THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£14.3m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£16.1m

Accounts grants total

£15.9m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Cross-checked against the funder’s own 360Giving open-data publication: 29 of 60 grants we extracted from its FY2025 accounts match a published grantee by name (48%), and 1 also match on amount within 2%. Differences usually reflect accounting-year vs award-date timing and grants the accounts aggregate. Published 360Giving grants in the file: 48.

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Deadlines: Outline application deadline: 5 October 2026
What they don’t fund: We will not fund: Individuals without formal employment or contractual relationship with the institution hosting the grant for at least the duration of the project. Projects led by individuals unaffiliated to any particular organisation. Projects led by schools or further education colleges. Projects led by undergraduates or master’s students. PhD fees or projects where the main purpose is to support a PhD. The establishment of academic posts. Ongoing costs or the costs of ‘rolling out’ existing work or services (unless explicitly agreed with the Foundation in advance of an application being submitted). ‘Dissemination-only’ projects, including campaigning work, which are not connected to our funded work. Local charities, replacement for statutory funding, or local social services or social welfare provision. Requests for financial help or educational fees from or on behalf of individuals. Projects led by organisations or institutions that are not based in the UK.

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Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

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What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Education/training (25 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (6 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (6 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (6 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (5 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (4 grantees)
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (3 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (2 grantees)
Disability (1 grantee)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (20 grantees)
Scotland (8 grantees)
Northern Ireland (7 grantees)
United States (2 grantees)
Throughout England (2 grantees)
India (2 grantees)
Australia (2 grantees)
City Of Swansea (1 grantee)
China (1 grantee)
Brazil (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	University of Nottingham	—	£701k
new	Keele University	—	£700k
new	University of Leeds	—	£684k
new	THE RUNNYMEDE TRUST	—	£500k
new	University of Stirling	—	£499k
new	FOOD FOUNDATION	—	£400k
new	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	—	£381k
new	University of Exeter	—	£379k
up	University of Warwick	£319k	£507k
down	THE INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES	£2.5m	£459k
down	University of York	£1.6m	£358k
up	University of Essex	£172k	£274k
down	University of Bristol	£340k	£148k
down	University of Strathclyde	£295k	£147k
down	Middlesex University	£278k	£58k
not listed	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	£893k	—
not listed	University of Cambridge	£448k	—
not listed	Lancaster University	£382k	—
not listed	FULL FACT	£308k	—
not listed	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)	£301k	—
not listed	NATIONAL LEARNING AND WORK INSTITUTE	£299k	—
not listed	SWANSEA UNIVERSITY	£286k	—
not listed	POLICYENGINE	£251k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
University of Nottingham	FY2025	£701k	Pain-at-Work Toolkit for employees with chronic pain (definitive trial)
Keele University	FY2025	£700k	Musculoskeletal conditions in underserved communities
University of Leeds	FY2025	£684k	Economic inactivity, arthritis & depression: Who, why & how to respond
University of Warwick	FY2025	£507k	Inequalities and the future
Runnymede Trust	FY2025	£500k	Decline to renewal: Race, deindustrialisation and working lives
University of Stirling	FY2025	£499k	Challenges young people face in managing musculoskeletal chronic pain
University of Stirling	FY2025	£484k	Exploring the child arrangements of separated families
Institute for Fiscal Studies	FY2025	£459k	Actionable insights to tackle UK dietary inequalities
The Food Foundation	FY2025	£400k	Understanding fertility intentions in 21st century Britain
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	FY2025	£381k	Education pathways for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
University of Exeter	FY2025	£379k	Pupil well-being and increased persistent absenteeism: An investigation
National Foundation for Educational Research	FY2025	£377k	Love to read phase 2: A large-scale evaluation
British Future	FY2025	£367k	Voices for equity: Moving from evidence to action
University of York	FY2025	£358k	The digital lives of care-experienced children
Education Policy Institute	FY2025	£354k	Permanently progressing phase 3: Adolescence and early adulthood
University College London	FY2025	£347k	Effective hybrid work: Childcare, work-life balance and well-being
University of Glasgow	FY2025	£327k	Racial equality since devolution: Divergences, outcomes and frontiers
University of Oxford	FY2025	£320k	Policy change and inequalities in early childhood education and care
UCL Institute of Education	FY2025	£307k	EXAMINE: Exam inequality for neurodivergent students
University of Birmingham	FY2025	£303k	How context shapes skills at 18: Comparative lessons for the UK
University of East London	FY2025	£300k	Noise in early years for children from under‑privileged backgrounds
National Foundation for Educational Research	FY2025	£299k	Education workforce challenges in England
Newcastle University	FY2025	£296k	SleepBoost: The feasibility of supporting sleep to support language
National Foundation for Educational Research	FY2025	£293k	A study of multi-grade teaching in English primary schools
University of Warwick	FY2025	£288k	Towards housing affordability: Local supply drivers and optimal policy
University of Birmingham	FY2025	£282k	Examining gender pension gaps: Trajectories over time in the UK
Sheffield Hallam University	FY2025	£280k	Apprenticeship pathways
University of Essex	FY2025	£274k	The impacts of relational and restorative practice in schools
University of Worcester	FY2025	£268k	Arthritis and farmers in England: Impacts, adaptations and prevention
Education Policy Institute	FY2025	£251k	How do students with SEND fare in the transition to post-16 education?
