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Please note our resources are not for commercial use. Please see below to find out about more about our license and how our resources can be used.
We’re pleased to provide an extensive range of resources to help organisations with evaluation. Please note our resources are not for commercial use.
Unless otherwise stated on a specific resource, our resources are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence.
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Resources tagged ‘ESS resource’ are those which ESS has developed e.g. Support guides, Method sheets, Webinars, Case studies.
This guide is for third sector organisations (TSO) that want to obtain funding for collaborative research with academia. It may also be useful to academics working in universities and colleges, and funders.
It gives ideas to consider when looking for funding for collaborative research and includes some hints and tips from those who have been successful and unsuccessful in applying for funding. However, this is NOT a guide about how to apply for funding.