About the IAAs at Bath
UKRI impact acceleration accounts (IAAs) are strategic awards providing funding to research organisations to use creatively for a wide range of impact projects and activities that develop partnerships and cultivate a greater culture of impact and responsible innovation.
By providing the catalyst that allows projects to grow to the next level, the funding aims to maximise the benefits the University’s world-leading research brings to society and the economy.
In addition to our long-standing Impact Acceleration Account funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) since 2012, we were delighted to have secured funding through the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) from April 2023. Also, from January 2024 we were awarded the EPSRC Place-Based IAA funding for GW-SHIFT (the Great Western Supercluster of Hydrogen Impact for Future Technologies).
Types of activities supported
Funds are invested in activities that support, develop and foster strategic partnerships for knowledge exchange and impact, including across disciplines and sectors. Activities might include:
- proof of concept projects
- commercialisation
- market validation
- activities targeting policy, business and the third sectors
See the case studies on some of our EPSRC IAA funded projects.
Funding opportunities
More on our internal funding opportunities within the ESRC and EPSRC remits:
- EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account
- ESRC Impact Acceleration Account
- EPSRC Place-Based IAA, ‘GW-SHIFT’