You may have seen the new call for small grants from EPSRC at https://epsrc.ukri.org/funding/calls/epsrc-mathematical-sciences-small-grants-scheme/ announced on Friday, 09 Octover 2020.
This explicitly rules out workshops. As part of the same funding initiative, ICMS will be running an expanded Workshop and Research-in-Groups programme for the mathematical sciences and applications.
EPSRC has introduced a new grants scheme which may be of interest – see link below.
https://epsrc.ukri.org/newsevents/news/new-grants-to-boost-early-stage-maths-idea-generation-and-research/
Please follow this link, for all current OU job vacancies including those in the School of Mathematics and Statistics.