Migration Policy Scotland	FY2025	£250k	Better mixing: Supporting Scotland’s diverse future
Causeway Education	FY2025	£246k	Addressing undermatch in HE destinations
Institute for Fiscal Studies	FY2025	£238k	IFS Green Budget 2026 – 2029
UCL Institute of Education	FY2025	£238k	Disengagement from the UK asylum system
University of Warwick	FY2025	£237k	What price is free? The price effects of England’s childcare reforms
Cardiff University	FY2025	£236k	Musculoskeletal conditions, employment retention and job quality
National Children’s Bureau	FY2025	£225k	Characterising the job ladder in England
Various institutions (9 projects <£50k)	FY2025	£225k	Additional funding for Main Grants Fund projects funded in previous years
Birkbeck, University of London	FY2025	£220k	Public law litigation in the automated state
University of Oxford	FY2025	£206k	Mapping evidence on justice well-being impacts after child sexual abuse
University of Bradford	FY2025	£199k	Navigating social housing tenancies: Language and cultural barriers
Resolution Foundation	FY2025	£180k	Exclusionary practice in English secondary schools
University of Reading	FY2025	£168k	The long-term impact of student loans in further education
University College London	FY2025	£164k	School climate and pupil belonging, attendance and achievement
University College London	FY2025	£150k	Trialling an assessment protocol for LLM-powered careers advice
University of Bristol	FY2025	£148k	Your baby and you: Developing the home learning environment for babies
University of Strathclyde	FY2025	£147k	Diverse disabilities: Accessibility and justice in the tribunal
The Sutton Trust	FY2025	£111k	The effects of permanent school closures on pupils’ outcomes
Various institutions (4 projects <£50k)	FY2025	£103k	Other grants funded from Main Grants Fund in 2025
Institute for Fiscal Studies	FY2025	£95k	Racial inequalities in access to professional careers – what matters?
University College London	FY2025	£92k	Childminder-led structured language enrichment in the early years
Public Law Project	FY2025	£80k	Building resilience: The feasibility of adapting a child-focused intervention for parental separation
University of Central Lancashire	FY2025	£77k	2026 Scottish Parliament and Senedd election analysis
University of Glasgow	FY2025	£75k	Room to grow: School-based nursery places and the disadvantage gap
The University of Sheffield	FY2025	£73k	Tax, benefits and public spending in the 2026 devolved elections
Glasgow Caledonian University	FY2025	£69k	Exploring the intersections between the criminal and civil courts
Royal Economic Society	FY2025	£66k	Access to justice in legal challenges to infrastructure projects
University of Glasgow	FY2025	£65k	Improving school access to essential basic economic literacy
Middlesex University	FY2025	£58k	Improving policymaking processes and knowledge bases on child poverty
Various institutions (7 projects <£50k)	FY2025	£54k	Other grants funded from Main Grants Fund in 2025
Institute for Fiscal Studies	FY2024	£2.5m	Transforming justice: The interplay of social change and policy reforms
University of York	FY2024	£1.6m	Social security in a devolved UK: Realities, risks and opportunities for families
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	FY2024	£893k	The Wellbeing in Later Life in Bradford (WeLL-Bradford) Study
University of Cambridge	FY2024	£448k	Implementing effective early education interventions at scale
Lancaster University	FY2024	£382k	‘The forgotten 10%’: Private family law cases involving non-parents
University College London	FY2024	£370k	Examining the challenges and benefits of childminding in England
Education Policy Institute	FY2024	£367k	Accountability and curriculum international review and CES exemplar
University of Bristol	FY2024	£340k	Family change, wellbeing and social policy
University of Glasgow	FY2024	£332k	Understanding and developing user-focused tribunal hearings
University of Warwick	FY2024	£319k	Clear skies, clear minds: Air quality and children’s welfare
University of Birmingham	FY2024	£311k	Pupil School Mobility – types, pathways and implications for education
