Deadline: 19-Oct-22
The Road Safety Trust is seeking applications for its Main Themed Grants Programme under the theme of “Fitness to Drive.”
The purpose of The Road Safety Trust is to make UK roads safer, achieving impact through the funding of practical measures, research, dissemination and education initiatives. The Trust intends to uphold the highest of ethical and safety standards in both the conduct of initiatives and research it funds and prudence in the expenditure of the funds that it holds. Its Values of Rigour, Partnership, Independence and Challenge, and Knowledge are reflected in the approach it takes with each and every funded project.
Objectives
- To support the achievement of these strategic priorities, the objectives of the Grant Programme are to:
- Generate new knowledge about what works
- Translate ideas into new measures
- Influence road safety policy and practice
- Support partnership working and collaboration.
Priorities
- The Road Safety Trust aims to make a tangible difference on the roads via its Strategic Priorities:
- Research that informs
- Pilots that test
- Dissemination that reaches, and
- Advocacy that influences.
Funding Information
- The minimum award is £25k and the maximum is £300k.
Eligibility Criteria
- For main theme grants, the general criteria are as follows:
- There is a need for the project and it addresses a clear road safety problem
- The project has clear objectives and outcomes and the potential for improved road safety for the public in the UK
- The project supports the objectives of the grant programme
- The project demonstrates resilience to, and takes account of, challenges relating to Covid-19
- The project is considered innovative
- Project methods are clear
- Knowledge of relevant practice and literature is demonstrated
- Knowledge of relevant regulations and guidance is demonstrated
- Project structure and management is well outlined
- Experience of the project team is evident, including its cohesion and composition
- Innovation
- Partnership working and collaboration feature within the project
- Clear plans for assessment of road safety benefits and evaluation of achievement of the project’s objectives
- Plans for the project to make an impact and demonstration of how
- Dissemination, engagement and knowledge exchange is clearly outlined
- Financial aspects and budget is clearly provided, the project is value for money and budget well considered
- Future plans are outlined – eg. sustainability, scaling up or roll out.
Limitations
- Applications will be deemed ineligible where the following apply:
- The application is assessed as having a private profit motive;
- The public benefit to UK road-users is not clear;
- The application is for funding towards services or activities previously funded in whole or in part by the applicant organisation(s) or a statutory body;
- The request is for core funding rather than project funding;
- 100% of the total project cost has been requested (cash or in-kind);
- Applications are of a party political nature or likely to be in breach of laws relating to equality and opportunity.
- The application is not considered to fall within the terms of the funding round applied to.
For more information, visit Main Theme Grants.
For more information, visit https://www.roadsafetytrust.org.uk/our-grant-criteria