ESRC

abbreviation for

1. Economic and Social Research Council

Example Sentences

All photographs courtesy of the ESRC.

From BBC

But between January and early September this year, just 249 women signed up, according to the ESRC, which oversaw the study.

From Nature

Fiona Armstrong, who was responsible for Life Study at the ESRC, says that the research council did indeed consider the researchers’ plans to adjust the recruitment process — and consulted the research team as part of that process — but ultimately, it still concluded that “whatever might be done wasn’t enough”.

From Nature

The accelerometer should collect more-accurate data on body movement and energy use, one reason that the project has earned support from biomedical-research funders the British Heart Foundation and the Wellcome Trust, both in London, as well as the ESRC.

From Nature

Some allocate resources across borders: the ESRC, for example, allows up to 30% of any grant to be spent on international collaborations.

From Nature