Public Engagement Legacy Awards: 2024B

1 month ago

Swindon, United Kingdom NERC - the Natural Environment Research Council Full time
Opportunity status: Upcoming Funders: Funding type: Grant Total fund: £150,000 Maximum award: £62,500 Publication date: 1 May 2024 Opening date: 7 May 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 27 June 2024 4:00pm UK time

Apply for Legacy award funding to continue your programme to improve public engagement in an area of science and technology within STFC’s remit.

You must have previously received funding through STFC public engagement Spark or Nucleus awards.

Your previous award must have finished within 36 months of the closing date of the opportunity.

You must demonstrate the success of your previous project through data and narrative.

The full economic cost of your project can be up to £62,500. We will fund up to:

  • first Legacy award: £50,000
  • second Legacy award: £25,000

Projects can run for up to 36 months.

You can only apply for this funding opportunity if you have held an STFC Spark, Nucleus or first Legacy public engagement award in the past 36 months prior to the opportunity closing date.

Those applying from a non-TRAC organisation for a first Legacy award may apply for up to £50,000 of matched funding at a ratio of 50% STFC and 50% non-STFC. Applications from non-TRAC organisations for second Legacy awards may be for up to £25,000 of matched funding from STFC at a ratio of 25% STFC and 75% non-STFC.

Applications from TRAC organisations for a first Legacy award can be for £62,500 full economic cost, with non-STFC matched funding of £50,000. For a second Legacy application the requirement and be for up to £31,250 full economic cost, with non-STFC matched funding of up to £75,000.

The matched funding required from organisations can consist of in-kind or cash contributions, or a combination of both.

We can only fund organisations that have audited accounts. If this does not describe your organisation, then you must work in partnership with an organisation that can receive the funding on your behalf.

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Who is eligible to apply

This Legacy award funding opportunity is exclusively for applicants that:

  • have previously received funding through STFC Spark and Nucleus public engagement awards
  • are based in the UK

The project lead must be eligible to apply on behalf of the organisation that would hold the award. We would usually expect a Legacy award project lead to be:

  • the same person that applied for the original grant
  • based at the same host organisation

However, we recognise that applicants may change their host institution or that the leadership of a programme may change. Therefore, we do not require identical project leads or host institutions between the original grant and the Legacy award.

You must highlight any changes in the host institution and project lead in your application in the ‘Applicant and team capability to deliver’ section.

If there is any uncertainty, we reserve the right to contact the principal investigator or project lead of the original award to confirm the proposed leadership arrangements of the Legacy award.

Subject matter expert requirements

You must include a subject matter expert (SME) in your application that is in an STFC-funded area of science or technology. While these SMEs often play an active role in delivering the engagement activities, this is not mandatory. The SME may act as an adviser on the scientific content.

Previous applications

To apply for a Legacy award, the applicant or their organisation must have previously held one of the following public engagement awards:

  • Spark award
  • Nucleus award

The previous award must have ended fewer than 36 months before the current Legacy award funding opportunity closure date.

You may apply for a Legacy award related to one of the previous public engagement awards that is still active at the time of the Legacy award application. In such instances, the proposed Legacy award:

  • cannot have a start date any earlier than the current end date of the original award
  • must still be based on clear evidence of the efficacy of the original award, using robust evaluation data

You may apply for up to two Legacy awards related to an original grant.

Applications submitted to previous Legacy funding opportunities may be resubmitted, these should clearly have taken full account of the feedback provided.

Who is not eligible to apply

If you meet either of the following criteria you will not be eligible to apply:

  • we cannot accept applications for projects that were funded via the Leadership Fellows or Reaction award schemes
  • applicants applying for their third Legacy award will not be considered
Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all funding applicants. We encourage applications from a diverse range of researchers.

We support people to work in a way that suits their personal circumstances. This includes:

  • career breaks
  • support for people with caring responsibilities
  • flexible working
  • alternative working patterns

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