Research funding
We run an annual seed funding round, providing up to £5000 per project. We can support a variety of activities, including research, internships, industry collaboration, events, workshops, training with a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. The aim of the fund is to support steps towards an independent research career.
Please see the main Research page for more information and examples of previously awarded projects.
Annual ECR and Student Conference
Celebrating our seed fund awardees, hearing about their research, and sharing ideas is a core component of our work supporting the community. We host a popular annual conference where we focus on giving ECRs the opportunity to help organise the conference, deliver the conference, practice their presentations skills, and ask questions in a supportive, friendly and informal environment.
Check out the programmes for previous events and keep an eye out in our internal bulletin emails for an invitation to our next annual ECR and Student conference.
Steering Committee representation
Our Steering Committee is divers with cross-School representation. It is important to us that we also have PhD student and Early Career Researcher representation.
C2D3 are inviting applications to join our Steering Committee. We are appointing one PhD student and one Early Career Researcher (ECR).
The Steering Committee meets three times per year online and provides recommendations towards our programme of work. We also use the opportunity to share news from across the University. The current members of the committee can be found on our About Us webpage.
As a PhD student or ECR, you will provide the committee with information, observations and points of view that represent your communities. It is important that C2D3 creates work programmes that meets the needs of all communities. From the opportunity you will gain an insight into Interdisciplinary Research Centre governance and gain committee experience.
We welcome applications from individuals across all Departments and Schools at the University, especially those from disciplines not traditionally associated with data science or AI.
Closing date 18 July 2025. Full details and applications can be found here.