| Hi Friend
There's just a few more weeks before that well earned Summer break! I know this has been a stressful year for most schools, but you have done it! You've got through. With a little bit of luck, next year you will be able to focus more time on education and enrichment - and less time on risk assessments and guidelines.
I know money (or lack of it) will be a huge problem, and although I can't promise to fix all your funding and budgeting woes - I am able to give you some pointers towards grant funding and enrichment opportunities for schools.
This is the first 'school specific' newsletter that I have sent out - and do feel free to pass it on to colleagues, or friends in other schools (they can sign up direct here)
Each month I will send out news of forthcoming opportunities with a few hints & tips to make the application process a bit more straight forward (hence my business name...)
If you haven't already, you can download a FREE resource created to support schools here. The resource contains links to 15 funders, plus some basic information to get you off the mark.
Your first Straight Forward Funding News:
- Small Grants for Education
- Individual Grants for Teacher CPD
- Multiple Grants for Teacher CPD
- Grants for Teacher CPD: Teaching and Learning in HE
Full details of the criteria and eligibility of each scheme is listed on the website (blue link above) - but to give you an idea, this is the detail for the Small Grants for Education:
Objectives
To stimulate interest and enable involvement in mathematics from Key Stage 1 (age 5+) to Undergraduate level and beyond, by:
- enhancing and enriching mathematical study beyond the curriculum;
- engaging the public with mathematics;
- encouraging unusual ways of communicating mathematics.
Eligibility
The scheme is primarily intended for activities for which there is limited scope for alternative sources of funding. Applicants linked to universities should ideally be supported by a member of the Society and ordinarily the Scheme will not fund University outreach activity. However, anyone based in the UK is eligible to apply for a grant. Application Deadline 31st August, grants in the region of £600 - £800.
Grants of up to £1,000 are available to support relevant science teaching or promotion initiatives, or to support developments likely to lead to an improvement in the teaching of any aspect of microbiology. Deadline for applications: 3 October 2021
Specific projects may include:
- Organising a visit to or from a working microbiologist (no more than £200 in expenses may be claimed per visiting microbiologist)
- Running a school- or college-based science week activity (e.g. hands-on or programme of talks)
- Supporting microbiology activities in an out-of-school science club
- Buying materials and equipment outside of normal department resources to support a microbiology activity (no more than £500 can be used toward large equipment such as microscopes and incubators). Such requests should be accompanied by a detailed description of the proposed microbiology activity. For examples of suitable microbiology activities for schools, please see the MISAC guidelines
- A class visit to a microbiology laboratory to carry out activities
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