Royal Society of Chemistry - Inclusion and Diversity Fund: Special Call

Overview

Special Calls - For 2024: Disability

Their Inclusion and Diversity Fund provides financial support for innovative products, activities and research projects that do just that.

Previous recipients of our funding have included projects related to gender, disability, socio-economic background, language, race and ethnicity, the LGBT+ community and more. These have been delivered via initiatives such as data collection and analysis, workshops, conferences and hackathons.

They will consider individual applications up to the value of £5,000. Funding greater than £5,000 may be considered for one project each year. Please contact the diversity team for more details.

Who can apply?

The grant scheme is open to RSC members or non-members based in the United Kingdom/Republic of Ireland.

Eligible applicants can apply either as individuals or on behalf of an organisation. This includes, but is not limited to, member-led groups, researchers in academia or industry, museums, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, arts groups and libraries.

Previous recipients of any of their grants are welcome to apply for funding, provided they fit the current eligibility criteria below. This can be to scale up a project that already exists or to fund the development of an original project.

Applicants should not resubmit an unsuccessful application unless invited to do so.

Eligibility

The proposed project must focus on inclusion and diversity – outreach or chemistry research projects will not be considered. If your application is considered more suitable for the Outreach Fund they will contact you and seek your approval to transfer your application.

Applications relating to a range of audiences will be considered, including different age groups, career stages, geographical regions and sectors.

For further detail on their audiences for inclusion and diversity activities please see their inclusion and diversity strategy.

Please note, the Inclusion & Diversity Fund is intended for projects that directly investigate or address inclusion and diversity issues in the chemical sciences. The Inclusion and Diversity Fund is not intended to fund chemistry research.

Assessment

Applications will be assessed on:

• Focus on the chemical science community
  • Your project must be centred on increasing inclusion and diversity in the chemical sciences community.
• Relevance to RSC I&D Strategy
  • Your project must be relevant to our inclusion and diversity strategy.
• Audience
  • You project must have a clearly defined target audience within the chemical sciences community.
• Impact
  • Your proposal must clearly describe the impact that the project will have on the target audience and/or beyond.
• Outcomes
  • Your project should be deliverable and include clear evaluation plans.
• Feasibility of proposal
  • Your project must be clearly written and costed, be feasible to complete with the resource allocation and/or support and be within the timeframe that you indicated on your proposal.
• Impact of funding
  • Applicants should show that the requested funding will make a significant difference to their ability to deliver the project.

Previously funded projects can be seen on their webpage.