Deadline: 7-Nov-22
Is your community group keen to run an activity during British Science Week? Can you reach people who currently don’t engage with science? If yes, then British Science Week Community Grant Scheme might be able to help!
The Community Grants scheme is all about helping you to engage your audiences with science in ways that are tailor-made for them. Supported by UK Research and Innovation, we’re thrilled to offer grants of £500 and £1000 each year to help community groups to run their own events and activities for British Science Week, expanding the number of people who enjoy and take part in science!
Types of Grants
- For British Science Week 2023, there are two levels of grants that community groups can apply for:
- £500 grants to run one or more events during British Science Week
- £1000 grants to run one or more events during British Science Week, as well as either preparatory or follow-up activities that will lead to continued engagement beyond British Science Week
Priorities
- They prioritise events that strongly fit with the British Science Association’s vision of a world where science is at the heart of culture and society. These include events that:
- Are embedded in your local community, where community members are involved in some aspect of the planning or delivery of the event
- Showcase the role science plays in everyday life, challenge the idea that science is separate from culture, and/or break down stereotypes of what it means to be a scientist or engage with science
- Leave a legacy, providing a way for those involved to continue their engagement with science.
- They look to fund community-based groups and organisations that have direct, ongoing relationships with one or more of our target audiences. Activity providers, libraries, museums and other institutions who are looking for funding to run an event with a group that meets one of our target audiences are encouraged to partner with a community group.
Funding Information
- This grants scheme offers £500-£1000 for community groups working directly with audiences that are traditionally underrepresented in science.
What can the grant money be spent on?
- The grants can be used for:
- Materials
- Room hire
- Audio-visual hire
- Publicity
- Reasonable volunteer expenses
- Speakers, trainers and freelancers
- Project-specific staff costs (salaries or fees for people who are essential to the project and whose salaries aren’t already covered by another grant)
- Transport or other costs of activities/events celebrating British Science Week.
- The majority of grant money cannot be spent on refreshments or project-specific staff costs.
- Grant money cannot be spent on:
- Large competition prizes
- Large non-consumable equipment (e.g., microscopes, computers, cameras)
- On-going salary costs
- Costs that are already covered by other funding
- General running costs and overheads that are paid for by other income.
Eligibility Criteria
- They offer funding to community groups that work directly with audiences traditionally underrepresented in science, including:
- People from ethnic minority backgrounds
- People living in communities which face deprivation, including people disadvantaged in terms of education and income
- People with a disability or long-term health condition
- People living in a remote and rural location, defined as settlements of less than 10,000 people
- Girls and women.
- For community groups that work with girls and women, we prioritise those who work with at least one other underrepresented group.
For more information, visit https://www.britishscienceweek.org/about-us/grants/bsw-community-grant-scheme/
