Grant News
Applications are invited for the final round of funding for the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) Privacy Innovation Grants Programme which supports independent research into privacy and data protection issues and develops privacy-enhancing solutions.
Grants of between £20,000 - £100,000 are available to academic institutions, trade and industry associations, civil society groups, or organisations with a genuine commitment to public benefit outcomes, for projects that promote good practice within the fields of privacy and data protection.
Examples of areas the ICO is interested in include:
- surveillance technologies;
- ‘datafication’ of homeworking;
- digital identity;
- data sharing, smart cities, artificial intelligence, big data; and
- data protection issues and solutions for vulnerable adults, groups at risk of inequality and children.
The deadline for applications is the 10th March 2020.
A webinar for potential applicants, discussing the programme in more detail and answering questions, will take place on Wednesday 10 February at 2pm. Register to take part here.
Useful Links:
Introduction to the Grants Programme