Deadline: 9 March 2018
Nesta is seeking applications for its Everyone Makes Innovation Policy to offer grants of up to £15,000 to projects that demonstrate creative ways of engaging members of the public in issues relating to innovation policy.
By innovation policy, Nesta mean the range of things that governments – national, regional and local – can do to promote and support innovation for economic growth and for public good. Projects might, for example, focus on involving the public in one or more of the following:
- Uncovering or reframing problems or needs that innovation could address
- Identifying priorities or challenges for innovation policy
- Deciding how funds should be spent
- Influencing the way that new technologies are developed, used or regulated
- Devising sets of principles to guide policymakers’ decisions
- Monitoring and improving existing policy initiatives
Nesta’d also welcome other suggestions as long as they have a link to policy or decision making around innovation.
Funding Information
Nesta will provide funding up to £15k per proposal, although applicants do not have to bid for the maximum – Nesta would welcome proposals for smaller, riskier projects that require a smaller amount of funding to deliver.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nesta welcome applications from organisations based anywhere in the UK, including universities and research organisations, charities, public sector bodies, community organisations and companies. Nesta will not fund individuals.
- Nesta is interested in ways in which the public can influence decision making. Nesta does not looking to fund projects that focus solely on communication of research, such as science festivals or events, videos or other media.
- Nesta can only fund projects which advance their charitable objects for public benefit. Nesta’s charitable objects include advancing industry, commerce and social enterprise which relieves poverty relieves unemployment, advances health, advances environmental protection or improvement and sustainable development, or advances citizenship or community development, through encouraging and supporting innovation. This call is designed primarily to address this charitable object.
- The outcomes of applicant’s project will need to be made public/published openly as a condition of funding. Nesta will work with applicants to prepare this in a format suitable for publication on the Nesta website. Applicants must keep accurate records of their expenditure of the grant and comply with Nesta’s monitoring requirements.
- Nesta will consider applications for projects that have additional funding, although all proposals should demonstrate the added value of Nesta funds and clearly show what the Nesta-funded component of the project is.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Country: United Kingdom
For more information, please visit Everyone Makes Innovation Policy.