Community Led Research Grant Application Form

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Thanks for your interest in the Community Led Research Pilot!

The Community Led Research Pilot, based in Reading and Slough, puts communities at the heart of the research process – inviting them to develop and deliver their own research project – supported by a researcher. The pilot is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and created by the British Science Association, the University of Reading, community partners in Reading and Slough, and communities that are new to or traditionally underrepresented in research. Five grants of up to £9,200 are available to support community groups with researchers on designing local research around themes, ideas, issues, and questions that are important to their communities. Grant-funded projects will run from October 2023 to October 2024. Please review the grant guidelines before completing this application form: https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/community-led-research-pilot-grant-guidelines We understand that this type of community led research may be a new experience or different from your usual work. Please contact the British Science Association team if you have any questions, or require support regarding the application process: communities@britishscienceassociation.org. Don’t forget to submit before 17:00 on Monday 18 September 2023. Good luck with your application!

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The information collected in this form to process your application. We will share your application with others involved in the decision-making and due diligence process for the grant.

We will keep a record of applications and successful grant holders throughout the programme.

Personal data from your application will be kept for up to two years, or three years after the end of your grant if you are successful.

For more information about how we use your data, you can find our privacy policy here.

You and your organisation

Your details

First Name

Surname

Preferred email

Personal Email

Work Email

Preferred phone

Home phone number

Work phone number

Mobile phone number

In the event we are unable to reach you on your preferred email and phone number, you can provide an alternative email to reach you or your organisation:

Your details will not be used for any other purpose other than to share information about the Community Led Research Pilot. You can read our privacy policy link for more details

Your organisation/group

Organisation name

Charity number (if applicable)

Company number (if applicable)

Your address

Address type

Organisation addressHome address

Address Line 1

County

Postcode

Address Line 1

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Further information

Have you applied for a BSA grant or programme before?

YesNo

Which grants/programmes have you applied for?

If you have had more than one grant, please select the most recent one you applied for.

Would your organisation like to join the British Science Association's Community Engagement Network?

Yes

Please see the BSA website for more information. Members of the Community Engagement Network will receive emails about relevant opportunities and activities.

Your organisation / group (continued)

Organisation/group type

Please choose the category that best describes your organisation If you are a constituted group, please choose charity in the categories below.

Please tell us another category that best describes your organisation

Work of your organisation/group

Please choose the category that best describes the main focus of your organisation's work.

Please briefly tell us about the other main focus of your organisation's work.

Organisation / group description

Please briefly describe your organisation, your main activities, and the community participants/ members you work with.

(200 words max.)

Target participants/community members for your project

We are looking for organisations that engage with people who are traditionally under-represented in science and research.

Who does your organisation work with and who will your project reach? You can select more than one group, but please only select groups that your organisation and project will actively engage

People from minority ethnic groupsCommunities living on low incomesPeople experiencing inequalities in accessing education and workPeople who are neurodiverse or are considered to have a disability

Your location

We will be funding projects in the following areas. Please indicate which location your project will be based.

Your project idea

Before completing this section of the application, please see our Guidance on what type of activity you will run and how to work with researchers.

Project name/summary Please provide a one sentence summary of your project and give your project name (if you have one)

Project description Briefly explain how you would like your Community Led Research Project to work

(600 words max.)

Tips for your Project Description

Include your project name, research themes and questions you aim to answer through your project
How will it respond to a local community interest or priority and why is your project important?
Are you working with any partner or supporting organisation/s?
Can you give us a rough idea of how long your project will run for?
Please share a key learning from any testing activity you have carried out and how has it helped shape your research project plan?
What are your strengths, skills and knowledge that you will bring to the community led research project?

This does not need to be a complete, fully formed project description, but an overall idea of what form the project will take and how it will run. You can also reference other work/projects you have done before – only if relevant.

Tell us more about the community/communities you will work with and how this topic is relevant/important to them

(300 words max.)

Tips for telling us about working with your communities

This section will tell us about the wider community you will involve
How people will take part? e.g. how will they share their experience or insight, be involved in activities and decision making?
Are there any barriers to address?
And importantly how you will know your idea is important to the wider community?

What could collaborating with a researcher bring to your project that you couldn’t do otherwise?

(300 words max.)

Tips for working with a researcher

For example, researchers could:

Share knowledge about the topic or theme your project focuses on
Help you think about your project will address the research question
Share new practice, innovation or technologies
Help consult/design an activity
Provide training in research or evaluation methods
Help you make sense of / analyse data.

Note, we will not fund projects suggesting only a ‘one-off’ intervention with a researcher, e.g. a single visit with no follow-up, relationship building or further interaction.

