Funding opportunity from the Youth Endowment Fund: Using secondary data analysis to learn about violence prevention
Categories: Funding opportunities, Office for National Statistics, ADR UK Partnership, Children & young people, Crime & justice
5 January 2026
The Youth Endowment Fund has launched its latest funding round for secondary data analysis projects. This opportunity will fund research projects that use existing administrative and other datasets to deliver policy-relevant evidence around young people's involvement in violence.
The Youth Endowment Fund is looking to fund projects that generate policy-relevant evidence on the impacts of policies, practices and interventions and the broader contexts of children's and young people’s involvement in violence. This year, their call has a specific focus on the health, social care and youth justice sectors, as well as violence against women and girls, and online violence.
Use an ADR UK flagship dataset for your project
Applicants may consider making use of ADR UK flagship datasets for their projects. These datasets are securely available for accredited researchers to apply to access in trusted research environments.
In particular, the Ministry of Justice & Department for Education linked dataset - England might be of interest; this dataset enables analysis of the links between childhood characteristics, educational outcomes and (re)offending.
Find out more
Projects are anticipated to be between 18 and 24 months in duration. The deadline for applications is 13 February 2026.
For more details and how to apply:
