Urban Studies Foundation (USF) is currently accepting applications for its Urban Urgencies Research Grants 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About USF Urban Urgencies Research Grants
The USF invites proposals that link evidence to theory and practice at the convergence between continuity, discontinuity, disruption, and emergence in shaping urban dynamics and form. It welcomes projects that challenge and disrupt existing understandings of multiple and intersecting dimensions of urban urgencies, and that identify practices or methods for shifting current trajectories towards greater justice and sustainability.
Benefits of USF Urban Urgencies Research Grants
- Up to six innovative projects will be awarded up to GBP £35,000 each.
USF Urban Urgencies Research Grants Requirements
- The call is open to researchers and organusations worldwide, with support available for modest overheads in ODA-eligible countries. Applicants must form a partnership between at least two organizations, with one being a non-academic entity.
Application Date and Process
Applications to the grant must include:
- A completed application form with applicant, partner organisation, and proposal information, made via the online form available at the USF website.
- Applicant CVs (maximum two pages each).
- Letters of support from partner organisations.
- Budget evidence documentation.
- Any supplementary documents (optional file upload, maximum two pages).
Application Deadline
23 March, 2026
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