The Wellcome Trust recently announced that it was changing its public engagement strategy: https://wellcome.ac.uk/news/public-engagement-fund-relaunch-tighter-focus-outcomes / https://wellcome.ac.uk/news/wellcomes-approach-engaging-public-going-change
Today, 5th March 2018, the Wellcome has launched its new Public Engagement Fund: https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/public-engagement-fund
The revised fund supports projects of between £25K and £3m for up to 3 years.
Wellcome are looking for creative approaches to engage the public but these must align with their PE goals.
The proposal, must include:
- The main outcomes you want to achieve during the project, the outputs (activities) you’ll undertake, and any longer-term impacts you hope your project will have
- The people you want to reach, and why you want to work with them
- Previous activities, knowledge or learning that your proposal will build on
- An outline plan of how you will deliver the project
- How you’ll track if your project has been successful in achieving its outcomes
- How you’ll share what you’ve learned.
Resources for those interested in this opportunity include;
Wellcome’s public engagement goals: https://wellcome.ac.uk/what-we-do/our-work/public-engagement
“What good proposals looks like” (pdf): https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/public-engagement-fund-what-good-proposals-look-like.pdf
Upcoming deadlines:
- Proposals for grants of £25,000 to £250,000 – 3rd May 2018 and 28th June 2018 (there will be four deadlines per year).
- Over £250k – this is a rolling deadline but an expression of interest must be submitted to the Wellcome before applying.
Please ensure to read the full call details via the link above.