Independent Social Research Foundation

About Independent Social Research Foundation

The Independent Social Research Foundation is a public benefit foundation funded by a group of private philanthropists with interests in academia and social science, founded in 2008.

The ISRF is dedicated to advancing the social sciences through the promotion of new modes of inquiry and the development of interdisciplinary expertise and methods, and through better understanding of social entities and processes.

What we do

We offer funding opportunities, enter into partnerships with academic institutions and generally support research which foregrounds innovative, interdisciplinary thinking across the social sciences, arts and humanities.

How we do it

The ISRF is an endowed Foundation. The endowment, and any additional donations, are directly used to promote and support the objectives of the ISRF. Oversight responsibility for the Foundation’s endowment lies with the ISRF Investment Committee.

The Executive Team are responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the annual budget, as approved by the Foundation Board. The Foundation is advised by an Academic Advisory Board comprised of leading international academics from across the social sciences and humanities.

The Foundation subscribes to a code of ethics covering its governance, its adherence to legal and good practice requirements including equality, confidentiality and financial control, and its academic values of fairness, transparency and independence

As a Netherlands-registered Stichting, the ISRF is required to maintain a Policy Plan which draws together the objectives and activities of the Foundation. It is also required to produce an Annual Report, to have its own Remuneration Policy, and to publish both a financial statement for the most recent financial year and an ANBI Form.

Keywords

• Interdisciplinarity
• Research Funding
• Social Entities
• Social Science

Address

• Headquarters

  62 Bayswater RoadW23PS LondonUnited Kingdom

Team by function

Based on 1 public job profiles as of 4 September 2026.

• Research / R&D1