Public Engagement

This team is responsible for developing and supporting a positive culture for excellent public engagement with research. This includes Oxford Sparks, training and more.

Leo the Lion play at Curiosity Carnival

See the Public Engagement with Research pages for more information.

Latest updates

EPSRC Impact Acceleration funding now open, 6 October 2022

8 August 2022

EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funding provides support for activities that will help to accelerate the impact from research that falls within the EPSRC remit. This is includes activities with public stakeholders, such as end-users or those likely to be affected by or able to enhance research impact.

Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious Public Engagement grants, deadline 26 Sept

25 July 2022

Ingenious grants provide £3k to £30k for projects that engage the public with engineers and engineering while providing engineers with skills and opportunities in public engagement.

Biochemical Society scientific outreach grants, deadline 30 September 2022

4 July 2022

The Biochemical Society offers up to £1,000 that support scientific outreach and public engagement activities that communicate the excitement of molecular bioscience to young people and the community.

Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Grants, deadlines 4 July and 4 September 2022

27 June 2022

Royal Society of Chemistry offers up to £10,000 to enable members, individuals and organisations to run chemistry-based public and schools engagement activities. The scheme has a monthly deadline. Presently they are particularly interested in projects themed on 'sustainability'.

Webinar - from Open and Citizen Science to Activism: Roles for Academic Staff, 7 July

27 June 2022

The Erasmus+ INOS project are hosting this seminar for anyone interested in getting a better understanding of how academia can lead and foster social action, particularly in the context of climate change and biodiversity loss.