This call is only<\/strong> open to staff and doctoral students from the Faculties of Science and Engineering & Design.<\/p>\n With our Engage Grants, we aim to support you to increase your skills and understanding of public engagement by funding activities where you have an opportunity to give public engagement a go for yourselves.<\/p>\n This fund will help you carry out small-scale or pilot public engagement projects to: support your learning about engagement, gain experience of engagement and develop your engagement ideas.\u00a0This funding is ideal if you have little or no experience of public engagement.<\/p>\n Initiator Fund Guidance<\/a><\/p>\n Initiator Fund Application Form<\/a><\/p>\n Over the last 10 years, the Engage Grants have funded a range of different activities developed and delivered by scientists and engineers. They've included taking activities to science and music festivals, art\/science collaborations, and creating online media materials like podcasts or films. All these sorts of activities are eligible for funding as long as they also fit within our understanding of what high-quality public engagement with research looks like at the University. Our colleagues have told us that this means:<\/p>\n If you're looking for inspiration for how to meaningfully engage people and public groups with your research, we have a range of\u00a0public engagement case studies of previously funded projects<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0project reports for you to check out<\/a>. These include:<\/p>\n Skill swap shop<\/strong><\/a> - researchers from the Department of Physics hosted a visit from local artists where both researchers and artists shared their skills, demonstrated techniques from experiments \/ artwork and learned from each other through discussion sessions.<\/p>\n Greenman festival<\/a> <\/strong>- Doctoral students from the CSCT took their engagement activities about renewable plastics to Greenman Festival and spoke to over a thousand people across the four day festival.<\/p>\n Young Researchers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0- a mentoring scheme for young people aged 13-17, between the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering and the Bath Royal Scientific and Literary Institution (BRSLI) to\u00a0develop young people\u2019s skills in scientific enquiry and develop doctoral students\u2019 and early career researchers\u2019 skills in public engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n Science in Radstock<\/strong><\/a> - Jon Noble from the CSCT visited a local community group at Science in Radstock to deliver a talk about his PhD. He reflected upon the experience with some key lessons for good public engagement.<\/p>\n Art of the Brain<\/strong><\/a> - Through an art exhibition, public lecture and a workshop for 8-12 year olds, researchers and artists engaged people with research about the brain happening in the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology.<\/p>\n The Public Engagement Unit can help you think through your ideas, give feedback on draft applications and answer any questions you have about the Engage Grants. Get in touch with us at public-engagement@bath.ac.uk<\/a> and we can book in a meeting to discuss your Engage Grant application.<\/p>\nInitiator\u00a0<\/strong>- for projects up to \u00a31,000<\/h2>\n
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