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Beacon Bursaries

Do you have an idea for a project or activity, or a need for materials or resources, that will help you to connect your research or teaching with people outside UCL? Do you need funding to improve your skills, share public engagement ideas or arrange meetings and dialogue events?

You can now apply for a Beacon Bursary. The deadline is 14th May 2013. These bursaries of up to £2000 are designed to support staff and postgraduate research students at UCL to do public engagement. This scheme funds public engagement activities that increase staff and postgraduate research students’ activity, skills, and understanding of public engagement.

Bursaries are part of a strategic programme of activities that aim to embed public engagement as a normal, valued activity for UCL staff and postgraduate research students. Applications are made via a short form. Your completed form must be no longer than three sides of A4 paper in 11pt Calibri text. Applications longer than this, or in smaller text, will not be considered.

• Beacon Bursary Application form (MS Word)
• Beacon Bursary Application Guidance (PDF)
• Common themes to consider when applying (PDF)

We strongly advise you to read the application guidance document to improve your chances of making a successful application. Applications will be judged by a panel of four UCL staff with extensive public engagement experience. These staff are not members of the UCL Public Engagement Unit.

If your application is funded, we’ll send you a short project learning evaluation form to fill in at the end of the project. Completing this form is a requirement of accepting the bursary funding.

• Beacon Bursary Project Evaluation Form (MS Word)

For any help or questions about applying for Beacon Bursary funding, please email us at publicengagement@ucl.ac.uk. The staff of the UCL Public Engagement Unit are not members of the selection panel.