Wednesday 6 March 2019

THE CURIOSITY FUND

Grants up to £40,000 per year for three years for UK not-for-profit organisations for projects which engage disadvantaged children and young people aged 18 and under in science based activities.
Application deadline: Friday 12 April 2019.
The Curiosity Fund is a joint Wellcome Trust and Children in Need funding programme that provides grants for exciting and engaging science activities that will create change for children and young people experiencing one or more of the following types of disadvantage in the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
o An illness, experience distress, abuse or neglect;
o Any kind of disability;
o Behavioural or psychological difficulties; and/or
o Lived or are living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
Eligible applicants should have a track record of working with disadvantaged children and young people 18 and under. Applicants do not have to be experts in science or even have delivered science activities before to participate. Projects that use engaging and participatory science to improve their personal, social and emotional development are encouraged.
Applicants are expected to demonstrate:
o The disadvantaged children and young people’s experiences and it impacts on them;
o How the proposed science activities will improve the lives of those who take part;
o Why the specific science-based activities planned are well-suited to making such differences; and
o How to identify and measure the differences that could be achieved.
The current application window is for the second and final round of the programme, which has a total budget of £2.5 million. For Round 1, 183 applications were received and 32 grants were awarded.
Not-for-profit organisations in the UK, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man may apply for one of two strands of funding:
1. Small Grants up to £10,000 per year (for up to 3 years); and
2. Large Grants up to £40,000 each year (also for up to 3 years).
Schools may apply, although they will be expected to be in a partnership with another organisation such as a local community based organisation.
The following are not eligible for funding:
o Work that statutory bodies (such as schools or local authorities) have a duty to fund;
o Local government or NHS bodies;
o Building projects;
o Projects which promote religion;
o Trips or projects abroad;
o Medical treatment or research;
o Pregnancy testing or advice, information or counselling on pregnancy choices;
o Awareness-raising work, except where it is targeted at those children or young people most at risk;
o Bursaries, sponsored places, fees or equivalent;
o Family holidays where there is little or no project involvement;
o Political activity and we can't give grants to party political organisations or for direct lobbying;
o Individuals; 
o Funds which will be passed on to other organisations, for example, PTAs applying on behalf of schools;
o General appeals or endowment funds;
o Help with budget shortfalls or debt repayments;
o Projects where the grant expenditure is due to start before the grant award date (retrospective funding);
o Projects unable to start within 12 months of the grant award date; 
o Unspecified expenditure; or
o Organisational overheads or running costs which the organisation would incur whether the project was running or not.
The closing date for Round 2 applications is 11.59pm on Friday 12 April 2019.
Applicants are required to contact Curiosity before submitting their application using the contact details provided below.
An online application form and further guidance information is available on the BBC Children in Need website.
Contact details for Children in Need are:
Ralph Hartley
BBC Children in Need
PO Box 649
Salford
M5 0LD
Tel: 
0345 609 0015
Email: ralph.hartley@bbc.co.uk

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