Funding Opportunities
ESCalate has a range of funding opportunities.
Developing Pedagogy and Practice The next round of funding will be in October 2010
The Themed Funding awards for 2010 have now been announced and project team leaders can see the outcome of their projects on their registered member pages, we shall announce a full listing shortly on the website. The next round will start in October 2010 and outcomes will be known in February of 2011.
Please go to the link under the section ESCalate Grants on the right. This will explain more about the eligibility for each type of award.
We also have two other areas of funding.
We are also continuing to support students
We recently wrote about these funding opportunities in our Summer 2009 newsletter
Please be aware that there are 23 other HEA subject centres that cover Health, Art and Design, Psychology etc and that many of them offer their own funding. ESCalate only offers funding within the field of Education.
Online application tracking service
ALL applications for funding are completed online. In order to apply you must first register with ESCalate. You can track the progress of your submission, from acceptance or rejection, through to evaluation and outcome.
Other Sources of support for research:
Current opportunities
Arts & Humanities Research Council
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities
The British Academy
http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding
The British Council
http://www.britishcouncil.org
ERC (European Research Council)
http://erc.europa.eu
ESRC (Economic & Social Research Council)
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/esrcinfocentre/opportunities
Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation
http://www.wingatescholarships.org.uk
HEA (Higher Education Academy)
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
http://www.jrf.org.uk/research-funding
JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee)
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities.aspx
The Leverhulme Trust
http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards
The Nuffield Foundation
http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org
Continuing opportunities
We have attached some documents detailing good starting points for educational researchers, specific sources of funding for educational research (many of which are competitions offered on an annual basis), and information and possible funding for students.
Latest ESCalate grant funded projects
- Latest Projects RSS feed (What's this?)
- Interactive use of video conferencing in ITT
- Ms Jan Machalski, Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln
- Fundamental Movement Skills
- Ms Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan, Bath Spa University - Education
- Getting started with Diigo social bookmarking - a checklist
- Miss Anne-Florence Dujardin, Sheffield Hallam University
- Faciltating peer coaching
- Dr Jane Essex, Keele University
- Researching beginning science, maths and English teachers' pedagogies. Applying learning theory to inform enriched planning and practice.
- Dr Debra McGregor, University of Wolverhampton
- The CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Needs of Mentors in Post-Compulsory ITT (Initial Teacher Training)
- Dr Ewan Ingleby, University of Teesside
- Exploring the Rules of Engagement via Exemplars: enhancing staff and student dialogue about assessment and learning practice
- Professor Kay Sambell, Northumbria University
- Developing NQTs e-pedagogies for inclusion
- Dr Nigel Beacham, University of Aberdeen
- Using reflective dialogue to assess professional learning
- Mrs Ruth Pilkington, University of Central Lancashire
- Silence as a trigger for support: using online learner support tools
- Mrs Karen Fitzgibbon, University of Glamorgan
