Our 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.
We 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 everyone (individuals and organisations). This includes, but is not limited to, members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, member-led groups, researchers in academia or industry, museums, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, arts groups and libraries.
Previous recipients of any of our grants are welcome to apply for funding. 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 we 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 our audiences for inclusion and diversity activities please see our 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 criteria
All applications should clearly show that the proposed project:
- is centred on increasing inclusion and diversity in the chemical sciences community;
- is relevant to our inclusion and diversity strategy;
- has a clearly defined target audience;
- has a clearly defined intended impact;
- is deliverable; and
- includes clear evaluation plans.
In addition, applicants should show that the requested funding will make a significant difference to their ability to deliver the project.
Restrictions on funding
Inclusion and Diversity Fund grants will not be awarded to:
- projects which do not focus on investigating or addressing inclusion and diversity issues (i.e. outreach projects or chemistry research projects);
- projects whose primary aim is to generate a financial surplus;
- projects for which our support would not significantly enhance the activity;
- projects that are part of an education institution's usual programme of activities, including Open Days and Taster Days;
- cover the cost of general purpose hardware, apparatus or equipment; or
- cover any employment costs of project staff that receive a salary from the applying organisation.
With the aim of advancing inclusion and diversity in the chemical sciences we created the Inclusion and Diversity Fund. Since its inception in 2016, the ID Fund has supported community-driven projects addressing a wide range of topics, covering many different aspects of diversity. However, evidence continues to show the systemic underrepresentation of particular groups within the chemical sciences, and we have created ringfenced funding opportunities focusing on specific topics through special calls for projects.
In 2020, we launched our first special call for projects through the Inclusion and Diversity Fund, to specifically encourage and support projects focusing on addressing the underrepresentation of Black chemists, as part of our ongoing work focusing on race and ethnicity inequities in the chemical sciences. This special call for projects in support of the Black chemistry community funded 15 projects including 11 based in the UK/ROI, the details of which can be found in the 'Past projects' table.
In 2021, we launched our second special call, to encourage applications for projects focused on disability and accessibility in the chemical sciences. We understand that disabled chemists are diverse, and we explicitly welcomed projects focusing on any and all experience of disability, including mobility and sensory impairments, chronic illness, neurodiversity, and mental health conditions. We were delighted to award funding to 9 projects representing this broad diversity of focus, the details of which can be found in the ‘Past projects’ table.
Projects that have received funding in the past
In the table below you can view all the projects we have supported with our Inclusion & Diversity funding, including special calls for specific projects, such as those helping the Black chemistry community.
Past projects
Projects funded through the disability and accessibility special call.
Title |
Project summary |
Amount awarded |
Contact |
Institution |
Accessible Laboratories: understanding the needs of disabled chemists including those with hidden impairments and long-term conditions |
Accessible Laboratories addresses the question of what an accessible chemical sciences research laboratory would look like for those with longterm conditions and hidden impairments. |
£4025.84 |
Dr Kate Sang |
Heriot-Watt University |
Identifying barriers for students with poor working memory and strategies to overcome them within chemistry |
This project aims to open doors in chemistry for students with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, ADHD and ASD, and to ensure adequate support measures are in place. It will aim to identify the parts of chemistry degree pathways that create barriers to those with poor working memory and develop effective strategies to overcome them. | £2060 | Niamh Curran | Queen’s University Belfast |
