UT Funders
Urban Transformations portfolio funder
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funds the Urban Transformations portfolio and all research grants within it.
The ESRC is the UK’s leading research and training agency addressing economic and social concerns.
Portfolio Research Project Co-funders
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
DCLG’s job is to create great places to live and work, and to give more power to local people to shape what happens in their area.
Department for International Development (DFID)
DFID leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
The EPSRC is the UK’s main agency for funding research in engineering and the physical sciences. EPSRC invests around £800 million a year in research and postgraduate training, to help the nation handle the next generation of technological change.