Funding Opportunities and Competitions

Eligibility: All MAPS undergraduate and postgraduate students in their final year who are working on a MSci/MSc project. 

Prize: There will be 5 prizes in total. Each winner will be awarded a £300 Love2Shop voucher (or £500 voucher shared by team for group projects).

How to apply? Applications should be made by completing the Application Form online. Please note that academics can also nominate their students. To aid preparations, please see guidelines and assessment forms: 

MAPS Undergraduate (MSci) and Postgraduate (MSc) Innovation and Enterprise Prize Competition guidance

Learn from past winners of this competition: 2022 Undergraduate (MSci) round winners and 2022 Postgraduate (MSc) round winners.

Any questions please email our I&E Coordinator, Dr Maria Mediero (maria.mediero@ucl.ac.uk).

MAPS Innovation and Enterprise Grants 2023/24

Innovation and enterprise activity, also known as knowledge exchange, covers a range of ways you can work with external partners to create real-world impact. These MAPS Innovation and Enterprise Grants aim to foster the exchange of ideas and expertise, as well as to accelerate the impact of research through facilitating connections with industry, public sector and the broader community.

We are delighted to announce funding opportunities of up to £2,000 to support your proposed activities, with completion expected by 31 July 2024.

Eligibility: Applications are open to staff at the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
Deadline for application: APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

Guidance and application form

MAPS Impact Studentship Guidance and Application Form 2024/2025

This guidance is intented for academics who would like to set up an Impact Studentship. You can download the updated version for 2024/2025. 

• MAPS Impact Studentship Guidance_24/25 (pdf)
• MAPS Impact Studentship Guidance_24/25 (word)

MAPS Innovation and Enterprise Impact Case Study (ICS) enhancement Funding Scheme 2021/2022

UCL MAPS I&E Impact Funding seeks to support academics to enhance their I&E activities and to enhance their potential as Research Excellence Framework (REF) Impact Case Studies. MAPS I&E expects to make enhancement awards of up to £6,000 to academic staff. In the last REF, impact was defined as an effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment, or quality of life, beyond academia. Please note that these awards must be spent by 31st July 2022.

Applicant eligibility: Eligible applicants must be existing members of academic staff at the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences who are already involved in a REF Impact Case Study or in research that has the potential to develop into one.

Application Deadline: APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

Guidance and application form

MAPS Innovation and Enterprise Early Career Researcher (ECR) Bridging Fund Scheme 2021/2022

The I&E Early Career Researcher (ECR) Bridging Fund Scheme is designed with two main purposes: to bridge the gap between academic research and enterprise and to retain talent with entrepreneurial skills.
It is for PhD students in their last year of studies and Post-doctoral Research Associates (whose contracts are due to end), who have been working on an I&E focused project and are looking for future funding to progress their research towards commercialization. The fund is intended to navigate the crucial early stage in the I&E commercialisation journey, where many projects fail due to lack of resources.

This scheme will offer financial support for up to five PhDs students for a 3-month period (i.e. £1,450 pm stipend) and for one Post-doctoral Research Associate for a 2-month period (in this case the salary will depend on grade and spinal point, although maximum funding allocated will not be higher than £10,000).

Application deadline: APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

Guidance and appplication form