Funders

Understanding Society is primarily funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The Large Facilities Capital Fund also provided a substantial contribution to establishing the Study.

Understanding Society is supported both financially and in kind by a wide range of other co-funding organisations including:

• Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
• The Department for Transport (DfT) 
• Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
• The Scottish Government
• Welsh Government
• The British Academy

Previous funders include: 

• Department for Education (DfE)
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
• Department for Communities & Local Government (DCLG)
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
• The Food Standards Agency (FSA)
• The Health Foundation