Exploring the Hidden Disabilities of Mental Health in the Undergraduate Laboratory |
This project aims to explore the main causes of anxiety in students undertaking practical laboratory work, and to investigate the overlap of laboratory anxiety and mental health conditions. | £4929.11 | Prof Debbie Willison | Individual |
What will a chemistry lab look like in the future? Raising awareness and consulting to create the accessible, inclusive lab of the future |
This project will explore barriers that synthetic chemistry lab environments pose to researchers with neurodivergence/ disability/ chronic illness (NDC), then design and showcase the inclusive lab of the future in a series of events using virtual reality. | £5000 | Dr Anna Slater | Individual |
Developing an integrated handbook for teaching chemistry to students with disability together with students without disability |
This project will develop an integrated handbook for teaching chemistry to disabled and non-disabled students in high school in Uganda, partnering with national and governmental stakeholders. | £4850 | Dr Francis Omujal | Individual |
Enable Science: Disabled Network |
The Enable Science – Disabled Network will establish a community and platform for disabled scientists, facilitating networking and discussion sessions and establishing a website. | £5,000 | Chantelle Minchin | Individual |
Using wearable tablets for remote collaboration to create a more inclusive lab experience for disabled students |
We wish to trial a wearable tablet system to benefit students who require support to complete practical modules. The tablets offer a 1st person perspective of the experiment live, and students can communicate with the demonstrator in real time to create a more collaborative experience. | £4500 | Dr James Harvey | Individual |
Divergent: Exploring the barriers in place for neurodiverse early career researchers |
This project seeks to explore and tackle the barriers facing neurodivergent early career researchers, asking how neurodivergent ECRs can best be supported in their career paths. The project will identify best practice recommendations and an accessible infographic. | £1150 | Dr Scott Gorman | University of Birmingham |
Health vs Chemistry: gathering evidence to design an inclusive career returnship programme. |
This project aims to understand the intersection of chemist skills, health disability and the needs of those who reenter the workplace after a career break. With a midcareer focus, the project will analyse the challenges and opportunities within the chemical landscape, aiming to design the outline for a supported returnship programme tailored specifically to the chemical sciences. | £5000 | Dr Hazel Hunter | Individual |
You can view a second table below this one for projects funded through the special call in support of the Black chemistry community.
Title |
Project summary |
Amount awarded |
Contact |
Institution |
Challenges and obstacles of minorities in industry and active inclusion |
Event for professionals of minority origin in science industry to develop a networking support system and share how to overcome challenges through active inclusion. |
£2,000 |
Ryan Sipho Twantwa |
Individual |
CLRScience: Breaking the language barrier |
Development of an app to help teachers reach pupils of all ability and literacy backgrounds to ensure chemistry is more accessible. | £5,000 | Christopher Reynolds | Individual |
Independent learning in the chemistry laboratory for students who are blind or low vision |
Modifying, adapting or re-writing laboratory protocols for the inclusion of existing assistive technologies, to enable students who are blind or low vision to undertake laboratory experiments independently. |
£5,000 | Siegbert Schmid | The University of Syndney, Australia |
Reifying Reactions – developing a novel tactile interactive synthetic chemistry visualisation tool |
3D printing of buildable chemical model components and reaction symbols, with shaping, colour and Braille cues that can be used to teach and learn synthetic organic reaction mechanisms. | £4,200 | Elizabeth Ostler | University of Brighton |
Including blind and visually impaired students in the chemical sciences: Establishing good practices |
Development of good practice and training to increase inclusion of visually impaired students in higher education and research in the chemical sciences. | £3,600 | Stefano Biagini | Individual |
Barriers that hinder women's careers in pharmaceutical medicine |
An investigation into factors that enforce barriers that hinder women from progressing their careers in the pharmaceutical industry. Findings will be presented in a report. | £5,000 | Marcia Philbin | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |
