Eaga Charitable Trust

Overview

Eaga Charitable Trust provides financial support for work that contributes to understanding and addressing the causes and effects of fuel poverty. They encourage effective action to ensure fair access to energy services and reduced health inequalities for all groups in society.

Organisations which can apply for a grant

All types of organisations and individual research consultants can apply for a grant from Eaga Charitable Trust. Applicants are encouraged to submit only one application from each organisation – it is highly unlikely that the Trust will fund more than one project from the same organisation.

Geographic area

Eaga Charitable Trust accepts grant applications for work based in the UK and other European Union countries only. The subject of research needs to demonstrate direct relevance and application to UK fuel poverty policy.

Local projects

The Trust gives priority to funding proposals that have the potential to inform or influence national perceptions and policies and have a wide geographic focus. A project that operates at a local level will only be considered for a grant if it: clearly demonstrates innovation; identifies the policy relevance of the project; has wide applicability; and has well developed evaluation and dissemination plans.

Range and type of grant

Grant requests should be up to £20,000. They strongly encourage applicants to seek co-funding of projects wherever possible. They expect the projects that they fund to be completed within 12 months of the project’s start date.

For a list of projects supported, visit the website here

For more information, please contact:

Dr Naomi Brown, Trust Manager
Eaga Charitable Trust
PO Box 225
Kendal
LA9 9DR
Telephone: 01539 736477

Email: eagact@aol.com

ALSO Postgraduate bursary awards

Eaga Charitable Trust awards a maximum of three bursaries of up to £2,000 each in any given academic year. Bursaries are awarded to: current Masters students; students who have a confirmed place on a Masters course starting in the next academic year; and to PhD students in their second or third years of study. In all cases, applicants must be writing, or planning to write, a dissertation on a topic linked to fuel poverty within the UK or other EU countries. The subject of research needs to demonstrate direct relevance and application to UK fuel poverty policy.

Further information on the bursary awards and the application process can be found here. If you have any queries, please contact Naomi Brown – email eagact@aol.com