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School children take part in a demonstration at Imperial Festival

Developing a research proposal?

Download our Support for Societal Engagement statement (PDF), which details the relevant context about engagement at Imperial for your proposal.

What funding is available to support engagement activities?

Explore internal and external funding opportunities for staff and students who are currently undertaking engagement activities with the public, or are looking to do so.

The Societal Engagement team is keen to provide advice and guidance to applicants for funding to support their engagement activities where appropriate, and is looking to understand the current portfolio of funding held across the College to support engagement. As such, we have developed a Funding Guidance, Responsibilities and Approvals document to clarify the process. Any feedback would be welcome.

If your organisation offers an engagement funding opportunity that you think should be included here, get in touch.

If you're considering applying for engagement funding and would like to discuss your proposal, please contact us.

Collaboration Kickstarter Seed Fund

In September 2024 we launched our pilot Collaboration Kickstarter: A seed fund for engaged research with communities. Read more about this unique funding opportunity for research projects with collaboration at their heart.

Societal Engagement Seed Fund

We offer small grants to enable academic staff and students to develop and deliver new societal engagement initiatives. This may be where applicants have not undertaken public engagement activities before, or where there is potential for follow on activities to take place. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Additional funding opportunities

Additional funding and grants are available from a range of internal and external sources. Learned societies, charities and research councils often have funding streams specifically aimed at supporting public engagement.

Examples of engagement activities

Looking for engagement ideas to include in your research proposal? Find out about the types of different engagement activities happening at the College.

Seed Fund recipients

Find out about the diverse range of engagement projects that we're supporting through the Societal Engagement Seed Fund.

Resources

Guidance, case studies and funding opportunities to help you plan and deliver societal engagement activities.

Training

From sessions focused on how to develop your engagement ideas and evaluate activities to patient and public involvement, science communications, and schools outreach.