Culture and the girl child in chemical sciences |
A series of seminars and workshops to enable girls to engage with chemical sciences in Nigeria. | £3,000 | Ruby Lotanna | Individual |
"Celebrating diversity in science" lecture series to increase interest and confidence in post-graduate |
A visiting speaker series celebrating diversity in science. The two-part presentations will include the speaker's latest research followed by a Q&A session related to their career journey. | £2,000 | Samuel Perry | University of Southampton |
Celebrating and enhancing diversity in STEM seminar series through graduate student leadership and networking |
An inclusive seminar series and networking panels to identify critical decision-making criteria in improving inclusivity in seminars. | £2,800 | Udayan Singh | University of Virginia, Engineering Systems and Environment Graduate Student Council |
The emotional roller coaster of building a career in science |
A seminar series exploring experiences of early-career chemists and mental health tools accessible to young researchers to develop resilience and wellbeing. | £3,800 | Claudia Bonfio | Young Group committee of the Italian Chemical Society |
Virtual conference: non-discriminatory inclusive meeting on natural dyes - a pilot study |
An inclusive online conference using VirBELA virtual world. | £1,600 | Jennifer Oliver | Individual |
#Outtheboxthinking. Improving understanding and attitudes towards chemistry whilst increasing accessibility to university style teaching, focusing on students identified as having barriers to inclusion |
Engaging under-represented key stage 4 students in cutting edge chemistry experiments and an academic-style conference to encourge the next generation of potential scientists. | £3,350 | Grace Walden | King's College London |
Student generated teaching resources as a tool to enhance inclusivity and diversity |
Development of inclusive teaching resources, created by students from under-represented minorities, low-income background and with no previous working experience. |
£5,000 |
Giorgio Chianello | Individual |
The effect of Covid-19-triggered social isolation on marginalised chemistry students |
An investigation into the psychological and pedagogical impact of online teaching and social isolation on marginalised chemistry students. |
£3,168 |
Gerard McGlacken | Individual |
A novel flexible format for departmental seminars improving inclusion at Durham University |
An inclusive departmental seminar series to minimise disruption for the work-life balance of guest speakers. |
£3,800 |
Basile Curchod | Department of Chemistry, Durham University |
Unlocking chemistry concepts using sign language |
A project to create British Sign Language signs for chemistry and BSL-translated videos of chemistry experiments, building on the Scottish Sensory Centre’s online BSL Glossary. |
£5,000 |
Audrey Cameron | Individual |
Addressing mental health: A proactive approach for researchers |
A series of workshops and networking events to consider mental health in under-represented groups in research. |
£4,830 |
Susan Kathleen Fetics | Women in Research Ireland |
Realising potential, a programme of work experience for underrepresented learners whose talents in chemistry may not be recognised by the exam system |
Work experience placements based at the Department of Chemistry for students from local schools that have high numbers of disadvantaged and minority ethnic students, and low uptake in science post-GSCE. |
£1,300 |
Michael Hughes | University of Manchester |
The dawn of chemistry in the city of Alvorada |
A series of activities and a chemistry fair to encourage students from a disadvantaged community in Brazil to engage with and study chemistry. |
£3,400 |
Irene Teresinha Santos Garcia | Individual |
The perception of chemistry career opportunities among undergraduate students of chemistry department in some selected universities in Nigeria |
A research project in Nigeria to explore undergratuate students' understanding of chemistry careers. |
£1,332 |
Aminu Dauda | Individual |
Internship and hands on training in lab practices to women from economically backward class pursuing chemistry subject in Masters Degree |
Project to enable girls from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds to be ready for a career in chemistry industry after graduation. |
£4,020 |
Pinto Ganguly |
Individual |
Enhancement and promotional activities for chemical sciences career and the reduction of gender gap in enrolment for chemistry courses for students, laboratory technicians and teachers in high schools of Western Kenya |