Full Fact	FY2024	£308k	Full Fact: Evidence-based responses to harmful misinformation
National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)	FY2024	£301k	The uneven distribution of pupils with SEND in mainstream schools
Learning and Work Institute	FY2024	£299k	Employer investment in upskilling and reskilling in a changing economy
University of Oxford	FY2024	£295k	Developing a mixed funding model for free legal advice
University of Strathclyde	FY2024	£295k	Challenging justice inequalities with children in conflict with the law
Swansea University	FY2024	£286k	Understanding the circumstances of children involved in breach proceedings
University of Birmingham	FY2024	£280k	Youth transitions to good employment: East Birmingham & North Solihull
Middlesex University	FY2024	£278k	Achieving high-quality provision in the baby room of English nurseries
University College London	FY2024	£274k	All women are born (un) equal: Menopause, HRT and women’s well-being
PolicyEngine	FY2024	£251k	Enhancing, localising and democratising tax-benefit policy analysis
Thrive at Five	FY2024	£249k	The evaluation of Thrive at Five’s sites in Stoke and Redcar
Kingston University	FY2024	£232k	A Digital Lives’ Framework for counsellors and psychotherapists
UCL Institute of Education	FY2024	£225k	Evaluating the Fundamental British Values initiative of the DfE
University of Aberdeen	FY2024	£204k	Exploring school–college partnerships for 14–18 learners in Scotland.
University College London	FY2024	£203k	An international analysis of SEND policy and practice: ScopeSEND
University of Sussex	FY2024	£200k	Distributional impacts of net zero on electricity consumers
University of York	FY2024	£199k	Improving well-being–focused online media literacy in schools
University of Oxford	FY2024	£184k	Assessing and improving language-supporting practice in the early years
Education Policy Institute	FY2024	£178k	Beyond teacher assessed grades: Post-16 education choices and COVID-19
University of Essex	FY2024	£172k	Immigrant families in the family justice system
University of Surrey	FY2024	£168k	Educational dialogue for improving Foundation Year student outcomes
University of Manchester	FY2024	£160k	Impact of the cost of childcare on parental mobility
British Institute of International and Comparative Law	FY2024	£151k	Food banks as hubs in the crisis ecosystem
University of Essex	FY2024	£149k	Roots of problem debt and policies to mitigate its consequences
International Longevity Centre UK	FY2024	£140k	Tackling the information gap in retirement saving decisions
Pensions Policy Institute	FY2024	£133k	How can low earners afford a commensurate retirement income?
FFT Education Datalab	FY2024	£117k	Out of sight: Exclusions, alternative provision and later life outcomes
University of Liverpool	FY2024	£100k	Developing a Minimum Digital Living Standard for households with children
Institute for the Future of Work	FY2024	£79k	The Pissarides Review into the future of work and wellbeing
University College London	FY2024	£79k	Afghan resettlement in England: Outcomes and experiences
Full Fact	FY2024	£73k	Full Fact: Evidence-based responses to harmful misinformation
University of Essex	FY2024	£69k	Impact of school breakfast programmes
SafeLives	FY2024	£65k	Safety routes: Enhancing domestic abuse referrals to make victims safer, sooner
University of Cambridge	FY2024	£53k	Choices, chances, and transitions around creative further and higher education
University of Oxford	FY2024	£27k	Evaluating the outsourcing of social care in England
National Institute of Teaching	FY2023	£2.4m	Improvement through Data and Evaluation (TIDE)
Nesta	FY2023	£488k	Revealing social capital
University of Cambridge	FY2023	£460k	A feasibility and pilot trial of the Early Years Library
University of Sheffield	FY2023	£403k	Can digital parenting interventions benefit early language development?
Manchester Metropolitan University	FY2023	£393k	Universal Credit, good work and progression
University of Bath	FY2023	£358k	The Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) to 18 in England – has it worked?
