Deadline: 5-Apr-22
The Digital Xtra Fund is inviting applications for its Round VII (2022/23) Grant Awards to support an amazing tech initiative to engage young people in computing science and digital technologies.
Objectives
- The Core Objective of Digital Xtra Fund is to:
- Inspire young people to learn digital technologies skills through high quality, exciting extracurricular activities, thus expanding the talent pipeline of young people who study technology related disciplines and ultimately pursue a career in digital technologies.
- Additional Secondary Objectives include:
- Increase overall number of young people learning digital tech skills across Scotland
- Increase diversity and inclusion of young people learning digital tech skills especially among:
- audiences from areas often excluded from digital tech activities through lack of local resources or geography (i.e., areas of high deprivation and/or rural isolation)
- groups underrepresented in the digital technologies sector (i.e., girls and young women and/or minority groups)
- Contextualise the skills being learned especially through industry engagement
- Promote digital technologies as an attractive career path including highlighting the breadth of careers in digital technologies
- Dispel negative perceptions and stereotypes about digital technologies activities and careers
Funding Information
- Round VII (2022/23) will initially see up to £75,000 worth of grant awards available for high quality, exciting extracurricular digital technologies activities across Scotland.
- Eligible organisations can apply for grants from a minimum of £500 to a maximum of £5,000.
- Applicants may apply to Digital Xtra Fund for partial funding where the delivery costs for a proposed initiative is more than £5,000.
Outcomes
- The Core and Secondary Objectives should help achieve the following outcomes:
- Increased number of young people studying computing science and digital technologies related courses in and out of school and beyond
- Increased number of educational establishments and organisations delivering digital technologies related extracurricular activities
- Increased meta-skills (innovation, social intelligence, self-management) and employability skills (confidence, resilience, communication, leadership) amongst young people
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a grant award, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Main Applicant is a UK registered company, UK registered charity, chartered body, local authority, school, college, or university actively involved in the provision of computing education and/or digital technologies related activities for young people
- The proposed initiative meets the Core Objective of Digital Xtra Fund
- The grant requested is between £500 and £5,000
- The proposed initiative is an ‘extracurricular activity
- The primary audience are young people aged 16 years and under
- The proposed initiative will commence after 1 July 2022 and be completed by 30 June 2023
- The proposed initiative will be delivered entirely in Scotland
- Applicants who have previously received a grant award from Digital Xtra Fund may apply again provided a newly completed application is submitted.
- This includes both funding for a new activity or for an activity previously supported by Digital Xtra Fund which is being developed further or will significantly increase overall capacity beyond what has already been achieved.
- Previously supported initiatives which are projected to achieve the same Targets and Outcomes as previous years will not be considered.
For more information, visit https://www.digitalxtrafund.scot/apply/