A series of workshops and mentorship seminars for high school students, especially girls, to raise awareness and adoption of chemistry as a viable career. |
£4,976 |
Francis Orata Omoto |
Individual |
Promoting inclusion, supporting diversity and equity in chemistry |
A project to improve the effective practice of inclusion, diversity and equity among the chemistry community in Nigeria. |
£5,000 |
Bilkisu Adedoyin |
Individual |
Women’s career pathway in chemical sciences; a multistage investigation in Kerala, India |
A project to assess factors influencing women at various stages of their career pathway in chemistry in India. |
£4,540 |
Mohammed Jasil Pulpadan |
Individual |
Strategies to eliminate challenges early career Ghanaian women in the chemical sciences face: Grantsmanship and sustaining research |
A workshop to support early-career women in the chemical sciences in Ghana in applying for grants and building research careers as lead investigators. |
£5,000 |
Pennante Bruce-Vanderpuije |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research- Water Research Institute, Ghana |
Gender disparities in the undergraduate chemistry degree course enrollment in Uganda |
A project to investigate gender disparities in chemistry undergraduate enrollment and completion rates in government and private universities in Uganda. |
£4,300 |
Francis Omujal |
Individual |
Guided Lego play to promote inclusive STEM career aspirations |
A project to create Lego loan kits for schools local to Strathclyde University to guide discussions on gender and ethnicity expectations and STEM careers. |
£500 |
Caitlin Early |
Individual |
Surveying the lived experiences of BAME chemistry students and staff |
A project to listen to the experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals at York's Department of Chemistry, and address the under-representation seen across the discipline. |
£5,000 |
Caroline Dessent |
Department of Chemistry, University of York |
Development of strategies for closing the gender gap in the enrolment of students studying chemistry in secondary schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria |
A project to investigate the gender gap in chemistry at the secondary school enrollment and university admission levels in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. |
£4,940 |
Nwabueze Elom |
Individual |
Promoting inclusion and good science in stated-owned universities in Nigeria’s Delta Region |
Workshops to support inclusive leadership, expand networks and provide mentorship for both academics and students in the chemical sciences in state-owned universities in Nigeria’s Delta Region. |
£3,000 |
Cyril Ehi-Eromosele |
Individual |
Embedding cultural competence in an Australian undergraduate chemistry curriculum |
Development of laboratory experiments to embed Indigenous science and knolwedge into a chemistry curriculum in Australia. |
£5,000 |
Siegbert Schmid |
Chemistry Education and Communication Research Theme, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Australia |
Enhancing diversity & inclusion at Bath chemistry |
A series of events and activities to increase diversity in guest lecturers, and to provide financial support for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic participants to attend Bath's electrochemistry schools. |
£5,000 |
Carmen Domene |
University of Bath |
TIGER in STEMM webinar series in chemistry |
A series of webinars to provide a platform for early-career and under-represented speakers from the chemical sciences to promote their research. |
£2,000 |
Caroline Muellenbroich |
TIGERinSTEMM |
Identifying barriers in STEM – A seminar series |
A series of online seminars from a diverse range of speakers in STEM, offering experiences of being a minority as well as examples to combat discrimination and increase diversity. |
£500 |
Claire Doswell |
University of Birmingham |
Warwick Chemistry Diversity Book Club |
A Diversity Book Club focusing on race, gender, sexual orientation and unconscious bias, to be discussed alongside RSC reports on these same topics. |
£1,500 |
Zoë Ayres |
University of Warwick Chemistry Department – Postdoctoral Society of Chemistry and Warwick ChemSoC |
Incorporating 'student-generated videos' as a teaching pedagogy in the curriculum for deaf students |
Development of videos of GCSE-level lab techniques and chemical concepts, generated by deaf students and incorporating deaf as well as minority ethnic representation. |
£2,900 |
Derek Rodger |
Heathlands School for the Deaf |
The colour of chemistry |
A series of activites to encourage students from under-represented groups to celebrate their diversity, professional identity and achievements as chemists. |
£5,000 |
Pooja Goddard |
Loughborough University |
Projects funded through the special call in support of the Black chemistry community
