Public/Community Engagement Funding offered by Wellcome Trust within its grants

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The Wellcome trust has recognised the potential of public engagement to enhance scientific enquiry, and is offering ring-fenced funds for engagement activities, within its grants. If you're applying for a grant from the Wellcome Trust, you should consider this!
The Wellcome Trust say:
New and current Wellcome Trust-funded researchers are invited to apply for dedicated funds for a public engagement programme within their research award.
When applying, you should consider how you will inform, consult and collaborate with the non-specialist public over the lifetime of your research project and cost for this appropriately. We will support high-quality proposals for programmes of activity that engage the non-specialist public with your area of research. These activities can take any form, such as blogs, exhibitions, games, drama, collaborations with schools or artists, and creating opportunities for the public to inform your research. See our resource pages for ideas and support.
Our objectives

• To strengthen capacity and provide opportunities for researchers to engage the public with Trust-funded biomedical science and health research.


• To stimulate dialogue and debate to enable public aspirations and concerns to be considered through the life cycle of the research project.


• To promote sustained collaboration between researchers and community or public organisations and cultural partners.

• Principal applicants from our postdoctoral research funding schemes are eligible.


• For new applicants to most schemes, proposals will be considered alongside your research application. For current grantholders, if you have at least two years of funding remaining, you can apply for an extension.