Funder
STFC: Public engagement spark awards
Added date
31/03/2022
Closing date
05/05/2022
Call summary
The Science and Technology Facilities Council invites applications for its public engagement spark awards. These support programmes of novel public engagement that focus on a topic within the council’s remit, which includes astronomy, solar and planetary science, particle physics, particle astrophysics, cosmology, nuclear physics and accelerator science and align to the science and technology work of the council’s national and international laboratories and facilities. Applications that highlight the social, ethical, and economic benefits of research are welcomed. Applicants are encouraged to propose novel or innovative approaches towards engagement, and to propose engagement with audiences considered to have low science capital. Awards are worth up to £15,000 each for up to three years. There are no set restrictions on the types of costs that may be applied for, but no more than £10,000 may be spent on equipment.
Scientific scope
Particle Physics; Universe Sciences; Nuclear Physics; Synchrotrons & Accelerators
PI eligibility
Applicant organisations must be based in the UK and must have audited accounts. The target audiences of the project must be primarily UK residents. Almost anyone may apply, including grant-funded researchers, STFC scientists and engineers, facility users, schools, museums, science communicators and amateur astronomy groups. Each application must include a researcher in an STFC-funded area of science or technology.