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OPEN CALL RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATION

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The deadline for submissions is 4pm on 12 January 2022.
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Please use plain English.

Please refer to the Open Call Research Grants Guidance for Applicants before you fill in the form - available here

DETAILS OF LEAD APPLICANT AND (IF APPLICABLE) CO-APPLICANTS

This section asks for the name and details of the Lead Applicant and any Co-applicants who would be co-Principal Investigators and / or significant partners in the proposed project. Please note that all correspondence will be sent to the Lead Applicant. If your application is successful, the Deed of Grant and all project funding will be issued to the Lead Applicant’s institution. NB: Details of additional team members can be added in a later section (e.g. research assistants).

Lead Applicant (Principal Investigator)

First Name

Surname

Email Address

Any links with or previous funding from the Froebel Trust: (max 100 words)

Name of Research Institution (max 20 words)

Phone Number

Mailing Street (include building/house number if applicable)

Mailing City

Mailing County

Mailing Post Code

Mailing Country

Please provide a short CV, which should include brief details of (1) current post & main responsibilities plus (2) qualifications (3) professional / research experience and (4) publications or presentations relevant to this application. (max 1,200 words)

How did you hear about the Open Call Research Grants scheme? (max 25 words)

Equalities Monitoring

The Equality and Human Rights Commission recommend collecting data to monitor the fairness of selection decisions. There is no obligation to provide this information but the Froebel Trust would be grateful if every member of the research team would complete this form to assist with this process. The information provided will be regarded as strictly confidential and will be held on a secure database; it will not be shown to anybody involved in making a decision on the application. The Froebel Trust will anonymise this data when using it for statistical and research purposes.

If you want to provide this information please tick this box and fill out the form that appears below.

Frobel Trust Equalities Monitoring Form

Gender Identity

Ethnic Origin

Ethnic Origin - Other

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 states a person has a disability for the purposes of the Act if he/she: "Has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his/her ability to carry out normal day to day activities". Do you consider yourself to be disabled within the definition of this Act?

Co-Applicant (if applicable)

First Name

Surname

Email Address

Any links with or previous funding from the Froebel Trust: (max 100 words)

Name of Institution (max 20 words)

Phone Number

Mailing Street (include building/house number if applicable)

Mailing City

Mailing County

Mailing Post Code

Mailing Country

Please provide below a short CV, which should include brief details of (1) current post & main responsibilities plus (2) qualifications (3) professional / research experience and (4) publications or presentations relevant to this application. (max 1,200 words)

Equalities Monitoring

If you want to provide this information please tick this box and fill out the form that appears below.

Frobel Trust Equalities Monitoring Form

Gender Identity

Ethnic Origin

Ethnic Origin - Other

Research Team Members (if applicable)

If applicable, please provide the details of additional members of the research team. Do not include anyone whose details have already been added in the previous section or anyone who will contribute less than 1 day’s work to the proposed project.

First Name

Surname

Team Member Role

Email Address

Any links with or previous funding from the Froebel Trust: (max 100 words)

Name of Institution (max 20 words)

Current Post and Qualifications: (max 300 words)

Relevant Research / Professional Experience: (max 300 words)

Phone Number

Mailing Street (include building/house number if applicable)

Mailing City

Mailing County

Mailing Post Code

Mailing Country

Equalities Monitoring

If you want to provide the Equalities information this team member please tick this box and fill out the form that appears below.

Frobel Trust Equalities Monitoring Form

Gender Idenity

Ethnic Origin

Ethnic Origin - Other

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 states a person has a disability for the purposes of the Act if he/she: "Has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his/her ability to carry out normal day to day activities". Do you consider this team member to be disabled within the definition of this Act?

A - PROJECT OVERVIEW

Total grant applied for (£)

Do not use symbols or commas. For example write £1,000 like this: 1000.00

Project Title (max 120 characters)

Project Summary: (max 300 words)
When you write this section, please use plain English and avoid jargon and acronyms

Proposed start date

Please enter a date in the following format DD/MM/YYYY eg. 04/05/2020

Proposed end date

Please enter a date in the following format DD/MM/YYYY eg. 04/05/2020

B - STRATEGIC VALUE

How will the research contribute to knowledge or understanding about Froebelian philosophy, principles and/or educational approaches? (max 500 words)

How does the project support the Froebel Trust strategy? (max 300 words)

C - THE PROPOSAL

Objectives: (max 500 words)

Activity Plan: (max 1,000 words)

Methodology: (max 1,000 words)

If the proposal involves work with children in any aspect of the application, please outline how the child’s voice will be built into the work: (max 500 words)

Please detail any ethical considerations, including confirming that ethical approval from the applicant's institution/Froebel Trust (as applicable) will be agreed prior to any fieldwork commencing: (max 500 words)

Please tick to confirm that you have read the Froebel Trust Statement of Expectations of Ethical Practice in Research (available here)

I confirm

Do you have access to an institutional Research Ethics Committee?