University of Nottingham	FY2023	£334k	PACE and child suspects: piloting a ‘Child First’ approach in police custody
Cardiff University	FY2023	£326k	Special guardianship families: experiences and support needs
Queen’s University Belfast	FY2023	£320k	Vocabulary for reading: the power of words
Institute for Government	FY2023	£309k	Performance tracker: are public services meeting people’s needs?
University of Birmingham	FY2023	£306k	Improving safeguarding outcomes after adoption or special guardianship
Institute for Fiscal Studies	FY2023	£303k	Spending across different stages of education
King’s College London	FY2023	£303k	Collective defined contribution pensions with investment choice
Kingston University	FY2023	£299k	Linking household benefits, financial precarity and child welfare
Cardiff University	FY2023	£295k	Parental advocacy in England: a realist evaluation of implementation
University of Reading	FY2023	£270k	Just Neighbourhoods? Under-representation in UK Community-led planning
University College London	FY2023	£269k	Afghan resettlement in England: outcomes and experiences
Birmingham City University	FY2023	£268k	Gypsy, Roma, Traveller youth: mitigating exclusions using the digital?
National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)	FY2023	£248k	Teacher recruitment and retention challenges amid market structure reform
University of Lancaster	FY2023	£243k	Investigating the origins of the ‘achievement gap’: the effects of adversity
Education Policy Institute	FY2023	£237k	What has ‘Free School Meals’ measured? Implications for research and policy
University of Sheffield	FY2023	£230k	Virtual parent support portals: towards a new research and practice agenda
Ulster University	FY2023	£224k	Improving early mathematical skills by supporting the home learning environment
University of Westminster	FY2023	£205k	The impact of exclusion on peers’ educational and labour market outcomes
Queen’s University Belfast	FY2023	£204k	Exploring academic selection and grammar schools in NI, and advancing the debate
University of Kent	FY2023	£195k	Developing a classroom intervention to improve conversation skills in primary
UCL Institute of Education	FY2023	£161k	Long-term outcomes of high-achieving disadvantaged children
Oxford Brookes University	FY2023	£151k	Unequal access to higher learning: can the EPQ help with levelling up?
National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)	FY2023	£130k	Cost of living crisis: impact on schools
University of Sussex	FY2023	£123k	Exploring the experiences of Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) applicants
University of Cambridge	FY2023	£116k	Breaking networks of youth serious violence in the UK
UCL Institute of Education	FY2023	£99k	Investigating variation in performance across the Key Stage 2 maths curricula
Education Policy Institute	FY2023	£80k	Education priorities in the next general election
University of Oxford	FY2023	£77k	Reliability and validity of crowdsourced workplace well-being data
London School of Economics and Political Science	FY2023	£73k	Reforming capital gains tax: Detailed modelling and tax simulator
Institute for Fiscal Studies	FY2023	£70k	IFS general election analysis
Resolution Foundation	FY2023	£69k	Briefings on UK general election 2024
London Economics	FY2023	£66k	Examination of higher education fees and funding
National Institute of Economic and Social Research	FY2023	£50k	General election briefings on key economic and social issues
University of Kent	FY2022	£929k	Connecting pensions, health and care
The British Academy	FY2022	£518k	Researchers at Risk
National Institute of Economic and Social Research	FY2022	£477k	Building a regional regeneration Index to track socio-economic `Levelling Up’
University of Warwick	FY2022	£470k	Broad shoulders: raising taxes at the top
University of York	FY2022	£457k	Fair shares? Sorting out money and property on divorce
University of Oxford	FY2022	£450k	Comparing UK policies, outcomes and inequalities in post-16 education & training
University of Manchester	FY2022	£402k	Juvenile onset rheumatic diseases: Education, vocational readiness, & employment
University of Nottingham	FY2022	£396k	Evidencing links between cognitive impairment and exploitation in England
University of York	FY2022	£395k	Administrative fairness in the digital welfare state
Bangor University	FY2022	£360k	Research Instruction of Language and Literacy (RILL): A randomised control trial
University of Huddersfield	FY2022	£348k	Children’s lives in changing places (CHILL)
Keele University	FY2022	£345k	Extending working lives for people with musculoskeletal conditions
Cardiff University	FY2022	£341k	Optimisation and feasibility of Triple P parenting programme for remote delivery
University College London	FY2022	£338k	Physical punishment and child outcomes in the UK – a mixed methods study
Royal Holloway, University of London	FY2022	£338k	Do same language subtitles help children to learn to read?
