# £300,000 funding for research on UK impacts of US-Iran conflict

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2026/06/16/funding-for-research-on-uk-impacts-of-us-iran-conflict/
- Published: 2026-06-16T12:27:29+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Nuffield Foundation has created a rapid-response fund for research into how
the current conflict involving the USA, Iran and Israel has and will affect people
and businesses in the UK.**

Up to £300,000 is available to researchers, academics, think tanks and policy institutes.
The fund will support “high-quality, policy-relevant research informing responses
to rising energy, fuel and living costs linked to the 2026 conflict involving the
US, Iran, Israel and the wider region, including disruption to shipping through 
the Strait of Hormuz”.

Eligible projects will be those that can rapidly generate robust evidence on how
these developments are affecting households, businesses and the wider economy, and
also to identify practical policy responses.

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Although a ceasefire appears, again, to be at hand, the impacts and tensions are
going to persist and require action, “underlining the importance of timely and rigorous
analysis to support decision-making”.

The new funding is part of the Nuffield Foundation’s wider commitment to supporting
rigorous, independent research that informs social and economic issues. It funds
and undertakes “rigorous research, encourages innovation and supports the use of
sound evidence to inform social and economic policy, and improve people’s lives”.
This research is designed to help ensure that the UK is better prepared to respond
to ongoing and future economic challenges.

Gavin Kelly, Chief Executive at the Nuffield Foundation, said:

> “During periods of heightened economic and geopolitical uncertainty, it is essential
> that policymakers and practitioners have access to robust, timely evidence. The
> Foundation’s new rapid-response funding will support research that helps to understand
> the impacts of global disruption on people’s lives, informs policy trade-offs,
> and learn lessons that will help strengthen the UK’s future resilience.”

[Applications have opened](https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/funding-for-research/uk-impacts-of-the-us-iran-conflict)
today and close at 11.59 on 10 July 2026. Up to eight projects will be supported.
Successful projects are expected to run for three to six months, “ideally beginning
in August or September 2026”.

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   27 May 2026)**