Please identify any safeguarding issues and explain how they will be addressed: (max 500 words)

Please outline how the proposal will address equality issues: (max 500 words)

What is the age range of children most relevant to this application? (max 50 words)

D - BUDGET

(If you are providing foreign currency figures along with Pounds Sterling (£) then please provide the totals next to the 'Totals' columns in the linked form, and note on the form the exchange rate used.)

Please download (from: here) and attach the 'Open Call Grant Budget' Excel file below.

E - IMPACT

Planned outcomes: (max 500 words)

Monitoring and evaluation arrangements including mid-term and final assessment of progress towards planned outcomes: (max 500 words)

Dissemination plan for the research results: (max 300 words)

Data Protection Statement

This statement is a “fair processing notice” under the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “Act”) and sets out what the Froebel Trust will do with the information that it collects from you during the grant/award application process and throughout the life of the grant/award (including all information relating to the grant/award application and, as applicable, any subsequent grant/award made).
Information (including “personal data” as defined under the Act) that you supply to the Froebel Trust, including in any application and progress or update report, may be used by the Froebel Trust to process applications and administer grants/awards, for the purposes of audit and evaluation and to monitor the fairness of and trends in application decisions. Your information may be disclosed for these purposes only to individuals and organisations connected with the Froebel Trust, including funding partners, external peer reviewers and external committee members. Your information may also be shared with selected third parties for the purpose of independent audit, evaluation and assessment of activities funded by the grant/award and their outputs and outcomes. Some of these third parties may be based outside the European Economic Area. All personal data will be stored and used by or on behalf of the Froebel Trust in accordance with the Act.
The Froebel Trust may anonymise your personal data and use it for research and statistical purposes.
The Froebel Trust may publish details of successful grants/awards and their outputs, including your name, employing organisation, project title, a summary of the grant/award and its value and, in the case of grants/awards funding research, scientific/academic abstracts and lay summaries of research (e.g. via the internet or via publicly accessible databases or other publications, some of which may be accessible from outside the EEA).
The Froebel Trust may contact you about its activities and events, or to help inform or evaluate these activities and events, Froebel Trust application processes and policy work.
The Froebel Trust may amend this Statement from time to time. Any material changes in how the Froebel Trust collects, uses or shares your personal data will be posted on the Froebel Trust website at: www.froebel.org.uk.

Undertakings
I confirm that by ticking this box, I (and all those providing personal information in the application) have read and understood the Froebel Trust Data Protection statement above.

Confirm

Consent for specific processing
Our Privacy Notice explains the ways in which we intend to process your personal data. We do not need your consent when we process your personal data for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations to you, complying with our own legal obligations, or for our own legitimate interests. However, some of our processing activities do need your consent. We require your consent in order that your personal data can be transferred outside the EEA for the purpose of the audit, evaluation and assessment of the activities funded by the grant, both during the application process, and during the administration of the grant. Please note that this personal data will not be subject to the same protections as it would be in the EEA. You will not be able to enforce your rights against the people we are sharing your personal data with. You do not have to give consent however please note that if you do not give your consent we may be unable to assess your grant application and/or administer your grant. You can withdraw your consent at any time by emailing sacha@froebeltrust.org.uk or writing to The Froebel Trust, Clarence Lodge, Clarence Lane, London, SW15 5JW.

Do you agree to your information being sent outside the EEA for the purpose of the audit, evaluation and assessment of the activities funded by the grant ?

Confirmation of consent for processing third party personal data
I confirm that I have obtained consent from all the data subjects (or where the data subject is a child, from their parents) of the personal data in my grant application for the transfer of this personal data outside the EEA. I have explained to the data subjects that this personal data will be transferred outside the EEA for the purpose of the audit, evaluation and assessment of the activities funded by the research grant, both during the application process and during the administration of the grant. I have explained to the data subjects that this personal data will not be subject to the same safeguards as it would be in the EEA and that they cannot enforce their rights against the recipients of the data. I have explained to the data subjects that they can withdraw their consent to the processing at any time. Our Privacy Notice explains the ways in which we intend to process your personal data. We do not need your consent when we process your personal data for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations to you, complying with our own legal obligations, or for our own legitimate interests. Our Privacy Notice explains the ways in which we intend to process your personal data. We do not need your consent when we process your personal data for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations to you, complying with our own legal obligations, or for our own legitimate interests.

Signature

I confirm that I shall be actively engaged in and have day to day control of the project.

Name of Applicant signing this form:

Name of Head of Department (or authorised signatory):

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