Are you already working with a researcher?

YesNo

If you are already working with a researcher for this project, please add details of who this is, what existing work you have done (if any) and how this opportunity might build on this?

(400 words max.)

What benefit could they bring to your project?

What benefit might they gain from working with you?

What knowledge, experience and/or skills might be useful to your community?

If you don’t already have a researcher, we will be matching you with a researcher if your application is successful. Please tell us how might you work with a researcher?

(400 words max.)

What benefit could they bring to your project?

What benefit might they gain from working with you?

What knowledge, experience and/or skills might be useful to your community?

Your project idea (continued)

Activity timeline

Please provide approximate date(s) and a timeline of your activities. We recognise these may change/be updated. If your activity is on one date, insert the same date in both boxes.

Activity

From Date

To Date

If you would like to add more activities please tick this box

Activity

From Date

To Date

How will you know your project went well? Please share what impact you’d like project to have, see the tips below for some suggestions.

(300 words max.)

Tips for knowing how your project went well

What do you hope to happen by the end of the project to make it a success?
What might be different as a result?
How do you hope to learn or benefit from connecting with the researcher(s) and other projects in the network?
What new information or knowledge will your research project create?
What would you like to do with the findings from your project? for example what impact do you hope the research might have?

Evaluation and support - sharing the learning during the project

We will provide support and networking between the groups running six 'Community of Practice' meetings during the project to:

Share insights between community groups and researchers, from five Reading and Slough projects.
Provide group training opportunities and support.
Evaluate the impact of projects such as through interviews with an external evaluator.
Share project stories, for example using photos, videos, written reflections.
Community groups to provide project updates to share progress.

The data from this evaluation will be used to measure the impact of this programme in reports and stories shared on the BSA website, with our partners and our funder UKRI.

I agree to take part in the ‘Community of Practice’ meetings and evaluation

Grant selection process and how decisions will be made

Please see the guidance document regarding how the grants selection will be made, working with our grant panel, including community representatives.

Your budget

Using the table below, please provide an outline of budget costs for your Community Led Research Project and a small description of how the grant funding will be used.

Please note the following when creating your budget:

Your budget cannot exceed the total grant amount of £9,200.
Headline budget: we are not looking for a detailed budget at this stage only main budget headings. We are mainly interested in knowing the types of costs for your project.
There will be time and support to help you revise your budget (if you are successful) once you are matched with a researcher.
You do not need to include exact researcher costs in your budget (if you are not already working with someone), but we suggest we anticipate each project may need to allocate up to 30% of the budget to researcher costs.
Evaluation will be coordinated by the BSA. You do not have to include evaluation costs within your proposed budget. However, please include staff time and if needed, travel expenses to attend the Community of Practice meetings. It is likely there will be four in person meetings (2 in Slough and 2 in Reading).

Budget Item

Amount (£)

If you would like to add more budget items please tick this box.

Budget Item

Amount (£)

Total amount requested £

Any other information we should know? Please add notes to your budget (outlined above). Especially if you are using match funding, in-kind support or any other relevant information.

(100 words max.)

Your financial information

Details for remittance advice

We ask for your financial details to pay the grant into your organisation's bank account if you are successful. If you are unsuccessful we will delete financial data after a year. Please read the BSA Privacy Policy for more details

Please select:

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Bank Details

Account Name

The Account Name used must match those of the account holder, in line with the records held by your Bank.

Account Number

Sort Code

Details for remittance advice:

Please note the information you would like shown on your Remittance Advice, in order to help your Finance team to identify and correctly allocate our payment, this could be an internal reference, the name of an organiser or your organisation.

Building Society Details

Account Name

The Account Name used must match those of the account holder, in line with the records held by your Building Society.

Account Number

Sort Code

Roll/Reference Number

Details for remittance advice:

Please note the information you would like shown on your Remittance Advice, in order to help your Finance team to identify and correctly allocate our payment, this could be an internal reference, the name of an organiser or your organisation.

Contact for remittance advice

Is your finance contact the same as the primary contact of this application?

YesNo

Main finance contact

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Additional information

Would you like to subscribe to BSA’s monthly newsletter? – it shares upcoming events and ways to take part in our programmes. Your details will not be used for any other purpose other than the newsletter. You can read our privacy policy link for more details

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Where did you hear about the Community Led Research Pilot?

Please tell us where you heard about this grant.

And who did you hear it from?

Please tell us who you heard about this grant from.

Terms and conditions of the grant

Please read here terms and conditions before submitting your application.

I agree to these terms and conditions

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Make sure you submit your application before 17:00 on Monday 18 September 2023.

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