Deadline: February 1, 2026
Proposals are invited for the STEG Larger Research Grants 2026. The Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) Larger Research Grants (LRGs) of up to £100,000 can fund research assistance, data collection and/or purchase, and teaching buyouts, or relevant remuneration practices, for the principal investigator and co-investigators from partner institutions. Grants also support travel to field sites, even when secondary data is utilised.
Research may focus on broad systemic patterns and processes of structural transformation and growth for low-income countries, in a comparative sense across time or space, or more narrowly defined topics related to one or more of the following six research themes:
- Data, measurement, and conceptual framing;
- Firms, frictions and spillovers, and industrial policy;
- Labour, home production, and structural transformation at the level of households;
- Agricultural productivity and sectoral gaps;
- Trade and spatial frictions;
- The role of the public sector
Grant
- Large Research Grants (LRGs) are awarded up to the value of £100,000.
Eligibility
- Open to researchers from all over the world. They encourage applications that propose collaboration between researchers from lower- and higher-income countries.
- In view of the current political situation and the imposition of economic sanctions on various Russian entities by Western governments, they are not currently able to accept proposals for projects that include researchers or members of the research team who are based at Russian institutions.
- Principal investigators applying to LRG calls should currently have a PhD or be enrolled in a PhD programme. Although there are no formal qualification requirements for co-investigators, co-investigators on STEG-funded projects usually have a PhD or are enrolled in a PhD programme. The knowledge, expertise, and qualifications of the entire research team will be taken into account when evaluating the proposal.
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation and selection are based on the following criteria:
- Quality of the proposed research
- Relevance to policy
- Feasibility and credibility of the proposal
- Value for money
- Contributions to expanding the field
Application
Deadline: 23:59 BST, 02 February 2026. Applications received after this time will be considered for the next regular LRG round.
For more information, visit STEG Grants.