Public Engagement Grant Scheme Application Form 2024

1. Grant Application

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 The Public Engagement Grant Scheme is open and accepting applications on a rolling basis from 1 February to 6 September 2024. There are three decision making points during throughout the year:

We are currently in Round 3. Applications received between 2 July and 6 September. Applicants will receive a notification of the outcome of their application in October, and payment no earlier than the end of October.

All questions for the grant application are on this page

 

Please note that this is grant scheme prioritises projects engaging with whole family or community groups. If your project is looking to engage with students or with young people directly, it is unlikely you will meet the eligibility criteria for funding.

 

1a. Summary:

1. Project Title:
(Max 8 words) *

 

2. Brief summary of your project:
(Max 100 words)
Use this space to summarise your project. Please note, the Institute may use this summary to publicise successful projects
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1b. About you and your history with the Public Engagement Grant Scheme:

3. Project Lead Details *

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4. Have you applied an Institute of Physics grant scheme before? *

 

1c. About Your Project:

5. Full Project Description

(max 500 words) Tell us about your project! It should be clear to someone not involved with the project what you hope to do.  *

 

6. What type of activity are your proposing?
Please select all that apply. *

 

7. What is the timeline for your project?
Project delivery must start before Tuesday 24 December 2024, and must be completed by Friday 28th February 2025. We are prepared to consider exceptional projects that are potentially running into mid 2025 - this should be discussed with the team upon initial application. *

Expected date
Delivery start date
Delivery completed
Evaluation and reporting completed
 

8. Does the physics content of your activity relate to any of the Institute of Physics’ strategic focus areas?
Please select all that apply. *

 

9. What is the purpose of your activity?
Please summarise what your project aims to achieve. Include any specific impacts, objectives and outcomes.  *

 

10. What public groups will be participating ?
Please select all that apply. *

 

11. Does your target public group also fit into any of the following categories? *

 

12. Tell us about your target audience in more detail. Why and how will your project reach and include this public group?
Tell us about your existing relationships, planned partnership, and targeting work.
(Max 250 words) *

 

13. How many people do you expect to reach through this project?
Please break down your numbers. Each box requires an answer, so please put 0 in the box if you aren't expecting to reach audiences in the ways listed *

Actively InvolvedBriefly actively engagedPassively engaged
In person
Online
 

14. Tell us in bit more detail how you going to evaluate the impact of your project.
E.g. What approaches, tools or methods are you going to use?
(Max 250 words) *

 

15. What will the legacy of this project be? We would be interested to know how you might share your learning and approaches, if you have plans to archive any of the materials, if you expect any of the partnerships to extend beyond the life of the project, or if any of the resources will be reused in the future.
(Max 250 words) *

 

1d. Project costs and risk management:

16. How much money are you applying for? (If needed, please convert to give your answer in pounds sterling) *

 

17. How much will your project cost in total? (If needed, please convert to give your answer in pounds sterling) *

 

18. What are the costs associated with your project? *

BreakdownAmount (approximate)IOP Contribution
Materials
Venue
Transport
Audio-visual
Print and design
PR and communications
Staff time
Volunteer payments
Refreshments
Project management and administration
Evaluation
 

19. What other sources of funding and resource are you using to support this project?

Name of FundsAmountsIn Kind or cashAlready agreed/awarded
 

20. What risks you are preparing and planning for? Do you have a plan in place to solve these potential problems? (please outline below. Max 250 words)
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21. How will you manage practical considerations such as GDPR, health and safety, safeguarding, insurance, intellectual property and copyright? (Max 250 words) *

 

Thank you so much for completing your application. The following page is for monitoring and evaluation purposes only.