Charity and Voluntary Sector
ESRC: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Office of the Third Sector (OTS), The Carnegie UK Trust and the Scottish Executive have announced the call for proposals to establish the UK’s first independent, multidisciplinary and academically based Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy.
The Centre, which sees a total joint investment of £2.2million over 5 years, will support high quality independent research aimed at influencing policy and practice decisions in the UK as well as developing the necessary evidence base to better understand charitable giving and philanthropy issues.
The closing date for full proposals is 14 August 2007. The Office of the Third Sector are investing £750,000 to set up the centre,
