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Other Internal Funding

In order to undertake truly impactful research, there is a need for relevant PE activities. There is often the opportunity to cost in PE activities when applying for a research grant, so please make full use of the funding available to you. The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences also offers various internal funding opportunities.

Internal funding

Intro to Public Engagement Grants

£250 is available for supporting students and staff to take their first steps in PE. This is linked to the Intro to PE workshop training sessions. The next training session is on Tuesday 19th November 2024. ​Sign up here.  

ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2024

As part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Impact Acceleration Award (IAA), the University of Liverpool is participating in the UK-wide Festival of Social Science (FoSS) to engage and connect the public with social, economic and behavioural science research through a series of events from 19 October – 9 November, 2024. Read more about last years’ events here.

The University’s FoSS Planning Team would like to hear from anyone that has an idea to run their own event or activity. These events must take place within the festival time period but may take place anywhere e.g. off campus or online.

We expect to fund projects between £200 to £2000 but supplementary funding may be available where there is a strong case for more ambitious projects. We also welcome pre-arranged events that are relevant and wish to be included within the festival programme and promotion.

The events can be suitable for various audiences, including the public, youth or non-academic groups (including non-Higher Education professionals). They can be based on any topic relating to the economic and social science remit but we particularly welcome proposals that fit this year’s festival theme ‘Our Digital Lives’.

Proposals around this theme can focus on any aspect of the relationship between humans and digital technology. This could include (but is not limited to):

  • Specific opportunities, benefits or threats to society, particular groups, or individuals from digital technologies and how we can take advantage of or tackle these.
  • Teaching and developing digital skills for different groups and at different stages of life (for example in school, in the workplace, for older people)
  • What life might look like in the future as a result of technological developments and how we feel about this.

The same opportunity will be available in 2025, 2026 and 2027. We welcome expressions of interest for multi-year event/projects or plans for future years, which could present an exciting opportunity for increased impact development.

All details and documents may be found on the festival webpage

Please return completed Expressions of Interest to Stephanie Hayton via shayton@liverpool.ac.uk by 5pm Monday 10th June.

It is encouraged that those interested in proposing an event book to attend a Public Engagement Clinic session with Dr Stephanie Hayton, University Public Engagement Officer, in the first instance. You can find more information and contacts details here.

Colleagues in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences can contact The HLS Public Engagement Team for support at HLSEngagement@liverpool.ac.uk. For other queries please email: IAA@liverpool.ac.uk