Hi SMILE network.
Please look at this grant opportunity from BSA below. I successfully applied for one of the £500 community grants last year to fund our British Science Week event.
Both the application and evaluation was quite simple and I strongly encourage you to apply.
Closing date 23rd November.
Many thanks
Alex
Alex McLeman
SMILE Network Leader
Bolton Library and Museum Services
Le Mans Crescent
Bolton BL1 1SE
01204 338823
From: Christina
Fuentes Tibbitt
Sent: 21 October 2015 16:26
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Subject: Grants for BSW events
Hi everyone,
Each year, the British Science Association makes grants available to schools and organisations to help them put on events for British Science Week. Grants may be used to fund a range of activities – from inviting a speaker to providing resources or organising a trip. For BSW 2016 (11-20 March), we have a number of grant schemes available, providing small pots of funding from £200 to £700.
· Grants for schools
o Kick Start Grants for schools in challenging circumstances
§ Kick Start grant: up to £300 for a school to run an activity during BSW; or
§ Kick Start More grant: up to £700 for a school to host a science event or activity which involves students and the local community
o Scottish and Welsh Grants: £200
· Grants for organisations
o Community grants: £500 aimed to engage audiences who are traditionally under-represented in science activity
o Scottish and Welsh grants: £350.
All grant schemes are now open, and applications will close on Monday, 23 November 2015. To apply, please register your event or activity via our online form and continue through to the grant application section. Successful applicants will be notified by mid-December 2015. See our website for further details: www.britishscienceweek.org/plan-your-activities/grants/.
Please get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.
Best wishes,
Christina
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Hi Alex
I hope you are well.
Thank you for sending this out – I had seen this but was wondering if as a museum we could apply.
I have never filled out a grant application before – could you give me a few more details on your project and what you did, what you asked for? Science is not my specialism but the Lion Salt Works has such potential here and it would be great to be able to do more.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
Thank you.
Best wishes
Lorna.
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Hi Lorna,
Museums can certainly apply. I applied from Bolton Museum and was successful for a community grant. Last year we used the funding to get a company Mad Science to visit the museum to do workshops and experiments to enhance our British Science Week event.
This year I’m looking at putting an application in to focus on one of our historic halls. One theme I’m considering to apply for 2016 would be a Dinosaurs & Dragons event linking to our Dragon stained glass windows and decorations, It would also look at the science behind dragon mythology and use the museum’s palaeontology and handling collection to bring it to a new audience.
Here is a message from Christina too.
Please contact her with any enquiries about the funding.
Cheers Alex
Hi Lorna (and all),
Near the bottom of this page (https://www.britishscienceweek.org/plan-your-activities/grants/bsw-community-grant-scheme/) you'll find links to case studies from some of last year's recipients, as well as how-to guides and other resources. In terms of the application, it's very short, primarily asking for a short description of what you want to do and how you plan to engage one or more of the target audiences. Please read through the grant guidelines (also available at the link above), and get in touch with me if you have any additional concerns
Best,
Christina
Dr. Christina Fuentes Tibbitt
Engagement Manager (Regional)
British Science Association
Wellcome Wolfson Building
165 Queen’s Gate
London
SW7 5HD
T: 020 7019 4937
E:
Bolton Library and Museum Services
Le Mans Crescent
Bolton BL1 1SE
01204 338823