Find the latest updates of public engagement news, opportunities, funding, and more.
STFC leadership fellowships in public engagement, deadline 7 May
The STFC Public Engagement Leadership fellowship scheme enables researchers to lead engaging the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science, technology or facilities.
National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research - Public Engagement funding, rolling deadline
NC3Rs offers up to £1,500 to support NC3Rs-funded researchers to engage the public with the approaches being taken to replace, reduce and refine animal use in science.
Microbiology Society education and outreach grants, deadline 1 April
The Microbiology Society offers up to £1,000 to support its members to do relevant science teaching or promotion initiatives, or developments likely to lead to an improvement in the teaching of any aspect of microbiology.
International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, public engagement activities fund, no deadline
This supports activities related to the mathematical sciences to address public audiences through training events for early career researchers, public engagement community forum events, and other relevant public engagement activities.
Paleontological Society Outreach and Education Grant, deadline 2 March
The Paleontological Society Outreach and Education Grant provides up to $2,500 USD to support to their members develop and deliver programs and activities involving educational outreach and community engagement.
Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach grants, deadlines 8 April and 10 June 2024
The Royal Society of Chemistry offers grants to support members, individuals and organisations to run chemistry-based public and schools engagement activities. The scheme has rolling deadlines throughout 2024.
Institute of Physics public engagement grants, rolling deadlines to 6 Sept
The Institute of Physics (IOP) offers up to £4,000 to run physics-based activities that support the IOP Limit Less campaign and improve people’s relationship with physics in their family or community groups.
British Ecological Society Outreach Grants, deadline 8 March
The British Ecological Society offers up to £2,000 to support its members to deliver independent outreach, public engagement and science communication activities that engage public audiences with the excitement, importance and relevance of ecological science or enhance the experience and skills of others to communicate ecology with public audiences.
OPEN Leaders Scheme, deadline 12 Feb
The Oxford Policy Engagement Network are seeking expressions of interest for this scheme that provides up to £8k to help foster inclusive, supportive cultures of policy engagement in departments.
Oxford Policy Engagement Network Seed Fund, deadline 22 January
The Oxford Policy Engagement Network offers up to £5,000 to enable policy engagement projects.
Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland Public Engagement and Outreach Grant, deadlines in Feb, March, April, July and August 2024
15 November 2023
The Council of the Anatomical Society offers up to £500 to support the public engagement and outreach activities of members of the Society in the field of Anatomy.
Royal Society Public Engagement Fund, deadline 4 Dec
The Royal Society offers society-supported scientists up to £10,000 to support public engagement projects that are based on their research. The funds can also support researchers to develop their public engagement knowledge, skills, and confidence.
Microbiology in society award, deadline 1 April 2024
The Microbiology Society offers up to £5,000 to support education, outreach or public engagement work that promotes the art and science of microbiology.
Legacy awards for STFC public engagement grants follow-on funding, deadline 19 Dec
STFC offers up to £50,000 to STFC grant-funded public engagement programmes to continue to grow and evolve over time.
Knowledge Exchange Seed Fund, rolling deadline until 3 May 2024.
The University's Knowledge Exchange Seed Fund provides up to £5,000 to support early-stage knowledge exchange activities with businesses, community and public sector organisations. Applications will be considered first-come, first-served until 3 May 2024.
Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach grants, deadlines 4 Sept and 6 Nov 2023
The Royal Society of Chemistry offers up to £10k through small and large grants to support members, individuals and organisations to run chemistry-based public and schools engagement activities. The scheme has rolling monthly deadlines throughout 2023.
Royal Society Partnership Awards, deadlines 30 April, 30 June, 30 November
The Royal Society offers up to £3,000 to support partnerships between schools and STEM professionals to bring research alive through investigative STEM projects.
Royal College of Pathologists Public Engagement Innovation Funds, deadline 1 July 2023
The Royal College of Pathologists offer up to £1k to support pathology-related activities and events in the UK for the public.
Society for Applied Microbiology Public Engagement Grants, no deadline
The Society for Applied Microbiology provides up to £4,000 to support events where aspects of microbiology are promoted to the general public and other relevant stakeholders.
British Society for Neuroendocrinology Outreach and public engagement grant, no deadline
The British Society for Neuroendocrinology offers up to £500 to support its members to organise public engagement activities aimed at school children or the wider public to communicate the science of neuroendocrinology.