Check the blog for regular updates on public engagment funding, prizes and competitions. Also see our funding pages: https://thinkpe.net/funding/
The Physiological Society Public Engagement Grants
Through the grants we hope to fund activities which:
- Inspire creative public engagement with physiology
- Stimulate physiologists to share their stories, passion and expertise in innovative ways with wider audiences, particularly those that are traditionally hard to reach
- Increase dialogue between researchers and the public, in particular on topics such as the relevance of research to health, medicine and performance.
- Produce materials and resources which can be used for further public engagement and outreach work.
They are keen to receive project applications which fit under our 2016 theme, ‘Elite Performance’. For more information about the grant scheme, including T&Cs, application guidance and past projects please visit our website (http://bit.ly/Physocpegrants) or email me (outrech@physoc.org). Applications should be submitted by 11.59 pm, Sunday 28 February 2016. Funding decisions will be announced at the end of April.
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STFC PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FELLOWSHIPS SCHEME – 2016
The 2016 round of the STFC Public Engagement Fellowships scheme is open for applications. The closing date is Thursday 25th February 2016 at 4.00pm
The Public Engagement Fellowship scheme aims to support the very best people in STFC’s community to undertake extended programmes of the highest-quality, innovative public engagement as a core part of their job role. The Fellowships purchase a proportion of a researcher’s time to enable them to concentrate more on public engagement activities which will have a significant national or regional impact. For details about the scheme please contact the STFC Public Engagement Team
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2016 Celebrating Impact Prize
- Open to all ESRC projects – excluding previously winning projects
- Previously unsuccessful entrants welcome to resubmit
- Prior winners may also submit new research impacts
- Streamlined application process
- £60,000 total prize money available
Now in its fourth year, the Celebrating Impact Prize is an annual opportunity to recognise and reward ESRC-funded researchers who have achieved, or are currently achieving, outstanding economic and societal impacts. It celebrates outstanding ESRC research and success in collaborative working, partnerships, interdisciplinary projects, engagement and knowledge exchange activities that have led to significant impact.
We particularly welcome interdisciplinary projects, those involving the use of big data resources or infrastructure, and impacts from institutions submitting for the first time.
The 2016 Celebrating Impact Prize has six categories, each representing areas covered by the ESRC; with sole winners in each category receiving £10,000 to further support their research or further impact activities. The call for applicants closes Friday 29th January 2016 at 3pm. Interested parties should read the following information, and submit their work for consideration via the ESRC forms on impact prize page
- Outstanding Impact in Business
- Outstanding Impact in Public Policy
- Outstanding Impact in Society
- Outstanding International Impact
- Outstanding Early Career Impact
- Impact Champion
Information on previous Winners, their research, impact case studies, FAQs and the event may be found here. For further information please contact: ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize team, Email: impact@esrc.ac.uk, Telephone: 01793 414697.
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Biochemical Society
Are you a talented science communicator?
If so, then enter our 2016 Science Communication Competition. We are looking for original pieces of writing or videos on a topic of relevance to molecular bioscience. Winners receive a cash prize and professional mentoring session. Mentors include Dr Kat Arney, Dr Steve Cross and the Science Media Centre.
Find out more and enter. Deadline 8 April 2016.
Biochemistry.org/ScienceCommunicationCompetition
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British Science Association, Bristol and Bath Branch – FILM FESTIVAL
The Bristol and Bath branch of the British Science Association are organising a science film festival and competition to be held during British Science Week.
We’re looking for amateur film makers, including those with little or no experience, to submit short films of up to 10 minutes on a science theme that interests them. Deadline for submissions is 1st February 2016. Shortlisted entries will be screened in Bristol at the Cube Microplex on 20th March 2016 and there will be prizes for both local and national entries!
For more information about the competition and how to submit a film visit our website www.bristolsciencefilmfestival.info and see the Facebook event.
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British Science Festival: Nominate an Award Lecture
Award Lecture nominations are now open. The deadline is Friday 4 March. To propose a nomination, fill out this form.
Awards are available in seven different areas:
- Margaret Mead – social sciences
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel, supported by Siemens – engineering, technology and industry
- Charles Lyell – environmental sciences
- Charles Darwin – agricultural, biological and medical sciences
- Rosalind Franklin, supported by Siemens – physical sciences and mathematics
- Daphne Oram – digital innovation
- Jacob Bronowski – science and the arts
The selected lecturers will receive an all expenses paid trip to the British Science Festival, a £250 honorarium and an invitation to the Festival Dinner. There may also be other opportunities to present the Award Lecture at other science festivals in the UK.
If you submit a nomination, we will be in touch with a decision by April. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact Rosie Waldron.
See the full list of Award Lectures since 1990.
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Royal Society of Chemistry’s Outreach Fund
Deadline Friday 29 January 2016. Currently accepting small grant applications, up to £2000. Through the Outreach Fund, we aim to encourage and support the development of projects that:
- raise awareness of the place of chemistry in people’s everyday lives, especially those not already interested in chemistry, and/or
- develop the science communication skills of people who are already highly trained in chemistry.
For more information contact
Outreach Executive
Royal Society of Chemistry
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 432246
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School Science also lists a number of competitions for schools-related activity. Not all of these will be relevant but you can take a look through their list here: http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/competitions
