Society for Endocrinology: Public Engagement Grant

Overview

The aim of the Public Engagement Grant is to support organisation, production and delivery of outreach activities, aimed at school children and/or the general public.

They want everybody to have a better understanding of hormones and their impacts including teachers, students, journalists and policy-makers.

The Society's website, You and Your Hormones website, is one of the world’s top-ranked, online resources for the public to learn about endocrinology, and is used by millions of people annually. It recently received the Association of Science Education Green Tick, ensuring that more teachers use You and Your Hormones as a reference guide for teaching primary and secondary pupils in the UK.

For the next round, they are encouraging applications that may be suitable as resources for their You and Your Hormones website and help to engage more people with endocrinology and its impact.

Proposals fitting with this theme might include, but are not restricted to:

• Hands-on activities that can be used in classrooms or during home schooling (including resources such as worksheets, factsheets or quizzes) e.g. Make your own body clock
• Endocrine-themed science practicals e.g. Testing blood sugar level
• Diagrams and images to enhance You and Your Hormones articles
• Short, YouTube-style videos or podcasts
• Interactive online games

If you have any other ideas for public engagement outside this theme, please do still apply for the grant.

Eligibility

• These grants are available to Full and Early Career Members. Full Members need to have held membership for a minimum of one year; Early Career Members need to have held membership for a minimum of six months at the time of application.
• This grant is designed for initiatives targeting school children or members of the general public. Initiatives aimed at patients will not be considered for funding through this scheme.
• In exceptional circumstances, or for small amounts, applicants may request marking of their application before the stated deadline.

Funding of up to £1,000 per application is available.

This funding can be used for travel to outreach projects, production of materials/videos/diagrams or a full public engagement event. You can also use the grant to collaborate with others on a larger project.

• £100 could provide materials for the production of hands-on activities for schools
• £500 could support an exhibition stand at a public event
• £750 could fund a workshop for schools and colleges
• £1,000 could support a larger project in collaboration with other organisations

If your proposal is over £100, please provide a justification of your costs.

The Society welcomes applications for lesser amounts to support smaller initiatives, including travel costs to local schools and printing of materials.

The Society offers a range of grants and awards to support members. Visit their website for more information.