Understanding Society is primarily funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It is the ESRC’s largest single investment. 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)
- Department for Education (DfE)
- The Scottish Government
- Welsh Government
- Office for National Statistics (ONS)
- The British Academy
Previous funders include: