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Project Support and Funding

IATL provides funding and support for student-led research projects and, through the Education Fund jointly supported with WIHEA, for staff-led projects that support the university's Education and Student Experience Strategy.

Funding call information is below.

Please contact us if you have questions. For projects IATL has supported recently, visit our ProjectsLink opens in a new window page.

Student Led Projects

We are updating the Project Support scheme this year to focus solely on student-led research projects. The scheme will provide funding plus support for students to lead, produce and share their work. Further details will be available when we open this year's funding call in Term 2. If you would like to be contacted when the funding call opens, please email us at: IATL.ProjectSupport@warwick.ac.uk

Staff Led Projects - support provided through Education Fund

IATL and WIHEA have jointly launched the Education Fund for staff-led strategic projects that support the new Education and Student Experience Strategy. Please see the Education Fund website for guidance about the annual funding call. The Education Fund replaces both departments’ open funding schemes for staff projects.

The IATL's Den

Open to all current students who have taken or are taking an IATL module or received IATL funding, the IATL's Den supports IATL students in advancing their entrepreneurial ideas. Watch this space for next year's application round.

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Key Information for Student Applications (2024/25 info, to be updated)

Student proposal guidance

Students at any level of study can apply for up to £1,500 for student-led research projects.

Research - options for research projects include:
- proposals for student research projects, addressing any field or area;
- proposals for engagement activities regarding research that the student has already carried out;
- proposals that would support student researchers and advance the culture of student research.

Research proposals can address any field or area, including interdisciplinary topics. We encourage co-creation within student-led projects where possible but this is not required.

Our co-creation video includes ideas relevant for some student projects

We support students being paid for their project work. See Funding and Budget Guidance for key information including sample budgets.

Key points:

Projects must be student-led
Projects must be completed within 3 months of the lead applicant’s graduation at the latest
Work funded through Project Support cannot be used for or contribute to any form of assessment
Students can submit one application per funding call
If your research may or would require ethical approval, please contact us - the process is different to the ethics process for students on IATL modules
All projects are expected to share their learning with the wider Warwick community
- Undergraduate students share their research through the International Conference of Undergraduate ResearchLink opens in a new window and/or ReinventionLink opens in a new window

Please ensure you review Approvals Required before you apply. Applications missing required approvals after the deadline will not be considered.

Timescales: After an application deadline, the Review Panel typically meets 2 weeks later, and we aim to notify applicants of outcomes within the 2 weeks after the Panel meets. If an application is approved, it can then take a further 2 weeks for funds to be available. Please allow for all this timing, and for ethical approval if required, when planning a project.

For the purposes of Project Support, PhD students are considered students (rather than staff), including if they are undertaking paid teaching work at the university, and so are eligible to apply for Project Support. PhD student applicants should review the Approvals requirements carefully before applying.

To learn about projects we have supported recently, please visit our ProjectsLink opens in a new window page.

Funding and Budget Guidance

Click on this link to review full information: Project funding and costs - guidance and FAQsLink opens in a new window

Funding process and timescales for approved projects:

For student-led projects, funding is provided via a bursary payment

Following approval, it can take up to 10 working days (occasionally longer) for funds to be available. Please allow for this timing, as well as for ethical approval if required, when planning a project.

Approvals Required

All applications require supporting statement(s) for the lead applicant, received by the deadline. Upload your statement to the application form or email to us at: IATL.ProjectSupport@warwick.ac.uk

Student lead, for a project up to £1,500

Undergraduate or Masters student leads: an Academic Supporting Statement is required.

Please take some time to discuss your proposal with an academic who can then provide you with a supporting statement.

Your supporting academic must complete the Supporting Statement templateLink opens in a new window

PhD student leads have specific approval requirements - see separate tab

PhD student lead

PhD student lead: two approvals are required. These are:

Statement of support from your PhD supervisor
Approval from your Head of Department.

For both approvals, please submit a brief document or email that includes their signature. An email will be taken as electronic signature. Your PhD supervisor does not need to complete the Academic Supporting Statement template.

Applications missing any required statements or approvals after the deadline will not be reviewed.

How to apply

Please ensure you have reviewed all guidance before you apply, including

what types of student-led research projects we support
Project funding and costsLink opens in a new window, and our funding process and timescales
what approvals are required.

We must receive all application materials, including online application form and all required approvals, by the deadline. Incomplete applications will not be considered by the Review Panel. The Review Panel includes staff and students.

Timescales:

Application deadlines are noted on the Project Support webpage
Review Panels usually meet 7-10 working days after a deadline
We aim to notify you of the Review Panel’s decision within 10 working days of the panel meeting
If projects are approved, it can take another 10 working days and sometimes longer for funds to be available to you, due to institutional financial processes. Please allow for this time, as well as for ethical approval if required, in your project planning.

Click here to access the Project Support Application Form (2025/26) Link opens in a new window