Research
Research is critical to meeting the great economic, social, and environmental challenges. The RSE enables the growth of knowledge by funding through the RSE research awards programme and nurturing a positive research culture in Scotland.
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Research is critical to meeting the great economic, social, and environmental challenges. The RSE will play its part in realising the SFC (2021) Coherence and Sustainability report, via its own awards programme and its missionoriented research, for which its cross-disciplinary Fellowship is particularly well equipped.
The RSE plays a crucial role in advancing research excellence in Scotland through its Research Awards Programme. This programme fosters research capacity and leadership, positioning Scotland at the forefront of emerging research opportunities. By harnessing Scotland’s diverse research talent, the RSE contributes to the greater public good, both domestically and on the global stage.
The RSE commits substantial resources to its Research Awards Programme, providing types and amounts of funding unavailable from UKRI or other sources. These small-scale awards are critical for early career researchers before attracting larger funding from UK, European and international sources. The RSE also supports and promotes related Scottish Government research programmes and emphasises inclusion and the importance of early career researchers.
The Research Awards Programme underscores our commitment to promoting research excellence, facilitating international collaboration, and addressing critical societal challenges, positioning Scotland as a leader in cutting-edge research.
- Attract and retain those with outstanding potential to establish their careers in Scotland.
- Encourage enterprise, innovation and the commercialisation of technology-based ideas coming from academic research.
- Develop international collaboration and enable participation in international research programmes.
- Over 100 awards worth £1.5 million
- Collaborations with 28 countries
- 14 leading researchers supported through RSE Personal Research Fellowships
- 13 Research Networks, 16 Research Workshops, 36 Small Research Grants, five International Joint Projects and one International Bilateral Visit funded
- Engagement with 93 awardees across 21 countries and 14 EU countries
- Commitment to research excellence and international collaboration
The RSE adopts the UK Research Integrity Office Code of Practice:
Good conduct/Accepted procedures
Accepted procedures include but are not limited to the following:
- Gaining informed consent where required
- Gaining formal approval from relevant organisations where required
- Any protocols for research contained in any formal approval that has been given for the research
- Any protocols for research as defined in contracts or agreements with funding bodies and sponsors
- Any protocols approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) for a trial of medicinal products
- Any protocols for research set out in the guidelines of the employing institution and other relevant partner organisations
- Any protocols for research set out in the guidelines of appropriate recognised professional, academic, scientific, governmental, national and international bodies
- Any procedures that are aimed at avoiding unreasonable risk or harm to humans, animals or the environment
- Good practice for the proper preservation and management of primary data, artefacts and materials
- Any existing guidance on good practice on research
Note: As well as complying with accepted procedures, researchers must comply with all legislation that applies to their research.
Accepted procedures do not include:
- Un-consented to/unapproved variations of the above
- Any procedures that would encourage, or would lead to, breaches in the law.
Misconduct
Can include, but is not limited to the following:
- Fabrication
- Falsification
- Misrepresentation of data and/or interests and or involvement
- Plagiarism
- Failures to follow accepted procedures or to exercise due care in carrying out responsibilities for avoiding unreasonable risk or harm to: humans, animals used in research, the environment and the proper handling of privileged or private information on individuals collected during the research.
For the avoidance of doubt, misconduct in research includes acts of omission as well as acts of commission.
Funding opportunities
Advancing research excellence in Scotland through the RSE Research Awards programme. This programme fosters research capacity and leadership, positioning Scotland at the forefront of emerging research opportunities.
Latest research news
Case studies
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Professor Tom Rice leads a project uncovering the forgotten 35mm filmstrip; a versatile mid-20th century media form. Funded by an RSE Research Network Award, his project connects archives and scholars, bringing lost histories to light.
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RSE-supported research uses high-throughput DNA sequencing to explore how urban diets impact Blue Tit fitness and reproduction. Findings show that urban spaces hinder chick development due to fewer caterpillars in their diet.
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Professor Deborah Cairns, University of Glasgow RSE International Joint Projects Awardee Cancer screening programmes can reduce deaths; however, they fail to sufficiently engage people with intellectual disabilities, leading to low uptake. The health profile of people with intellectual disabilities differs from the general population. Adults with intellectual disabilities have significantly more complex patterns of patterns of…
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