Title |
Project summary |
Amount awarded |
Contact |
Institution |
Improving confidence and promoting mentorship among chemistry professionals in selected institutions in the Niger Delta |
Development of a platform to support early-career chemistry professionals in the Niger Delta and to inform policy around ending discrimination and racism. |
£4,991 |
Eucharia Nwaichi |
Individual |
#BlackChemistsWeek 2020 |
A week-long online event to create a network of Black chemists and to amplify their voices. |
£1,500 |
Samantha Mensah |
Individual |
SparkLab Cymru - private group and individual tutoring |
Free of charge individual and group science tutoring for Black pupils, online and in-person in Cardiff. |
£2,250 |
Rhian Booth |
SparkLab Cymru |
Bridging the educational gap: Education interventions as a means to improving access and diversity in higher education |
Engagement of Black disadvantaged students in South Africa to describe chemistry concepts and characteristics in their own mother tongue. |
£1,000 |
Adeniyi Ogunlaja |
Individual |
Understanding and addressing the challenges faced by Black chemistry community in career progression (BlackChemComm) |
Creation of a forum to enable knowledge-sharing mechanisms and tools for addressing |
£5,000 |
Edwin Ntainjua Ndifor |
Individual |
Barriers that hinder women's careers in pharmaceutical medicine - a Black perspective |
Building on an existing ID Fund-supported project, this addition investigates the specific experiences of Black women chemists in the field of medicine development and allied areas. |
£5,000 |
Marcia Philbin |
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine |
Ethnicity (and gender) of authors of chemistry and medicinal chemistry publications |
Generate benchmarking data and interrogate trends on the ethnicity and gender of authors for chemistry and medicinal chemistry articles over the last 18-20 years. |
£5,000 |
Simon Macdonald |
RGDscience Ltd |
Celebrating Black chemists of Essex |
A 1-day online STEM event to celebrate Black chemists of Essex (past and present), as part of Black History Month 2020. |
£3,000 |
Hephzi Tagoe |
GhScientific |
Enablers and barriers to access and participation of Black chemists in higher education and workplace environments |
Surveys and interviews to explore the factors that influence Black students and professionals' access and participation in chemistry or related fields within higher education settings. |
£4,986 |
Lata Gautam |
Anglia Ruskin University |
Toolkit for Success |
Conduct race-specific research into the significant loss of Black individuals within chemistry in the UK, and develop a toolkit to foster inclusive environments and prepare for postgraduate employment. |
£1,700 |
Naomi Howard |
Individual |
Black in STEM |
A series of meetings, seminars and symposia to connect African and of African descent (Black) researchers to share ideas, form networks and enable peer support and collaborations. |
£887 |
Sandile Mtetwa |
Africans in STEM (University of Cambridge) |
Resources to highlight Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) contributions to science |
Development of teaching resources to highlight and promote the contributions of the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community to science and chemistry. |
£4,900 |
Tippu Sheriff |
Queen Mary University of London |
Why do BAME pupils choose, or not choose, to study chemistry through secondary school? |
A research project to understand the reasons for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic pupils choosing chemistry, and barriers to participation, in state secondary school in Scotland. |
£2,280 |
James Orr |
Individual |
Celebrating Black chemists and embedding their work into the curriculum |
A series of workshops and an online international conference to celebrate and bring to the forefront the contribution of Black chemists. |
£4,000 |
Sandra Appiah |
Middlesex University |
Spreading and promoting diversity and inclusion in chemical sciences: Increasing the presence and participation of Black African communities |
Seminar series to highlight, spread and promote diversity in the chemical sciences to under-represented and socially disadvantaged groups in Zimbabwe. |
£4,900 |
Crispen Munashe Mazodze |
Individual |
Title |
Project summary |
Amount Awarded |
Contact |
Institution |
Gender awareness in initial teacher education in chemistry |
A research project to evaluate gender awareness in teacher training across universities offering PGCE programmes in Chemistry in Scotland. |
£1,200 |
Claire Smith |
University of Glasgow |
Supporting inclusion and encouraging diversity in Chemistry - where do you see yourself?
