ESRC and AHRC announce the Social science, Humanities and Arts for People and the Economy (SHAPE) Catalyst programme with delivery partners the ARC Accelerator.
The new programme will support researchers within these disciplines to develop and bring new products, processes, services and experiences to market.
The Economic Social Research Council (ESRC) Interim Executive Chair Professor Alison Park said:
The potential for greater commercialisation of the outputs from social science, arts and humanities research is huge and offers a way of delivering even greater economic, societal and cultural impact. Yet, of the 160 spin-out companies founded each year, the overwhelming majority are STEM-based.
