If publications have been produced, these will be listed and contact names of individual researchers are given. The ESRC funds a great deal of research in the social sciences in the UK, and the Regard database lists these awards. A keyword search will bring up any publications produced as a result of research funding, and will often provide links to university departments where research is still in progress. It is a good idea to keep a search log as part of the research for your project or dissertation. Keep notes of the databases and indexes you found useful, and of the exact keyword strategy which worked best in each one.
Some databases have a facility for searching only the most recent documents added to the file.