|
Creation of a Careers in Chemistry Toolkit to record career journeys of minority group chemists and pharmaceutical scientists. |
£2,000 |
Baljit Thatti |
Individual |
When, why and where does gender affect performance in chemistry |
A study to assess the learning approaches of undergraduate chemistry students, in relation to gender. |
£5,000 |
Sylvia Draper |
Individual |
The impact of prior knowledge on first year chemistry performance |
Examination of the effect of pre-university chemistry education on engagement to identify the barriers to inclusivity. |
£4,878 |
Lorna Nisbet |
Anglia Ruskin University |
Evaluating support strategies for positive mental health among academic staff in Higher Education STEM departments
|
Investigation into mental health support for academics in STEM departments across England. Dissemination of success stories and good practice. |
£3,050 |
Gemma Sweeney |
University of Huddersfield |
Science is for everyone, Unconscious Bias training for Primary schools |
Development and delivery of a teacher toolkit and training session for chemistry teachers to address Unconscious Bias in the classroom. |
£5,000 |
Francesca Gale |
Genome Research Limited |
Establishing a Women In Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) network |
Establishment of a mentoring network to increase diversity within the global supramolecular chemistry community. |
£4,825 |
Jennifer Hiscock |
Individual |
Towards a better understanding of the barriers and opportunities for children with learning difficulties in the chemistry classroom
|
A case study approach to understanding the barriers that current practices in school chemistry present to learners with SEND. |
£4,916 |
Jane Essex |
University of Strathclyde |
Women in Chemistry conference and careers event 2020 |
International Women's Day Conference bringing together 150 chemists (of all genders) from academia, industry and science communication. |
£2,000 |
Rhona Savin |
University of Nottingham Women in Chemistry Group |
PSoC distinguished seminar series: breaking barriers |
A series of inclusion and diversity events, including round-table discussions on issues of equality and diversity to celebrate the successes of underrepresented groups. |
£4,193 |
Nicola Rogers |
PSoC - Postdoctoral Society of Chemistry, University of Warwick |
Deaf students: removing barriers to education and training in chemistry |
Investigation into the uptake and attainment of chemistry education by deaf school pupils and development of bespoke HPLC training courses.
|
£5,000 |
Mark Jones |
RLC-lab |
Beyond breaking bias |
Continued investigation into a breaking bias textbook survey, aiming to provide high-quality and curriculum-focused resources to teachers.
|
£4,950 |
Claire Murray and Michael Seery |
Diamond Light Source and University of Edinburgh
|
Title |
Project summary |
Amount awarded |
Contact |
Institution |
Analysis of the undergraduate degree course selection of female A-level students studying chemistry |
Investigation into the barriers faced by girls at the A-level to chemistry undergraduate transition in the Huddersfield/Wakefield/Leeds area |
£5,000 |
Gemma Sweeney |
University of Huddersfield |
Assessing and promoting inclusion of the differently-abled in educational institutions in eastern India - with special reference to the chemical science community |
Assessing and promoting inclusion of the differently-abled in educational institutions in eastern India |
£4,450 |
Abha Rani |
Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad |
Breaking Bias - Representation of Women in Chemistry Curricula |
Critical evaluation of the gender of scientists reported in UK and ROI secondary school chemistry textbooks, in order to identify whether there is unconscious bias which diminishes the work of women |
£2,000 |
Claire Murray |
Diamond Light Source |
Chemclusion: investigating factors that promote active inclusion in undergraduate chemistry among people with disabilities |
Preliminary research on approaches that work in supporting learners with disabilities in pursuing chemistry education. |
£4,550 |
Michael Seery |
University of Edinburgh |
Reaching Equilibrium |
'Hackathon' to bring together 40 early career researchers and industry representatives to work on projects to increase diversity in STEM |
£1,000 |
Jess Wade |
