Coronavirus (COVID-19): information for grant applicants and grant holders:
We recognise that during this period the nature of projects and delivery mechanisms may need to be revised and that individuals and organisations may choose to use this period to either reflect and evaluate current activity or develop new initiatives. In response to this and the changing needs of the community we are relaxing our restrictions to funding, in particular those costs associated with salary and freelancers fees. In addition, to lower barriers to funding we are increasing the upper limit of the small grant scheme to £5,000 and moving to consider applications for small grants on a monthly basis. See below for further details on applying during this period or get in touch with the team.
Our mission
We fund a broad range of projects and organisations that connect communities with the chemical sciences. Through this we want to help bring different people and organisations together to share ideas, develop meaningful partnerships, inspire new ways of working, and encourage dialogue about the importance and role of chemistry for making the world a better place.
What we fund
Engagement encompasses many approaches with diverse people in different settings – from schools and laboratories to museums and gardens. We are interested in funding projects and organisations that work with different audiences including youth, families, young carers, older adults or school groups. We are particularly interested in funding work with under-served and under-represented audiences including people with disabilities and people facing social, economic and educational disadvantage.
We fund projects, events, partnerships or programmes that:
- Support chemists to engage with different audiences and/or build their engagement skills.
- Listen to, support, empower and inspire school-aged learners to become more connected with and enjoy chemical science, for example, through extra-curricular experiences, partnering with local organisations for projects, career-based activities and opportunities to meet with scientists.
- Enable family audiences to engage with chemical science in creative, fun and participatory ways- this could be through things like storytelling, puppetry, costumed interpretation or science busking.
- Involve different communities with relevant contemporary issues in the chemical sciences – for example through a science café event, citizen science project or Museum Late programme.
- Bring chemical scientists together with one or more different audience groups to learn with and from each other – this could be through co-produced research, co-curated festival or exhibition content or an arts-science collaboration.
- Better serve and connect with under-served audiences in relation to contemporary issues in the chemical sciences.
What outcomes are we looking for?
We are currently prioritising funding for projects that have one or more of the following outcomes:
- Audiences are engaged with issues around sustainability linked to chemical sciences.
- Under-served audiences are better connected with or represented by chemical science.
- RSC members have opportunities to develop and/or use their engagement skills.
- Wellbeing is enhanced or supported through the activity of the project or partnership.
- Families connect with chemistry in fun, creative and participatory ways.
- Audiences are engaged with chemistry in and through local contexts.
Applications are now open.
How much money can I apply for?
You can apply for a small grant of up to £5,000 or a large grant of between £5,001 and £10,000.
Grants are for 12 months and will be paid in Sterling.
What is the timeline for applications?
We have a monthly rolling application process for both the small and large grant tiers.
Grants are awarded on the 1st day of the month following your application if you are successful. This means that if you apply for the March deadline and are successful, your grant will start on 1 April and will run until 30 March the following year.
Deadlines for 2022
Small and Large grants
See upcoming deadlines| Application deadlines |
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| Monday 7 February 2022 |
| Monday 7 March 2022 |
| Monday 4 April 2022 |
| Tuesday 3 May 2022 |
| Wednesday 8 June 2022 |
| Monday 4 July 2022 |
| Monday 5 September 2022 |
| Monday 7 November 2022 |
Please note that there is no longer a deadline in August or October for the Outreach Fund.
All applications must be submitted through our online application system. Applicants are encouraged to read the application guideline in the download link below before completing the online application form.
How do I apply?
Please make sure you have read our application guidance before you apply.
All applications must be submitted online.
Apply now for a Small grant Apply now for a Large grant
To view the application questions before applying online, please use the download links below:
Download draft Small grant application formChemistry Week Grants
Applications for Chemistry Week Grants are currently closed.
Projects helped by our Outreach Fund
Quilts for pancreatic cancer patients – and research
Clare Hoskins from the University of Strathclyde is looking to raise awareness pancreatic cancer by her speciality-made quilts project.
The project, titled Quilts4Cancer, is being funded through a grant of £4700 from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Ignite climate change podcast
Lucy Evans, Producer at Fierce Green Productions created a new radio drama series funded by our Outreach Fund.
As a science communicator and audio producer she wanted to create something to help close the gap between the arts and sciences. She also wanted to give opportunities to young people and highlight their perspectives on the climate crisis.
Lithium shuffle - an informative video
We helped Lizzie Driscoll, a student at Birmingham University, produce a fun informative video explaining how Li-ion batterie operate in Lithium Shuffle project.
These batteries are found everywhere – from mobile phones to laptops, and, more recently, electric vehicles. The video shows how they work, and what research is being done to improve them.
What a previous grant holder has to say
Without this funding from the RSC, the project simply would not have been possible. Although it was rejected initially, your team saw potential in our application, so the opportunity to revise and resubmit our application with further details and clarifications in some areas was appreciated. Few grant applications offer such feedback and opportunity, so this in itself was hugely helpful.
Mhairi McCann, Founder & CEO, Youth STEM 2030
Picture: Mhairi McCann
View more projects the Outreach Fund has helped.
In the table below you can see all the varied activities that we have supported.
