Inclusion & Diversity Fund

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.

Special Calls

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 study success	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 the career progression challenges within the UK’s Black chemistry community.	£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. The aim of the meeting is to showcase research and policy work from diverse fields and to encourage networking and collaborations between different departments, Universities, companies and disciplines.	£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 • Provide a space for women, non-binary and genderfluid folks, and members of other under-represented groups working in research and academia to meet and come together (community-building) • Acknowledge the issues that affect women* in research and academia, and discuss potential solutions for these issues • Provide opportunities to hear the perspectives of individuals who are often unheard in academic spaces (e.g., women, non-binary individuals, disabled individuals, members of ethnic minority groups, among others)	£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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Projects that have received funding in the past

Projects funded through the special call in support of the Black chemistry community

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