ADR UK Research Fellowship Call (2020) Ministry of Justice Magistrates' and Crown Court Datasets

Are you interested in applying or do you have any questions about the call or the data?

ADR UK is launching an open call for applications for an initial 6-month research fellowship scheme to conduct analysis using the magistrates' court and Crown Court datasets. These include magistrates’ and Crown Court defendant case level data, and are the first research-ready datasets resulting from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)-led Data First project, funded by ADR UK.

This will be the first of a number of open calls seeking proposals from individual researchers to be the first users of newly available administrative data. Joint or team applications are unfortunately not eligible at this time, though proposals may factor in research support or leadership and letters from supporting organisations are encouraged. Research Fellows will conduct research and analysis and derive insights from the data to showcase their potential for policy impact and public benefit, and develop them as a useful research resource for future users. The data is held and will be made available to fellows via the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Secure Research Service (SRS).

ADR UK will act as the key liaison point between Research Fellows and data owners, ensuring that data access for each project is approved and will organise at least one engagement event with key policy stakeholders. Applicants will need to demonstrate their willingness to collaborate, to capture and share learning from the data for the benefit of future users, actively contribute to ADR UK’s engagement event(s), and commit to delivering accessible and user-friendly outputs.

Question Title

* 1. Full name

Question Title

* 2. Institution

Question Title

* 3. Email

Question Title

* 4. Do you intend to apply?

Yes

Maybe

Other (please specify)

Question Title

* 5. If you have any questions or concerns in relation to the magistrates' and Crown Court data Research Fellowship opportunity which have not already been covered in the FAQ document (accessible via www.adruk.org), please comment below.

Question Title

* 6. If you are interested in applying to use this data but there are barriers to you applying through this Research Fellowship call, please provide details below.

Question Title

* 7. If you intend to appy to use the data, what issues or topics are you interested in researching?

Question Title

* 8. If you have any questions about the magistrates' and Crown Court datasets that you would like answering, especially at the applicant webinar being held on 18 September 2020, please write your questions in the comment box. All questions will be shared with MoJ and ONS. Applicants can also contact MoJ for information at datafirst@justice.gov.uk.