Funding
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- Guide to applying for funding
- Feedback from WIE Fellows
- Available funding
Introduction
Engagement work can be done for little or no cost, however larger projects are likely to need some funding. Areas to think about include:
- Costs to run events; venue hire, catering, travel, event production, staff costs, marketing etc.
- Paying partners for their time (especially when working with artists or community groups)
- Material costs for developing resources
- Paying for your own time - do you need to buy yourself out of teaching time?
How you source this funding will vary. Often if you're taking part in an event (e.g. when the Institute runs Live Labs, ESRC Festival of Social Science, Festival of Science etc.) there will be pots of money you can apply for to cover your costs. If you're running your own activities you might need to apply for some specific public engagement funding (typically a few hundred to a few thousand pounds). For large projects (several thousand pounds or more) you will likely need to build the costs into a research funding bid.
Do a paid public or community engagement internship
Apply for one of the paid summer internships we've organised in an organisation in the West Midlands.
Funding to work with partners
Apply to our Collaboration and Co-Production Fund. Awards of up to £3,000 will be available to support activities that focus on building new, or strengthening existing, relationships with local, regional, and national community partners, groups or organisations.
Applying for funding for public engagement with research
The Engagement Associates
This guide provides some top tips for applying for Public Engagement with Research funding.
This can vary from small grants (a few hundred to thousands of pounds) offered internally by your institution or the Learned Societies; to medium-sized grants offered by the likes of the National Academies; to those that are tens of thousands of pounds or more from major funders.
Reviewing your funding applications
Warwick Institute of Engagement, Learning Circle 5
If you'd like some feedback on your application from the Warwick Institute of Engagement Team and/or our Fellows you can get in touch with us. Please be aware we will need reasonable notice before the funding deadline. Typically getting in touch when you first start planning your application is a good idea.
External Funding
The NCCPE (National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement) keeps a list of funding opportunities available for public engagement work, sortable by discipline - accessible via their website Link opens in a new window
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