Dr Sofia Collignon (Politics and International Relations),
Mobilities, Circulation and Exchange on the Western Indian Ocean Littoral led by IHSS Fellow Dr Yasmin Fedda (Arts),
Cooking Connections: Exploring the Sociocultural Role of the Kitchen and Youth Nutrition in Brazil and the UK led by Professor Paul Heritage (People's Palace Projects),
Managerial Expectations and Firm Resilience in the UK led by Dr Charlotte Meng (Business and Management).
The projects awarded in June 2024 for 2024 - 25 are:
Reimagining Childhood and Rights led by IHSS Associate Fellow Dr Hedi Viterbo (Law),
On the margins of legal capacity: Understanding the intentional agency of persons with cognitive impairments led by IHSS Fellow Dr Camillia Kong (Law),
Coolitude, Radical Imaginings and the Legacies of Indenture led by Dr Holly Eva Ryan (Politics and International Relations);
Cassava, Toxicity and Science at African Borderlands: An interdisciplinary enquiry into agricultural adaptation and survival in Uganda led by Dr Elizabeth Storer (Geography),
Governing migration through crisis: UK and US experiences led by Professor Kavita Datta (Geography),
The price of lottery-based public housing allocation led by Dr Vimal Balasubramaniam (Economics and Finance),
The carbon footprint of war and the brave new world of sustainable warfare led by IHSS Fellow Dr Benjamin Neimark (Business and Management),
Engaging stakeholders in the history of the biological clock led by Dr Edmund Ramsden (History),
Short Forms in the Global Literary Marketplace led by Dr Rehana Ahmed and Dr Shital Pravinchandra (both from the School of the Arts).
Previously Funded Activities
Economic Cost of Violence in Brazil led by Dr Pedro Souza (Economics and Finance),
Vaccines of Mass Protection + Different Rules Apply led by Professor Sophie Harman (Politics and International Relations),
Measuring support for democratic backsliding led by Dr Javier Sajuria (Politics and International Relations),
Urban homes for artists: policy, practice and planning in London led by Professor Alison Blunt (Geography),
Food on the move? Promoting food security through post-colonial infrastructure repair; a study of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway, Zimbabwe led by Professor Tim Brown (Geography),
Decolonising ‘Difficult Heritage’ Through Film led by Dr Grazia Ingravalle (Languages, Linguistics and Film),
The Governance of Health for Irregular Migrants led by Dr Corina Lacatus (Politics and International Relations),
The Future of Work in UK Freeports: Business Strategies, Work and Employment in Green Frontier and Logistics Industries in Three Regions led by Professor Liam Campling (Business and Management),
The political ecology of pain led by IHSS Fellow Dr Archie Davies (Geography),
UK Climate Diplomacy led by Professor David Whyte (Law),
Evidence-based medicine in the age of big data: the AI turn in fertility care led by Dr Manuela Perrotta (Business and Management),
Recast(e)ing the Indian Ocean: Mapping the co-working of caste, race, and capital through labour migrations in the Indian Ocean World led by Dr Niranjana Ramesh (Geography),
Youth Justice in the British Empire led by IHSS Associate Fellow Dr Hedi Viterbo (Law),
Engaging stakeholders in histories of ‘rarity’ in biomedicine led by Dr Jenny Bangham (History) left QMUL,
Tackling gender inequality in the labour market: The role of firm and government policies led by Dr Anna Raute (Economics and Finance),
Women Making Art History in post-war Britain, ca. 1945-1974 led by Dr Emilie Oleron Evans (Languages, Linguistics and Film),
Spreading La Revolución: Radios and the Transformation of Latin America in the 20th century led by Dr Felipe Gonzalez (Economics and Finance).