Current and Past Projects
East of England
| Project title | Project summary | Grant awarded | Grant holder | Organisation |
| Top Class in Science | Public Engagement Professional delivering science competition for students in schools in Norfolk. Whole classes in years 6 and 9 to compete in an online science quiz. |
£500 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
James Piercy |
CAST Education Ltd |
| Terrific Test Tubes | CEO of Kinetic Science Foundation to run chemistry workshops for primary school aged children in libraries within disadvantaged areas. |
£5,000 (May 2020 - ongoing) |
Deborah Ball |
Kinetic Science Foundation |
| Science and STEM Club - Save the world | Secondary Science Teacher and Head of Year at Kents Hill Park School in Milton Keynes to launch and run a science club. |
£520 (July 2020 - ongoing) |
Jamie Risebrow |
Kents Hill Park School |
| Ocean Chemistry at IF Oxford Science + Ideas Festival 2021 | Director of community interest company to develop content that demonstrates the importance of chemistry and our ocean, engaging with members of the public at the IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival. |
£5,000 (June 2021 - ongoing) |
Russell Arnott |
Incredible Oceans (Siren Calling) CIC |
| Hands-on chemistry for children with Special Educational Needs | Primary Science Specialist to develop and deliver targeted practical, hands-on chemistry activities to students at a Special Educational Needs School in Cambridgeshire |
£2,500 (July 2021 - ongoing) |
Jo Montgomery |
Dr Jo Science Solutions |
| Spec - tacular spectrography | Regional Coordinator to build five i-Phos spectrometer kits for STEM ambassadors to take to schools and STEM clubs around the East of England and five simpler kits for home educators in the region to borrow. |
£5,000 (August 2021 - ongoing) |
Helen Spencer |
STEM Point East |
| Embracing Chemistry at the UEA Green Film Festival | Associate Professor in Chemistry to coordinate sustainability themed activities and events as part of the Green Film Festival at UEA. |
£9,570 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Andrew Mayes |
University of East Anglia |
| Expanding and disseminating innovative, sustainability-themed educational resources | Co-director of edcuational outreach charity to engage students in disadvantaged areas, providing them with sustainability-themed educational resouces, |
£10,000 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Elizabeth Tennyson |
Sustain/Ed |
Ireland
| Project title | Project summary | Grant awarded | Grant holder | Organisation |
| Northern Science Festival with Prof Tom Welton | Northern Ireland Local Section with Professor Tom Welton delivering two talks (one to the general public and one to students) as part of the Northern Ireland Science Festival. First aspirational talk aimed at Higher Level Apprentices studying chemistry and a second talk organised with "Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful" themed around Sustainability. |
£1,100.00 (January 2020 - completed) |
Dermot Hanna | RSC Northern Ireland Local Section |
| Chemistry @ Work 2020 | Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast to deliver their flagship event "Chemistry at Work" showcasing the applications of chemistry in the workplace to secondary and grammar school students in years 10 - 12. |
£2,000.00 (January 2020 - completed) |
Kevin Morgan | Queen's University Belfast |
| Chemistry at the Castle: an exploration into low carbon energy solutions | Staff at Johnstown Castle to develop and deliver a hands-on primary science engagement programme to support young people’s understanding of chemistry. |
£10,000.00 (September 2020 - ongoing) |
Michelle Maher | Johnstown Castle, Estate and Gardens |
| Shopfront Science | Scientists and performers to deliver chemistry themed acts for families in a socially distanced space such as abandoned shop fronts. Taking this activity to town and communities in the West of Ireland who have suffered economic downturn. |
£4,350.00 (October 2020 - ongoing) |
Dea Birkett | Circus 250 |
| Periodic Table of People Podcast | PhD student to create a podcast series to demonstrate career opportunities within the chemical sciences to school students. |
£2,203.00 (April 2021 - ongoing) |
Niamh O'Mahoney | University College Cork |
| Project Title: Student Teachers Supporting Science in Primary Schools. | Senior Lectutuer in Science Education to engage pre-service primary education specialists in Northern Ireland with hands-on science activities and pedagogical support enhancing their future science practice and content delivery to primary students. |
£5,000.00 (June 2021 - ongoing) |
John McCullagh | Stranmillis University College Belfast |
| Chemsplorers - bringing Chemistry to Primary Schools | RSC Local Section Committee members to provide 20 primary schools in Northern Ireland with a unique chemistry engagement video demonstrating practical chemistry experiments. |
£2,480.00 (June 2021 - ongoing) |
Dermot Hanna | RSC Northern Ireland Local Section |
| Towards Greener Fragrances | Regional Science Education Lead to provide students in disadvantaged areas of Northern Ireland with the opportunity to be involved in original academic research themed around ionic liquids and applications in fragrance chemistry. |
£9,900.00 (August 2021 - ongoing) |
Neil Garrido | The Institute for Reasearch in Schools |
| Sugar and Spice and Everything Science - the Science of Chocolate | CEO of STEM not-for-profit to develop acitivies themed around the science of chocolate for National Science Week in Ireland targeted at students in disadvantaged areas. |
£4,500 (September 2021 - ongoing) |
Jackie Gorman | Midlands Science |
| ChemisTRY – Schools Engagement | Lecturer to provide novel opportunities for students to explore chemistry with engaging activities for primary and secondary along with careers activities for the secondary aged participants. |
£9,993 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Gemma Kinsella | Technological University Dublin |
The Midlands
| Project title | Project summary | Grant awarded | Grant holder | Organisation |
| DNA: the building blocks of life | Student at the University of Birmingham to design and deliver an interactive building block style game for primary at secondary audiences demonstrating DNA and its structure and introducing the idea of genetic disease and research surrounding this. |
£2,000 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Charlotte Farrow | University of Birmingham |
| Creative Reactions - Where Art meets Science | PhD Student at the University of Nottingham to bring together scientists to discuss their research with local artists enabling them to create a piece of art to represent and demonstrate this. They will then showcase this work in an exhibition for members of the public to engage with. |
£800 (January 2020 - completed) |
Franziska Wohlgemuth | Pint of Science, UK |
| Chemistry @ Work 2020 | Programme Developer at the Black Country Living Museum to engage young people attending school or college within the West Midlands in chemistry by giving them an insight into the careers they could pursue. |
£2,000 (January 2020 - completed) |
Thomas Dipple | Black Country Living Museum |
| Stratford School Sustainability Programme | Founder of Graduate Planet CIC to deliver an engaging education programme in environmental sustainability with 9 Stratford-upon-Avon schools and 8 local charities. Each school will be able to take up to 420 children on exciting day trips that are designed to inspire, educate and nurture the children's understanding of environmental sustainability solutions. |
£10,000 January 2020 - ongoing) |
Kate Evans | Graduate Planet CIC |
| ChemBOX Tamworth | Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham to provide boxes of chemistry equipment to two disadvantaged Staffordshire primary schools demonstrating how "real-world" chemistry activities can be effective at inspiring young children in chemistry as a subject. |
£6,014 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Zoe Schnepp | University of Birmingham |
| A Female Chemist & Researcher in Residence – a Primary School Intervention | Schools Outreach Fellow to facilitate 60 year 6 female students from schools in disadvantaged areas to work with a female chemistry postgraduate student on chemistry experimental investigations to raise educational aspirations and positively influence their knowledge of chemistry. |
£860 (May 2020 - ongoing) |
Nick Barker | University of Warwick |
| Chemistry for the Community @ Lady Hawkins' School | Science Team at Lady Hawkins' School in Herefordshire to hold sessions open to KS3 students via after school clubs and the local community via community events. Students that attend the after school club will become chemistry demonstrators for the community days offering them the opportunity to share what they have learnt with their friends and families. |
£1,350 (May 2020 - completed) |
Stephen Layton | Lady Hawkins' School |
| LCFC Forensic Science "Escape Room In A Box" | STEM and Outdoor Learning Coordinator to educate and inspire the next generation of forensic scientists by introducing young people to real crime-solving chemistry techniques through "escape room" style activities. |
£5,000 (July 2020 - completed) |
Alex Evans | Leicester City in the Community |
| PeptLight BOX | Senior Research Fellow to engage primary school students in year 5 and 6 with the chemistry of light and its links to proteins and DNA. |
£1,350 (July 2020 - ongoing) |
Valentina Borghesani | University of Birmingham |
| Raising student aspirations in Science | Head of Science to bring together school alumni who have gone on to use science in their careers, inviting them to contribute to a display showcasing their careers for the benefit of the schools cohort of 1100 students. |
£1,500 (August 2020 - ongoing) |
Catherine Smith | Hinckley Academy and John Cleveland Sixth Form Centre |
| Women In Chemistry | STEM Response Team at the University of Wolverhampton to bring science to communities across the West Midlands via fun and educational theatre performances highlighting scientific breakthroughs and achievements of women in chemistry. This project aims to provide free and accessible learning experiences to students within one of the countries most disadvantaged areas. |
£9,763 (September 2020 - ongoing) |
Martin Khechara | University of Wolverhampton |
| Chemistry for all interactive online sessions | For members of the local section to provide online events to introduce children aged 7 - 12 and their families to chemistry ideas through a variety of online hands-on activities. |
£6,760 (September 2020 - ongoing) |
Sharon Williams | RSC Birmingham and West Midlands Local Section |
| Chemistry CSI: Forensic Chemistry in Crime Investigation | Senior Laboratory Technician at De Montfort University to introduce and demonstrate to KS4 students how chemistry interacts with their daily lives by giving them virtual tours of crime scenes using interactive videos. |
£4,162 (October 2020 - ongoing) |
Rachel Armitage | De Montfort University |
| The CheMUDstry Investigation | Environmental Geochemist to turn the fun activity of making mud pies into an engaging science experiment for KS2 students in the Stoke-on-Trent area. |
£9,119 (March 2021 - ongoing) |
Joanna Wragg | British Geological Survey |
| SPLASH: Sustainable Practicals and Learning Activities for Schools and Homes. | Senior Lecturer to develop a booklet aimed at engaging 12 - 14 year olds in the topic of water including its importance, purification and power through a series of experiments and activities. |
£10,000 (March 2021 - ongoing) |
Pooja Goddard | Loughborough University |
| Science of Recycling- Paper Making | PhD student to run interactive activities for Years 5 and 6 students to test the strength of recycled paper in addition to making their own. |
£680 (April 2021 - ongoing) |
Emily Hayward | University of Birmingham |
| CoCoMicro Box | Outreach Officer to engage primary and secondary school students from disadvantaged areas with the provision of chemistry boxes containing simple experiments for them to do with their families. |
£4,969 (May 2021 - ongoing) |
Chris Hamlett | Brum Sci Comm |
| Chemists Light the Way: how undergraduates can excite and inspire children with photochemistry | Undergraduate student to develop a classroom based activity for university students to deliver to Years 5 and 6 students about the chemistry of light and its applications in everyday life aiming to reach students from disadvantaged areas around Nottingham. |
£1,823 (June 2021 - ongoing) |
Thomas Ball | University of Nottingham |
| Winter Chemistry | Undergraduate student to run winter chemistry themed activities in local school. |
2672 |
Rachel Chataway-Green | Birmingham University |
| Pupil Referral Unit Science (including Chemistry) Curriculum Development | Teacher at a school for students with SEMH needs to source mobile laboratory equipment to support science learning. |
6890 |
Jon Seymour | Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy |
| Wastewater Recycling in Space | Lecturer to facilitate a chemistry workshop day for students from a school in a disadvantaged area providing inspiring opportunities and experiences. |
6176 |
Yulia Zakharova | University of Wolverhampton |
| LCFC Forensic Science Escape Room In A Box | STEM and Outdoor Learning Coordinator to further develop activity from previous grant providing forensic science themed activities to a wider age range of children from disadvantaged areas as well as adapting the resources to benefit those from SEND backgrounds. |
5000 |
Alex Evans | Leicester City in the Community |
| Raising student aspirations in Science - Phase 2 | Head of Science to faciliate phase two of previous grant, developing an alumni network of students that have gone on to careers that use science as role models to raise the aspirations of students in a disadvantaged area. |
1500 |
Catherine Smith | Hinckley Academy and John Cleveland Sixth Form Centre |
| Women in Chemistry 2 – Women in Chemistry can save the world! | STEM Response Team to further the delivery and reach of previous activity bringing science to communities across the West Midlands via fun and educational theatre performances highlighting scientific breakthroughs and achievements of women in chemistry. This project aims to provide free and accessible learning experiences to students wihtin disadvantaged areas. |
9862 |
Martin Khechara | University of Wolverhampton STEM Response Team |
| Chemistry Homework Club | Widening Participation Coordinator to facilitate intervention and engagement activities to A-level chemistry students from disadvantaged areas. |
5000 |
Amanda Bishop | University of Warwick |
North East
| Project title | Project summary | Grant awarded | Grant holder | Organisation |
| Poisons in the Garden | Researchers at Northumbria University to host an extended weekend programme at Alnwick garden with a pop up laboratory in the Poison Garden outlining the history and chemistry of specific plant drugs and providing hands-on chemistry experience demonstrating concepts such as chromatography. |
£10,000 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
John Dean | Northumbria University and Alnwick Gardens |
| Chemistry STEM Challenges | STEM Engagement Manager at Success4All in Newcastle to run chemistry themed project based learning experiences for KS2 primary classes developing teamwork and communication skills and providing participants with the opportunity to engage with people currently working in STEM careers. |
£5,840 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Kirsty Hayward | Success4All CIO |
| Chemistry and the atmosphere. Why should I make any changes? | Assistant Headteacher and Science Teachers supported a group of students in creating an educational video about climate change. Ethos College is a school providing longer-term full-time education to KS4 students (aged 14 to 16) with wide-ranging Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. |
£650 (January 2020 - completed) |
Emma Gannon | Ethos College |
| 'Be Moor Eco' Public Engagement Event in Science Week 2020 | Committee members to set up three water chemistry based experiments around the theme of pollution and the environment as part of Science Week in Sheffield. |
£2,000 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Jackie Morton | Sheffield and District Local Section Committee |
| Club POP Chemistry | Fundraising team to engage with young people within Doncaster, including members of the LGBTQ+ community and young carers, via a series of chemistry based workshops aimed at increasing life skills. |
£500 (January 2020 - completed) |
Nicola Brown | Doncaster Alcohol Services |
| Chemistry of Healthy Food | Director of non-profit organisation to deliver a set of hands on chemistry experiment workshops for disadvantaged children aged 6-11 living in Hull. |
£10,000 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Seyed Mani-Sajedin | Toranj Tuition |
| The role of Microbes in every day life: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University to develop videos and use LEGO to showcase to school students how we can all make a difference in combatting antimicrobial resistance. |
£2,000 (July 2020 - ongoing) |
Marloes Peeters | Newcastle University |
| Chemistry of Healthy Food | Founder of Community Arts Hub to develop a learning resource that will build Science Capital in children and their families, highlighting female and Black and minority ethnic scientists, their works and the challenges they face through a storytelling and theatre medium. |
£5,000 (August 2020 - ongoing) |
Louise Hodgson | Liberty Arts Yorkshire |
| Engaging young people in Science and Technology | Managing Director to produce an interactive activity to encourage primary aged children from under-privileged backgrounds in County Durham to consider how the chemical sciences are relevant to the five senses. |
£5,000 (May 2021 - ongoing) |
Aaron Bourne | STEAM Ahead CIC |
| Green Chemistry Comics for School Children | Senior Research Fellow to produce a comic strip introducing concepts such as sustainability and the circular economy aimed at primary school aged children. |
£4,100 (May 2021 - ongoing) |
Con Robert McElroy | University of York |
| The creation of a podcast to portray Chemistry and the Chemical Industry in a positive light. | Market Development Engineer to produce a podcast aimed at breaking down the barriers of public perception of science and the chemical industry for secondary schools students studying GCSE and A-levels. |
£1,514 (May 2021 - ongoing) |
Hallam Wheatley | SABIC |
| UCLeeds Chemistry Academy | Head of Widening Participation and Outreach to engage Leeds-based school students from KS2 and KS3 with chemistry based activities to raise awareness and aspirations in relation to the chemical sciences. The organisation works largely with schools that are largely populated by students from under-represented groups. |
£5,000 (July 2021 - ongoing) |
Joanne Tyssen | University Centre (Leeds City College, Luminate Education Group) |
| The Sound Of Science | Project Manager to faciliate a 4 day event as part of British Science Week connecting music and chemistry. |
£1,200 (September 2021 - ongoing) |
Wesley Stephenson | Jazz North East |
| Demystifying Chemistry | Advice and Support Worker to organise chemistry events for disabled people in the community. |
£4,992 (October 2021 - ongoing) |
Amy Dixon | Foresight North East Lincolnshire |
| Flow: A place-based citizen science approach to increase widening participation in the chemical sciences from areas of high social deprivation. | Lecturer to engage 14-16 year olds from disadvantaged areas with chemical science research activities themed around water quality, providing them with opportunities to engage with univeristy researchers |
£5,000 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Samantha Richardson | University of Hull |
North West
| Project title | Project summary | Grant awarded | Grant holder | Organisation |
| Crafting in The Bay | Textile workshops for young carers, adult carers and older people in the Morecambe Bay area that embed chemistry topics such as reactions involved in changing fabric colours and components of dyes. |
£1,925 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Laura Hobbs | Science Communication Professional |
| Elements of Halton | Trustee member of the Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum in Widnes to coordinate a wide team to build on previous work and explore with school students and their families the local scientific history. The team will develop and deliver performances for the participants and an exhibition for the wider public. |
£10,000 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Diana Leitch | Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum |
| The Power of Recycling: The Story of a Battery | Interest Group Committee member to design a collection of activities that allow upper stage KS2 to investigate and model the recycling of a lithium -ion battery |
£3,681 (August 2020 - ongoing) |
Susan Andrews | Applied Materials Chemistry Interest Group |
| The Chemical Simulation Toolkit | Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University to introduce KS5 students to chemical simulation tools used for further study and research to broaden their horizons. |
£5,000 (September 2020 - ongoing) |
Andrew Kerridge | Lancaster University |
| The BIG Science Club | CEO of Knowsley Disability Concern to coordinate a new programme of science engagement activities for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. |
£4,994 (September 2020 - completed) |
Joyce Greaves | Knowsley Disability Concern |
| Repairing radiochemistry’s reputation, isotope by isotope | PhD Student at University of Southampton to pilot and disseminate an isotope card game to local schools for KS4 students to expand on and apply key concepts of radiochemistry and radioactivity in the curriculum. |
£1,060 (October 2020 - ongoing) |
Sarah Lu | University of Southampton PhD student |
| Enthusing Potential Young Chemists in State-Funded Mainstream Primary Schools in Bolton | Director of Outreach to enthuse Key Stage 2 students in a socioeconomically disadvantaged area in the North West via a series of chemistry demonstration assemblies and activities. This project also supports the development and training of an early career chemist. |
£2,310 (July 2021 - ongoing) |
Tim Harrison | Bristol ChemLabS |
| The BIG Science Club | CEO of a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities to further develop and continue to provide science club activities as per a previous grant. |
£9,860 (September 2021 - ongoing) |
Joyce Greaves | Knowsley Disability Concern |
| Sustainable Cosmetics | STEM Co-ordinator to faciliate a STEM Club for pre-GCSE students in an area with a highly diverse population to inspire them to take triple science. |
£1,925 (October 2021 - ongoing) |
Charlotte Dewhurst | St Paul's Catholic College |
| Osmosis 4 Good | Operations Manager to facilitate the delivery of science engagement activities raising awareness around electric vehicles and low carbon innovations to tackle climate change via a STEM truck to schools and youth groups. |
£10,000 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Blair Henry | The Blair Project |
| Girls in Stem Box | Outreach Officer to work with community youth groups and centres to engage primary ages students impacted by lack of science learning during the pandemic with STEM activity boxes. |
£4,685 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Kathryn Downey | University of Manchester |
Scotland
| Project title | Project summary | Grant awarded | Grant holder | Organisation |
| STEM Showcase | Primary school teacher to run an event that raises awareness of STEM related careers for the students and their families. |
£500 (January 2020 - completed) |
Dawn Coull | Darnley Primary School and Visual Impairment Unit |
| Young STEM Leader Transition Events | Principal Chemistry Teacher to train S6 students in delivering science activities and experiments to primary school students. |
£500 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Helen Scally | Turnbull High School |
| Street Science: Elementary Edition | Development Officer to expand the current free, touring community outreach programme offered to include more chemistry themed content around the ancient elements of earth, water, fire and air facilitating discussions around the major global issues we currently face. |
£2,000 (January 2020 - completed) |
Laura Leonard | Edinburgh Science |
| Cell Block Science and Beyond the Walls | Public Engagement Officer to develop and facilitate the delivery of a programme of public engagement chemistry activity in the prison learning centre of HMP Perth and HMYOI Polmont. |
£5,043 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Calum McAndrew | University of St Andrews |
| Quilt for Cancer: Quilting the chemical sciences for pancreatic cancer patients | Reader and Secretary of the RSC Chemical Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Network collaborating with other scientists to create digital quilt block patterns based on their research and sew them together to distribute to adults with pancreatic cancer known for frequently being cold during their chemotherapy treatment. |
£4,700 (May 2020 - ongoing) |
Clare Hoskins | University of Strathclyde |
| Thinking inside the box: supporting chemistry engagement for digitally excluded primary school pupils | Head of Access, Equality & Inclusion to provide inspirational STEM learning activities via letterbox sized packages aimed at primary school students from more disadvantaged backgrounds to prevent further widening of the attainment gap. |
£5,000 (Septemer 2020 - ongoing) |
Stephanie McKendry | University of Strathclyde |
| Chemistry Reimagined: Adapting Edinburgh Science’s Learning Projects Post Covid-19 | Development Officer to adapt their current learning programmes to provide digital access and social distancing measures allowing children in most disadvantaged and rural parts of Scotland to benefit from them in a safe and engaging way. |
£10,000 (September 2020 - completed) |
Blythe Day | Edinburgh Science |
| Sustainability Challenge - Young Chemical Ambassadors | Outreach Assistant to train teams of S3 school students from around Glasgow as ambassadors for chemistry who will take part in hands-on chemistry activities alongside PhD students, building their confidence and presentation skills. |
£9,696 (September 2020 - completed) |
Sylvia Battcock | University of Strathclyde |
| Digital chemistry for digital natives | Research Associate to organise a series of workshops that will engage a group of high school students from a more disadvantaged area of Glasgow in discussions around STEM-related challenges facing society today. |
£784 (October 2020 - ongoing) |
Hessam Mehr | University of Glasgow |
| Enhancing the Career Readiness of BGE Pupils for the Chemistry Profession: Scientists are not all “white men in white coats” | Vice Dean Academic for Science to provide S2 students in Glasgow with the opportunity to learn about the range of career opportunities within the chemical sciences and to engage scientists from under-represented groups with outreach opportunities in order to improve the overall representation. |
£10,000 (March 2021 - ongoing) |
Debbie Willison | University of Strathclyde |
| Elemental | Development Officer to deliver an immersive experience at Edinburgh Science Festival involving digital technologies where public audiences will learn about how elements combine to make up everything in our universe. |
£5,000 (May 2021 - ongoing) |
Blythe Day | Edinburgh Science Foundation |
| Scientist Next Door - connecting and inspiring young people with science | Postdoctoral researcher to expand upon pilot to provide families with opportunities to communicate with scientists and learn about their work and research. This project aims to reach students from under-represented backgrounds, lowering the barrier to accessing this resource for free, online and in schools. |
£4,977 (June 2021 - ongoing) |
Alessia Lepore | University of Edinburgh |
| ScotCHEM Climate Change Challenge - Science, schools & sustainability | Director of collaboration to coordinate a competition amongst researchers in order to disseminate information and educate school children on climate change. |
£3,348 (September 2021 - ongoing) |
Alan Wiles | ScotCHEM - University of St-Andrews |
| Pupil Power Roadshow at COP26 | Director at sustainability focused youth STEM network to coordinate a team of school students to attend and disseminate information at COP26. |
£9,781 (September 2021 - ongoing) |
Anna Hands | PPL PWR |
| Building Sustainable Futures - Young Chemical Ambassadors | Outreach Assistant to repeat and further develop their programme of enabling school students from under-represented audiences to be ambassadors of chemistry to their peers. |
£9,731 (October 2021 - ongoing) |
Sylvia Battcock | University of Strathclyde |
| Chemistry workshops in Generation Science: Get Fizzy and Fizz Boom Bang | Development officer to further the reach and delivery of chemistry themed workshops to schools around Edinburgh. |
£10,000 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Blythe Day | Edinburgh Science Foundation |
South East
| Project title | Project summary | Grant awarded | Grant holder | Organisation |
| Science in Sign Language | PhD Student to further previous Plastic Unwrapped project and make them accessible to a wider audience by combining British Science Language with the activities. |
£1,413 (January 2020 - Completed) |
Bini Claringbold | University of Kent |
| Diagnostic Imaging - A Chemist's Perspective | PhD Student to present his own research on medical imaging at an education centre in Lambeth in an engaging way, providing school students from under-represented communities with an insight into research and acting as a role model to them. |
£945 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Faysal Farah | King's College London |
| Open access labs | Lecturer to develop a programme that utilises undergraduate labs that have low use at specific times of year, opening them up to school students from low socioeconomic backgrounds as well as extra-curricular groups who lack appropriate space to safely conduct experiments. |
£1,740 (January 2020 - completed) |
Helen Coulshed | King's College London |
| King's Chemistry Summer School | Lecturer to run week-long research projects in the summer holidays for school students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds consisting of lectures, workshops and practical experiments providing them with a unique opportunity to engage with chemistry in a professional environment. |
£1,383 (January 2020 - completed) |
Helen Coulshed | King's College London |
| STEAM in Transit | Teachers to coordinate a STEAM based open evening to support the transition from primary to secondary school fostering links with local partner schools and the community. |
£1,000 (January 2020 - completed) |
Hellen Hay | Harris Academy Bermondsey |
| The Tutorfair Foundation's A-Level Chemistry Days at UCL | Foundation Director collaborating with University College London on Chemistry Day's to provide A-level students from London schools with the opportunity to visit the chemistry department and learn what studying chemistry at university is like. |
£1,810 (January 2020 - completed) |
Joss Serraillier | The Tutorfair Foundation |
| Inner Light of Chemistry | Marie Curie Postdoctoral Researcher to design and develop an interactive stand for the Big Bang Fair to engage with the public on the topic of photochemistry and current research on it. |
£1,315 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Natalia Larionova | Queen Mary University of London |
| Kareena’s Chemistry – Rare Elements | Radio producers to develop a new 10 part audio broadcast and podcast series exploring why so many rare elements are included in everyday things and the problems that surround this. |
£10,000 (January 2020 - completed) |
Gregory Watson | Fun Kids Radio |
| A Breath of Fresh Air | Professor to feature their research in porous material for toxic gas capture at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. |
£10,000 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Martin Schroder | University of Manchester |
| Chemistry Radio Dramas by 16-25-year-olds | Science Communicator to bring together a team of scientists and artists to create a series of audio dramas or podcasts inspired by chemical stories and concepts themed around climate change. |
£9,954 (January 2020 - completed) |
Lucy Evans | Fierce Green Productions |
| Celebrating Chemistry with diverse London communities | Public Engagement Programme Manager to raise the profile of and engagement with chemistry among the public through a series of events such as the Great Exhibition Road Festival in London. |
£10,000 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
James Romero | Imperial College London |
| Does your journey to school change the air that you breathe? | School Coordinator to engage students from primary school in Abingdon in designing, implementing and analysing results of an air quality measurement campaign to investigate whether transport choices affect the levels of airborne pollutants detected at their schools. |
£5,000 (July 2020 - completed) |
Jeremy Thomas | Abingdon Science Partnership |
| STEM Sisters | Creative Director to engage KS2 students from schools in areas of disadvantage across London, Lancashire and Sheffield with arts-embedded science activities such as puppetry workshops, interactive demonstrations and illustrated talks. |
£4,975 (July 2020 - completed) |
Tertia Sefton-Green | HMDT Music |
| Inspire | Fundraising Manager to run an after school science club for children all over Hertfordshire with complex mental health issues to engage the students and ignite their enthusiasm for chemistry and science. |
£5,000 (July 2020 - completed) |
Rhea Dickman | Friends of Forest House |
| Women in Chemistry: Making the Difference | Educational Outreach Officer to provide girls aged 10-14 with the opportunity to engage in creative and enjoyable practical challenges linked to current chemical science research at UK universities. |
£5,000 (September 2020 - ongoing) |
Saskia OSullivan | University of Oxford |
| “1001 Inventions: Journeys from Alchemy to Chemistry” educational programme at Manchester Central Library | Staff at science and cultural heritage organisation, 1001 Inventions, to organise fun and educational sessions at Manchester Central Library for children aged 7-11 with their teachers or parents. |
£10,000 (September 2020 - ongoing) |
Ahmed Salim | 1001 Inventions |
| Showcasing Diversity and Elements in The Chemical Sciences Using Digital Platforms: Adapting to public engagement during COVID19 | Founder of weekly science podcast to increase visibility of chemists from under-represented minority backgrounds via a series of audio and video podcast interviews discussing career journeys, stories of overcoming challenges and views on the importance of diversity in the chemical sciences alongside their research projects. |
£5,000 (October 2020 - ongoing) |
Bahijja Raimi-Abraham | Monday Science |
| Chemistry Champions | Outreach Development Manager to inspire hard to reach students in KS4 to study chemistry at A Level by increasing their confidence and knowledge and enhancing their awareness of careers in chemistry. |
£2,500 (October 2020 - ongoing) |
Grace Mackintosh | Royal Veterinary College |
| Climate change chemistry social media pilot & curious.earth technology support for existing projects. | Co-Founder to create a series of climate change and related chemical technology posts to educate audiences on environmental topics. |
£4,985 (March 2021 - ongoing) |
Conrad Langridge | Curious.Earth |
| Little STEMS Virtual Enrichment Club | Fundraising Consultant to provide engaging STEM challenges with year 5 and 6 students from the Oval Learning Cluster. |
£4,510 (March 2021 - ongoing) |
Emma McGovern | Little STEMs |
| Routes Into Chemistry | Fundraising Officer to develop and deliver a half day activity session exploring real-life uses of chemistry through hands-on experiments for Years 7 - 9 students in disadvantaged and remote areas. |
£5,913 (March 2021 - completed) |
Tess Gallacher | EDT |
| Chemistry Confections | Festival Director to produce events and activities for the festival exploring the material properties and chemical transitions of food preparation. |
£5,000 (May 2021 - ongoing) |
Dane Comerford | Oxfordshire Science Festival (IF Oxford) |
| KS2 to KS3 Science Transition Project | Head of Science to provide local primary schools with high representation of Black and minority ethnic students with science equipment and training needed to conduct science investigations to better support the transition to secondary school. |
£1,840 (July 2021 - ongoing) |
Amy Taylor | Bishop Thomas Grant School |
| Kareena’s Chemistry – Chemistry and Climate Change | Managing Director of Childrens Radio station to develop a series of podcasts themed around sustainability. |
£10,000 (August 2021 - ongoing) |
Gregory Watson | Fun Kids Radio |
| As Waters Rise: Climate Change x Canals | Head of Theatre to coordinate a series of engaging theatre based events for members of the public and school students on a canal boat in London themed around sustainability. |
£10,000 (August 2021 - ongoing) |
Lindsay Huebner | Your Canal Boat CIC |
| UCell | PhD researcher and member of electrochemical outreach group to provide activities that promote and engage audiences in the topic of clean energy and energy storage. |
£3,500 (September 2021 - ongoing) |
Hamish Reid | Ucell University College London |
| Chemistry Outreach Activities at King's College London | Lecturer to coordinate outreach activities for local secondary schools students in disadvantaged areas. |
£4,406 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
David Pugh | King's College London |
| Primary School Outreach project | Chemistry Teacher to facilitate taking practical chemistry out to local primary schools eo engage and inspire younger students. |
£600 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Jacqui Davis | Burford School |
| KS5 STEM Tutoring in Westminster | Director of voluntary educational company to further the development and reach of previous project reaching 30 A-level students from disadvantaged areas providing them with personalised teaching activities in response to lost opportunities from the pandemic. |
£2,300 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Joss Serraillier | Tutorfair Foundation |
| STEM Sisters Stoke-on-Trent | Creative Director to further the delivery and impact of previous activity to disadvantaged areas around Stoke-on-Trent, providing primary school students with engaging activities and talks around chemistry skills and historical breakthroughs. |
£4,525 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Tertia Sefton-Green | HMDT Music |
South West
| Project title | Project summary | Grant awarded | Grant holder | Organisation |
| My Science Fair 2020 | Chief Executive and team to engage children aged 5-11 and their families in science workshops and demonstrations in a free community event celebrating STEAM subjects. |
£1,905 (January 2020 - completed) |
Maud Saint-Sardos | Wiltshire Music Centre Trust |
| Conservation Chemistry | Programmes Officer to deliver public engagement training and content development workshop around climate change to research group in the West of England. |
£2,000 (January 2020 - ongoing) |
Stuart Payton | The Natural History Consortium |
| The a-MAZE-ing placenta | Postdoctoral Researcher to develop an interactive, educational and portable game that demonstrates the complexities of pregnancy and the many roles the placenta has in growing a healthy baby. |
£1,750 (May 2020 - ongoing) |
Emma Lofthouse | University of Southampton PhD student |
| Investing in the future of science - engagement during the Covid-19 pandemic | Research Fellow in Science Communication to produce a free online practice-based guide to support remote engagement with chemistry and the environmental chemistry aimed at primary school level. |
£4,979 (June 2020 - ongoing) |
Laura Hobbs | University of the West of England |
| Keeping Chemistry Hands-On in a Covid Context | Founding Director to refresh content and provide an engaging chemistry experience supporting schools and school teachers based in more disadvantaged regions of the South-West during a period where their focus is upon logistics of reopening post-lockdown. |
£4,750 (June 2020 - completed) |
Shaaron Leverment | Explorer Dome |
| Future Chemists | STEM Project coordinator to arrange online work experience sessions for Year 9 and 10 students led by professionals across Cornwall who use chemistry in their role. |
£5,000 (July 2020 - ongoing) |
Janine Bisson | Cornwall Council Education Business Partnership |
| The Discovery Lab | Artistic Director to develop and run an interactive improvised theatre installation which features as a pop-up performance aimed at families in disadvantaged areas to undertake science experiments. |
£10,000 (September 2020 - ongoing) |
Gill Simmons | Brave Bold Drama |
| Using chemistry outreach to improve the aspirations of disadvantaged students in the City of Bristol | Head of Science to facilitate chemistry themed activities to Year 9 students with a high proportion of disadvantaged pupil premium as well as Year 5 students from feeder primary schools reinforcing the importance of chemistry in everyday life. |
£2,905 (October 2020 - completed) |
Janet Criddle | Orchard School Bristol |
| Virtual Nuclear | Research Fellow to engage secondary school students in the South West in virtual reality tours of a nuclear power plant in order to destigmatise and educate on the topic. |
£8,808 (March 2021 - ongoing) |
Peter Martin | University of Bristol |
| Henrietta Lacks - A Brush with Immortality | Outreach Lead to develop an education programme and public engagement activities to educate about HeLa cells in support of the statue of Henrietta Lacks the university is placing on their campus. |
£5,000 (May 2021 - ongoing) |
Caroline McKinnon | University of Bristol |
| GCSE Chemistry | Science Teacher in a Social, Emotional and Mental Health specialist school to deliver engaging practical experiments for GCSE level students using specialised equipment. |
£2,500 (May 2021 - ongoing) |
Stephanie Brown | Barley Lane School |
| Virtual Escape Rooms for GCSE chemistry | Science teacher to develop a pilot of chemistry themed escape rooms aimed at GCSE level students to expand their horizons on the opportunities within a career in chemistry whilst linking it with their curriculum. |
£1,000 (June 2021 - ongoing) |
Daniel Cooper | Individual |
| The Science Learning library | School Technician to set up a science equipment lending library for the feeder primary schools to use providing wider learning opportunities to children in Years 5 and 6 as well as their teachers. |
£2,407 (July 2021 - ongoing) |
Kathryn O'Donoghue | Regents Park Community College |
| Chemistry in HD | Associate Professor to provide secondary school students with video material and virtual live access to the university chemistry labs in order to raise aspirations and enthuse students about science. |
£1,450 (July 2021 - ongoing) |
Roy Lowry | University of Plymouth |
| All-School Science day and ongoing Science Club | Treasurer to the Parent Teacher Association, of a school that has a higher than average proportion of government supported children from disadvantaged backgrounds, to organise a school wide "Science Day" and facilitate more activity in their science club. |
£2,085 (July 2021 - ongoing) |
Sally McConchie | Awbridge Primary Parent Teacher Association |
| Chemistry-themed Virtual Lab | CEO of STEM not-for-profit to run activities for children from SEND backgrounds providing inspirational and educational experiences. |
£4,908 (September 2021 - ongoing) |
Katherine Sparkes | Lightyear Foundation |
| Chester Park Junior School Science Week - Explorer Dome | Teacher to facilitate chemistry themed activities as part of a Science Week in a disadvantaged area and a greater proportion of students with English as a second language than the national average. |
£1,560 (September 2021 - ongoing) |
Victoria Stone | Chester Park Junior School |
Wales
| Project title | Project summary | Grant awarded | Grant holder | Organisation |
| Soil chemistry and reforesting - Gwenllian Forest | Co-Director of community interest company to engage the general public in soil research and what it means to reforest a landscape combining themes around climate change and chemistry in nature. |
£2,000 (January 2020 - completed) |
Andy Franzkowiak | Coed Gwenllian |
| Chemistry Colours Our World | Education Officer to raise aspirations of KS2 students by running activities for them and their families within schools that introduce chemistry careers and conducting experiments demonstrating how chemistry is used in everyday life and careers. |
£4,744 (August 2020 - completed) |
Dawn Wilde | Wild Elements |
| Chemistry at Work- online | Co-Founder of Educational Consultancy Organisation to organise and facilitate a carousel of online workshops and presentations for Year 9 students. |
£5,000 (September 2020 - ongoing) |
Cerian Angharad | See Science |
| Cardiff Science Festival | Festival Director to create more engaging chemistry events over the festival weekend that promotes chemistry research and careers to the public reaching under-engaged communities and demographics. |
£2,625 (September 2020 - completed) |
Matthew Allen | Cardiff Science Festival |
| Swansea Copperworks Crucibles Project: Chemistry and Art in the Lower Swansea Valley | Archaeologist to raise awareness of the role chemical processes played in Swansea's industrial history, e.g. copper works, through workshops and activity days. |
£9,850 (September 2020 - ongoing) |
Alex Langlands | Swansea University |
| The Chemistry of COVID | Co-Founder of Educational Consultancy Organisation to host a workshop aimed at addressing some of the questions young people ask their teachers or community group leaders about Covid-19. |
£8,700 (September 2020 - ongoing) |
Cerian Angharad | See Science |
| Colourful Chemistry | Science Centre staff to provide KS2 students from schools in disadvantaged areas with a virtual chemistry show themed around how chemistry can be colourful. |
£4,990 (October 2020 - ongoing) |
Andrea Meyrick | Techniquest |
| Recharging Battery Recycling | University lecturing staff and students to engage the student body on their campus in why recycling batteries is important, raising awareness to the issues and building behavioural change through increasing battery collection in the region. |
£4,980 (October 2020 - ongoing) |
Iain Aldous | Swansea University |
| Cemegwyr Campus Cymru (Wales’ Excellent Chemists) | Science Development Officer to create two Welsh medium video series to inspire and communicate the role of chemists to a Welsh speaking audience as part of the festival celebrating the culture and language in Wales. |
£5,000 (October 2020 - completed) |
Alaw Dafydd | Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru |
| Chemistry and Conservation: Discovering Pigments and Painters | Senior Lecturer to coordinate an exhibition for Secondary School students and families to explore the story of their research into identifying the history of paintings using analytical chemistry techniques. |
£4,983 (April 2021 - ongoing) |
Cecile Charbonneau | Swansea University |
| Merthyr Science Festival | Research Officer to create online chemistry activities at the science festival in Merthyr Tydfil, one of the most socio-economically disadvantaged areas in the UK. |
£450 (April 2021 - ongoing) |
Claire Price | Swansea University |
| STEM - It really pops | Youth Work Manager to provide 10 youth groups in rural areas of Wales with STEM activity boxes of resources and experiments accompanied by podcasts that will also be available online. This project aims to reach young people from isolated areas of Wales and who may not access formal education. |
£10,000 (August 2021 - ongoing) |
Daniel Townsend | Youth Cymru |
| Space Suits and Material Chemistry Loan Box Scheme | Chair of Astronomy Education to create a smart materials loan box providing educators with equipment to run exciting, practical STEM workshops with Year 8 and Year 9 students themed around materials chemistry. |
£9,779 (August 2021 - ongoing) |
Paul Roche | Cardiff University |
| Burn, Burn, Burn | Education Officer to arrange and facilitiate activities for 11 primary schools themed around chemical processes with a focus on reaching those from disadvantaged areas. |
£4,513 (November 2021 - ongoing) |
Dawn Wilde | Wild Elements CIC |
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