Project Support

IATL provides funding and support for two types of projects:

Staff-led projects related to teaching and learning
Student-led research, performance or enterprise projects.

The tabs below provide key information about each type of project, required approvals, funding and more. Please review all information before you apply.

Funding call information is below. Please contact us if you have questions. For projects we have supported recently, visit our ProjectsLink opens in a new window page.

Student Led Projects - our student-led funding calls have closed for 2023/24. We will reopen the scheme in the 2024/25 academic year, with details to be confirmed in due course.

Staff Led Projects - our staff-led funding call has closed for 2023/24. We will reopen the scheme for staff calls in the 2024/25 academic year, with details to be confirmed in due course.

Key Project Application Information

Staff Led Projects

We provide funding and support for staff-led projects. All projects need to:

relate to teaching and learning at Warwick
be relevant to IATL’s strategy: IATL's strategy (warwick.ac.uk)
include element(s) of innovation and/or incubation.

The higher the amount applied for, the more we expect projects to have a strategic focus and impact:

Projects over £1,500 should engage with Warwick's Education Strategy
Higher levels of funding must be matched by increased engagement with the Education Strategy and priorities
Strategic projects also need a plan to sustain outcomes after the project ends, supported by an element of the budget.

Staff can apply for up to £10,000 although this level of funding is exceptional.

We encourage student/staff co-creation for all projects, with staff and students working together from the earliest possible stage to develop project ideas, plan activity and outcomes, and carry out work.

Before you apply, please watch our video about student/staff co-creation

All projects over £1,500 must include student/staff co-creation. This includes paying student co-creators for their work.

Ensure you review Funding and Budget Guidance before you apply - it has key information including Unitemps rates and a sample budget that includes Unitemps costs.

Projects also need to share their learning with the wider Warwick community. You do not need to apply for funding to apply to Project Support.

Projects can be co-led by staff and students. The process and requirements are the same as for solely staff-led projects (though PhD student co-leads have additional Approvals Required).

For Project Support, PhD students are considered students (rather than staff), including if they are undertaking paid teaching work at Warwick.

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

See How to Apply for the timescales that apply once you submit an application.

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

Proposal funding

Staff can also apply for up to £500 to develop a project idea into a full proposal.

The purpose of this funding is to promote student/staff co-creation, and specifically to fund students’ time so they can work with staff to develop project ideas and plans. Student input could be supported through:

Unitemps (see Funding and Budget Guidance information) - and/or
vouchers for more time-limited activities such as a focus group.

The application process, including required approvals, is the same as for other staff-led projects.

Student Led Projects

For the summer 2024 funding call, students at any level of study can apply for up to £1,500 for several types of projects:

research
- including proposals for engagement activities regarding research that the student has already carried out
performance
enterprise.

For enterprise proposals, we strongly encourage applicants to discuss their idea(s) with Warwick Enterprise before they apply.

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 completed within 3 months of the lead applicant’s graduation at the latest
Work funded through Project Support cannot be used for any form of assessment
If your research would require ethical approval, please contact us - the process is different to the standard IATL ethics approval process
All projects are expected to share their learning with the wider Warwick community
- We encourage undergraduate students to share their research through the International Conference of Undergraduate Research and Reinvention Link opens in a new window

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

If an application is approved, it can take up to 10 working days (sometimes longer) for funds to be available. Please allow for this timing, and for ethical approval if required, when planning a project. You do not need to apply for funding to apply to Project Support.

Students who wish to apply for over £1,500 must include a staff member as co-lead. See the Staff-Led Projects tab for the process and requirements that would apply.

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. PhD student applicants should review the Approvals requirements carefully before applying.

To learn about research and performance 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

For staff-led projects, funding is provided via an internal order code based in IATL but administered through the project lead’s home department.

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

Staff lead

Staff lead: Approval is required from your Head of Department (HoD).

Please attach to your application a document or email which includes a statement of support for your project from your HoD and their signature. An email will be taken as electronic signature.

Approval is also required from the HoD of a Warwick staff member if they are part-time and funding would be used to pay for their project work outside their usual part-time role. Approval can be provided via document or email, as above. Please note we do not normally fund staff costs for full-time staff (see Funding and Budget Guidance).

For staff/student co-led applications:

Staff approval is required, as above.

If a staff application is co-led with an undergraduate or Masters student, that student does not require a separate supporting statement. We assume the staff lead will be a source of support.

PhD student co-leads require their own approvals - see separate tab.

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

Student co-leads: if you are applying to co-lead a project for over £1,500 with staff (ie not your own student-led project), see Staff Lead tab regarding approvals.

PhD student lead

PhD student lead (or co-lead with staff): 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 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 staff-led and student-led projects we support
Project funding and costs and our funding process and timescales
what approvals are required.

We must receive all application materials, including online application form and approvals, by the deadline. Incomplete applications cannot 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 (2023/24) Link opens in a new window

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Key Project Application Information