Deadline: 30-Nov-22
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is seeking applications for its Grant Program to support the development and evaluation of programmes and approaches that aim to raise the attainment of two – 19-year-olds, particularly those from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
This funding round is part of their reinvigorated commissioning approach. Funding rounds will now have particular topic foci and fund projects within selected themes under these topics, ensuring that they are focusing on funding projects to answer the most important questions as suggested by the existing evidence base and school priorities, prioritising the areas that are likely to be most beneficial for socio-economically disadvantaged children.
Priority Areas
They are most interested in applications for this funding round in the following research priority areas:
- Cognitive Science
- Early Language in the Early Years and Year 1
- Mathematics in the Early Years and Key Stage 1
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development in the Early Years (including self-regulation)
- Evidenced and scaled programmes
Funding Information
The EEF does not have a set minimum or maximum size of grant that they award.
Types of Projects
This round sees the launch of a new approach, with three separate forms depending on the stage of development of the project – one for Innovation projects, one for Development and Pilot projects, and one for Efficacy and Effectiveness trials.
- Innovation projects: applications from organisations that are interested in following a structured process to design, package and deliver programmes in 5 – 6 participating settings.
- Development projects: applications that are suitable for the Development route will require support to further develop or codify their programme and will be ready to adapt, package and deliver in around 8 – 12 settings.
- Pilots: applications selected for a pilot study will require minimal development work. The programme should be ready to be tested for trial feasibility through a pilot.
- Efficacy trials: projects that are suited for an impact trial, delivering in around 50 settings.
- Effectiveness trials: projects that have a positive outcome from a causal impact evaluation and/or have already established a consistent delivery model at a large scale.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any organisation working with children and young people between the ages of two to 19 can apply for funding.
- They only fund projects taking place in schools, nurseries and colleges in England. But they’re open to high-potential ideas from overseas that can be implemented in England.
- If you’re a for-profit company, they’ll need to make sure funding is being used for public benefit and meets their objectives.
- They expect most grantees to contribute towards the project costs, and they would particularly expect this of for-profit companies.
For more information, visit https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/apply-for-funding