Introduction
Please fill out this application form to apply to the Primary Science Teaching Empowerment Fund.
Before completing your application, we suggest that you read the criteria provided below.
The application form may take 15-20 minutes to complete. You can save a partially completed application form and return to it later. Once you have submitted your application, you will not have any further opportunities to amend it.
Criteria
Eligible collaborative projects or events will fulfill the following criteria:
- The applicant must work in a school in the UK or Ireland and the event or project must take place in the UK or Ireland.
- The project or event must focus on science and include some chemistry.
- We expect the project or event to be new, or if applied to an existing project or event, for funding to enable the applicant to improve or introduce something new to the project or event.
- The project or event must involve teachers from more than one school (for example, a collaborative project with teachers from multiple schools or an online event that is open to teachers from hard-to-reach areas).
- The applicant must agree to complete an evaluation of the project or event using the format provided by the RSC.
- Your local education coordinator will have an open invitation to attend the project or event.
- The project or event must not already have received funding from the RSC via another route.
You do not have to be a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry to apply.
The Fund will not support:
- Events or projects aimed at pupils.
- Class visits outside of school.
- Projects or events unrelated to chemistry.
- Participation in existing programmes that are not organised by the applicant.
Restrictions on funding:
- Funding is restricted to £600 (€690) per school per academic year.
- A maximum of £300 (€345) can be used for teaching cover, so that teachers can plan the project or event.