Funding opportunity: What Works Centre (WWC) for local employment support

Apply for funding to establish an independent, co-created What Works Centre (WWC) to identify, develop, test, and evaluate evidence-based locally delivered employment support to help people access, remain in, and thrive in good quality work.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Proposals must include team members and project partners from outside academia.

The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £15 million. ESRC and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will fund 80% of the FEC.

Funding is for a single award.

The project must begin by 22 January 2027 and run for 60 months.