Departmental PER Seed Fund

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The Departmental PER Seed Fund is an internal grant scheme at the University of Oxford to support building capacity for Public Engagement with Research (PER) at the departmental level. 

Applications are invited from those representing departments / faculties (hereafter referred to as ‘departments’) and applicants can be any staff member employed in that department including researchers, public engagement professionals and other staff.

This scheme opened for applications in January 2021 on a rolling basis. All awarded funds must be spent by 30 July 2021.

Proposed budgets may be between £1,500 and £4,000. Funds can be requested to support activities and projects that build research staff and research student capacity in Public Engagement with Research and/or activities that contribute to ongoing departmental support for Public Engagement with Research. 

How to apply

Applications are submitted through IRAMS.

The Application Guidance, Case for Support, and EDGE Guidance are available here:

 Any queries? Please email hanna.smyth@admin.ox.ac.uk