University of Nottingham	FY2022	£338k	The PAW Trial: feasibility and acceptability of the Pain-at-Work Toolkit
University of York	FY2022	£332k	Rethinking special educational needs
University of Bedfordshire	FY2022	£314k	Exploring racial disparity in diversion from the youth justice system
University College London	FY2022	£300k	Inequalities in health, social participation, work & education of young carers
University of Leeds	FY2022	£300k	Arthritis, work and wellbeing: A mixed methods study with policy recommendations
Centre for Evidence and Implementation Global (CEI)	FY2022	£297k	How can we increase the take-up of early education entitlements?
University College London	FY2022	£288k	The psychological, social, and economic impact of musculoskeletal conditions
University of Birmingham	FY2022	£270k	NewsWise in primary education: News and digital literacy, and civic engagement
Lancaster University	FY2022	£267k	Designing inclusive remote and hybrid working to support disabled workers
University of Leeds	FY2022	£266k	Remote osteoarthritis peer-mentorship for socioeconomically underserved people
Middlesex University	FY2022	£247k	Beyond the school gate: Children’s contribution to community integration
Loughborough University	FY2022	£242k	Child First: Examining children’s collaboration in the YJS
Institute for Fiscal Studies	FY2022	£228k	The long run impact of the Education Maintenance Allowance
University of Nottingham	FY2022	£214k	The impact of pension auto-enrolment and COVID-19 on saving behaviours
Association of Colleges	FY2022	£210k	The educational provision for 14-16-year-olds in Further Education in England
Glasgow Caledonian University	FY2022	£200k	RAPPID: Rural assets: Policy and practice insights from the devolved nations
Kingston University	FY2022	£199k	Nature-based integration: Connecting communities with/in the natural environment
Bangor University	FY2022	£198k	Social welfare law advice, community connectedness, equality and well-being
London South Bank University	FY2022	£184k	Transformative justice, women with convictions and community cohesion
Bath Spa University	FY2022	£178k	Purposeful and effective practical work in primary science
University of Cambridge	FY2022	£173k	Should I go to court? Improving access to justice using artificial intelligence
University of Oxford	FY2022	£154k	Developing language-responsive mathematics classrooms
University of Oxford	FY2022	£153k	Evidencing the impact of the outsourcing of social care provision in England
UCL Institute of Education	FY2022	£122k	Raising educational outcomes for pupils with SEN and disabilities
University College London	FY2022	£120k	Exploring the utility of behavioural data to understanding community well-being
University College London	FY2022	£113k	Work or study? Gender and the transition from school to work in England
University of Leicester	FY2022	£107k	Redesigning labour market policies for the future of work
Nottingham Trent University	FY2022	£86k	Feasibility of a movement and story-telling intervention for Reception children
University of Bristol	FY2022	£86k	Fair shares? Sorting out money and property on divorce
Durham University	FY2022	£84k	Transparency and judicial review: An empirical study of the duty of candour
University of Kent	FY2022	£84k	Connecting pensions, health and care
Durham University	FY2022	£81k	The differential impact of Covid-19 lockdown on pupils’ writing skills
Resolution Foundation	FY2022	£77k	Economy 2030: Navigating a decade of change
Birkbeck, University of London	FY2022	£73k	Administrative fairness in the digital welfare state
Ulster University	FY2022	£72k	Understanding and supporting legal participation for litigants in person
Education Policy Institute	FY2022	£66k	From algorithmic bias to teacher bias? Covid-19 and the disadvantage gap
University of Sussex	FY2022	£58k	Ethnic inequalities in later life
University of Nottingham	FY2022	£57k	Quantifying the impact of additional learning needs identification in Wales
University College London	FY2022	£56k	Understanding the health needs of mothers and children involved in family court cases
University of Bristol	FY2022	£54k	TIMSS and primary science (TAPS)
University of Bristol	FY2022	£40k	Lived experience of the law: A research and policy project.
Sheffield Hallam University	FY2022	£17k	Housing 21: Exploring a more inclusive model of cohousing
University of Oxford	FY2022	£7k	POST Fellowship 2022
The Open University	FY2022	£7k	POST Fellowship 2022

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This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 16081271 vs reference 15925646 (1.0% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.