The ACCESS Flex Fund has a total value of £1m and is a core element of the project. It aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society.
Flex fund Round 2
Round 2 Flex Fund Round Awards
We had over 75 applications to ACCESS Flex Fund 2, from universities and research networks from all over the UK.
After a rigorous review, we selected three projects that all met our key aims around innovation, making the social sciences more visible and having an impact on today’s climate and environment crisis, and which take forward our guiding principles of co-production, environmental sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion.
Projects share a total fund of £750,000 and will run from Autumn 2024 for approx. 18 months.
Round 2 Flex Fund Projects
British Muslims and pro-environmental values, self-identities and personal norms: Evaluating a faith-literate, multi-component educational intervention co-produced with the first green mosque in the UK
Dr Davide Pettinato (University of Cambridge)
Building Sustainability on a Foundation of Care: A Pilot Study in the Highlands of Scotland
Dr Sarah Parry (University of Edinburgh)
Unlocking the Power of Youth to develop equity in net-zero governance
Kaya Axelsson, Alexis McGivern, Matilda Becker (University of Oxford).
Useful Insights
Discover what lessons we learned from administering Rounds 1 & 2 of the Flex Fund.
Other Flex Fund rounds
Visit our Flex Fund page for an overview of the fund and links to Rounds 1 and 3 of the ACCESS Flex Fund.
