The Agile Initiative Enabling Fund

The Agile Initiative is offering non-staff funding of up to £10,000 to researchers at Oxford University who are working on topics relevant to Agile’s mission. It is designed to enable research-related activities that support Agile’s overall aims: 

1. Delivering evidence-based solutions to environmental science policy questions through research ‘Sprints’. This includes finding ways to identify and co-create new research questions and areas that are academically interesting and policy-relevant. 

2. Creating a cohort of interdisciplinary researchers and building capacity for interdisciplinary research, ensuring that our researchers are skilled in designing and delivering rapid, interdisciplinary, solutions-oriented research. 

3. Contributing to a research culture shift that enables this form of interdisciplinary, solutions-focused research; identifying the enablers and obstacles in the institutional structures and pushing for change. 

THE FUND

What we’re looking to support: workshops, meetings, knowledge exchange, networks, research groups, community engagement, etc. 

Eligible costs could include: venue hire, catering, travel, accommodation, external consultants. 

Who can apply: Researchers (including DPhil students) who are employed by or student in a department at the University of Oxford. 

Reporting back: Successful applicants will be required to share a news or blog item on their activity and report back on the use of the funds.  

Deadline: Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis, provisionally up to July 2025.

Apply

To apply, or for more information, contact Agile’s Programme Coordinator:
agile-coordinator@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk