The Public Engagement Small Grants Scheme provides funding for staff and doctoral students from any LSHTM Faculty or MRC Unit to develop and deliver public engagement projects about our research. Small-scale or pilot projects are invited to apply for the Small Grants Scheme, which provides funding of up to £1,000.
Applications for the 2024 Scheme are now open until 25 November 2024 and the next call will reopen spring 2025. Staff and students should visit the intranet to find out more, including how to apply and where to obtain support developing your idea.
In 2021 we funded nine projects. Read more about them here.
What is the funding for?
- To increase opportunities for members of the public, in the UK and internationally, to engage in mutually beneficial dialogue with LSHTM staff and students
- To offer staff and students the chance to engage creatively with non-academics to develop their public engagement skills and feed back into their work
- To stimulate, support and trial public engagement ideas and approaches, and share these experiences
What has been funded in the past?
Projects have taken place worldwide in over 17 countries on topics as diverse as electronic health records, mental health, HIV testing, diabetes, health in prisons, and infection mapping. Read more about these excellent projects.
How did the Small Grants Scheme start?
he Public Engagement Small Grants Scheme was initiated by Joanna Schellenberg (Department of Disease Control) and Philippe Mayaud (Department of Clinical Research) in 2015 through the Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Leadership Programme. It expanded to all four Departments in the Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases in 2016 through Faculty funding. Thanks to generous funding from the Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund and the individual Faculties, the Scheme has beenwas available across LSHTM since between 2017 and 2022.
For information about how to apply and where to go for advice and support, please log on to the intranet.
