We re the UK’s lrgest orgnistion for funding reserch on economic nd socil issues. We support independent, high qulity reserch which hs n impct on business, the public sector nd the third sector. Our totl budget for 2014/15 is £213 million. t ny one time we support over 4,000 reserchers nd postgrdute students in cdemic institutions nd independent reserch institutes. We re non-deprtmentl public body (NDPB) estblished by Royl Chrter in 1965 nd receive most of our funding through the Deprtment for Business, Innovtion nd Skills (BIS). Our reserch is vigorous nd uthorittive, s we support independent, high-qulity, relevnt socil science.