Imperial College London |
INCLUDE: An Inclusive Chemical Landscape Underpinning Diversity & Equality |
Investigating and overcoming the barriers for students from lower socio-economic backgrounds engaging with the chemical sciences. |
£3,875 |
Alex Hamilton |
Sheffield Hallam University |
Title | Project summary | Amount awarded | Contact | Institution |
Inspiring language communities - Multilingual Manchester |
Bilingual researchers work with difficult to reach communities where English is not the first language |
£500 |
Nick Weise |
University of Manchester |
Quest University Canada Supporting our Minorites in STEM |
Funding for a COACh workshop to develop women in leadership |
£1,500 |
Emma Davy |
Quest University, Canada |
Stories of women in STEM |
Exhibition of photographs and interviews with women in STEM |
£2,000 |
Rhys Archer |
University of Manchester |
SciSisters |
Technical support for the scisisters website |
£925 |
Polly Arnold |
University of Edinburgh |
BAME researchers - How to stay in academia conference |
A one-day conference at King’s College London, Workshops include speed networking, importance of mentoring, well-being, career life balance, and applying and writing fellowships. |
£2,000 |
Bernadine Idowu |
KCL |
International Outreach (NZ) |
University of Otego working with rural schools in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia to share outreach experiences working in NZ rural schools with teachers and teacher trainers in Sarawak |
£2,000 |
David Warren |
University of Otago |
LGBT+ STEMinar |
The LGBT+ STEMinar is a one-day event designed to benefit people who work or study in STEM subjects and identify as LGBT+ or are allies. |
£1,000 |
Derek Wann |
University of York |
Richness in Diversity Career Pathways in STEM |
One day conference to raise the profile of female and minority academics. Particular focus has been paid to selecting speakers who have had a ‘non-typical’ route into academia, who represent a minority group, or who have experienced life events that may have had a major impact on their career. |
£1,545 |
Jennifer Rudd |
Swansea University |
Seen and Heard seminar series |
A series of 30-minute lunchtime seminars that |
£2,000 |
Martha Gulman |
Women in research Ireland |
Sensory Science |
The Sensory Science programme enables disabled children to discover the world of science through play, exploration and creativity and in doing so, challenges the misconception that the scientific world is not a place for people with disabilities. |
£1,996 |
Katherine Sparkes |
|
Title |
Project summary |
Amount awarded |
Contact |
Institution |
Adaptation of Forensic Science Teaching Materials |
Adapting Forensic Science teaching materials for students with disabilities or ESL |
£850 |
Lynsey Shaw |
Strathclyde University |
Anonymising CVs |
Developing approach for anonymising CVs; Chemistry department want to be involved as well |
£2,000 |
Jenny Clark |
Sheffield University |
Big Bang Bristol |
Big bang event targeting girls and BAME students from hard to reach areas (free school meals, no university connections, under performing schools etc.) |
£2,000 |
Matthew Lee |
University of Bristol |
Career returners workshops |
Women career returners workshop |
£2,000 |
Penny Coggill |
CamAWiSE |
Durham PG Events Comm |
Careers events for postgrads and postdocs including discussions about gender balance in STEM academia and associated challeges |
£2,000 |
Laura Smith |
University of Durham |
Hidden Women Wikithon |
Producing wikipedia pages for women in STEM |
£500 |
Jess Wade |
Imperial College |
LGBT STEMinar |
LGBT STEM conference |
£500 |
Craig O'Hare |
Lancaster University |
WICTO |
Women in Chemistry Toronto conference |
£2,000 |
Nimrat Obhi |
Toronto |
Application deadlines
The Inclusion and Diversity Fund accepts applications throughout the year, which are reviewed in two rounds per year.
Deadlines | Round 1 | Round 2 |
Application submissions due by: | Monday, 25 April 2022 | Monday, 19 September 2022 |
Funding decisions returned by: | Friday, 10 June 2022 | Friday, 4 November 2022 |
How to apply
You can use this preview of the application form to help you prepare your answers, but applications must be submitted through the online SmartSurvey form using the button below.
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