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 3
Round 3 Flex Fund Round Awards
2 Round 3 projects share a total fund of £75,000 and run from Autumn 2025 for approx. 12 months.
Round 3 Flex Fund Projects
Environmental Social Science in Interdisciplinary Working
Prof. Birgitta Gatersleben (University of Surrey)
Environmentally Just AI: Examining AI’s environmental impacts through environmental social science
Prof. Sarah Hartley (University of Exeter)
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 2 of the ACCESS Flex Fund.

