Funding opportunities

Funding from external bodies that may be applicable to our sector.

Wellcome Trust Society Awards

Deadline for preliminary applications: 31st March 2010

Society Awards are for ambitious and creative projects that engage people with developments in biomedical science on a regional or national scale.

Their aim is to encourage people of all ages and walks of life to learn about new developments and have an opportunity to consider, question and debate the implications and issues arising from such work.

Projects should aim to achieve at least one of the following:

The deadline for preliminary applications for open calls is Wednesday 31 March 2010 (the October deadline will be for themed proposals). Please check this web site for further updates; Wellcome Trust Funding.

AstraZeneca Grants for Teacher CPD

Closing date: Wednesday 5th May 2010

The AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust invites applications for Primary Science, Science Transition and Lower Secondary/ Key Stage 3 Projects. Grants will be made for the coming academic year (September 2010 - July 2011). All applications must be received by 5th May 2010.

The grants are available for CPD for teachers to develop and enhance their practice of teaching science. For full details please view the following PDF

The AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust project funding

Europe-wide nanotechnology dialogue opportunity

ASDC will be offering our member organisations the opportunity to take part in our EU-funded nanotechnology dialogue project. The invitation to tender will be sent to all Network Reps in January and will involve running two ‘nano-days’ with your visitors and local schools. ‘Nano-kits’ will be supplied for you and your teachers. We will be looking for five members to host these events across 2010/2011.

Physiological Society Outreach Grants

The Society supports the outreach activities of its members to promote education and training in physiology up to £500 per calendar year. This grant is for scientists who might wish to apply for grants to do an activity with your centre.

Apply for an Outreach Grant or for further information email education@physoc.org.

Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7): Science in society

Deadlines depend on programme and theme: from 14 August 2009 to April 2010 with most in January 2010 - check web site for details.

The 2010 work programme and new calls for funding under the EU’s Framework Programme 7 ‘Science in Society’ have just been published. There are opportunities for a range of participants including academics, schools, science centres, science festivals, businesses and NGOs.

Funding is now available for pan-European collaborative projects that deal with issues of ethics in science, strengthening the role of women in science, science education and science communication. €50.2m of funding is available for 2010, and there are opportunities for a wide range of participants: academics, schools and HE institutions, science centres, science festivals, cities, parliamentary offices, small/medium Enterprise and NGOs.

Details and links are available at the FP7UK SiS web site: this site also has links to more sources of information on the SiS programme. Potential applicants can contact the SiS National Contact Point (NCP) on adele.campbell@esrc.ac.uk

STFC Science in Society Funding

The 2009 deadlines have now passed

STFC funding is available to engage the public in areas relating to astronomy, planetary and solar science, lasers and nuclear and particle physics. STFC also encourage partnership projects and those that relate to current science and technology projects (e.g. the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and the International Year of Astronomy 2009).
For full details visit:www.scitech.ac.uk/PandS/Fund/All/Funds.aspx

Ingenious: Grants Scheme for Engineers

Closing date passed (19 November 2009)

Ingenious is a grants scheme that funds thought-provoking activities for engineers to share their expertise and enthusiasm for engineering with public audiences of all ages.

If you have an imaginative idea that will help engineers communicate what they do, why they do it, and how it impacts on our society – the Ingenious team want to hear from you.

Potential applicants are welcome to contact the Academy to discuss their proposal idea.

To find out more and apply for a grant visit www.raeng.org.uk/ingenious, which also contains case studies and mini-films of previous projects. They fund projects from £3,000 to £30,000.

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