Community Research Networks
Communities 'at the heart' of research
The Community Research Networks programme is funded by UKRI, awarding grants to organisations that are interested in supporting local people across the UK, and working with them to better understand their valuable role in research and innovation.
About the project
‘If the research sector is to truly reflect our diverse communities, we need new forms of partnerships’
Tom Saunders and Emily Morrison stress the need for more equitable and sustainable models of community engagement in research
New funding will help put communities ‘at the heart’ of research
Acting on our research findings, in 2022 UKRI made £4m in funding available for phase one of the Community Research Networks programme, supporting local engagement in research.
An equitable future for research and innovation
This report focuses on how the research and innovation (R&I) system can more equitably involve community groups and organisations with less power or representation.