BULLETIN

Contributions to topics & debates across the social sciences

FELLOWS & PROJECTS

ISRF-supported Fellows & Projects since 2010

GRANTS & COMPETITIONS

Supporting individual Fellowships & Small Group Projects

EVENTS

Platforms for research dissemination and contributions to wider debates

MID-CAREER FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION

Our seventh Mid-Career Fellowship competition launched on 5th February 2024 – the deadline for applications is 5pm GMT on 28th March 2024.

The Independent Social Research Foundation is a public benefit foundation funded by a group of private philanthropists with interests in academia and social science, founded in 2008.

The ISRF is dedicated to advancing the social sciences through the promotion of new modes of inquiry and the development of interdisciplinary expertise and methods, and through better understanding of social entities and processes.

What We Do

To achieve this objective the ISRF provide a series of funding opportunities, enters into partnerships with academic institutions and supports research activities that promote development across the social sciences and humanities.

How We Do It

The ISRF is an endowed foundation – the endowment, and any additional donations, are directly used to promote and support the objectives of the ISRF. Oversight responsibility for the Foundation’s endowment lies with the ISRF Investment Committee.

The Executive Team are responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the annual budget, as approved by the Foundation Board. The Foundation is advised by an Academic Advisory Board comprised of leading international academics from across the social sciences.

The Foundation subscribes to a code of ethics covering its governance, its adherence to legal and good practice requirements including equality, confidentiality and financial control, and its academic values of fairness, transparency and independence

As a Netherlands-registered Stichting, the ISRF is required to maintain a policy plan which draws together the objectives and activities of the Foundation. It is also required to produce an Annual Report, to have its own remuneration policy, and to publish both a financial statement for the most recent financial year and an ANBI Form.