ACCESS - Advancing Capacity for Climate  and Environment Social Science
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Flex fund Round 3


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.

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


ACCESS IES workshop

Environmental Social Science in Interdisciplinary Working

Prof. Birgitta Gatersleben (University of Surrey)

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Environmentally Just AI: Examining AI’s environmental impacts through environmental social science

Prof. Sarah Hartley (University of Exeter)

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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.