Teacher Support

Need funds for your project?

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (formerly PPARC and CCLRC) and the Institute of Physics have set up a small grants scheme designed specifically for schools and colleges.

The aim is to provide schools with grants of up to £500 for small-scale projects or events linked to the teaching or promotion of physics. Projects linked to astronomy, space and particle physics are particularly encouraged.

This could be used to support a range of projects, for example:

• running a school/college based science week activity
• purchasing materials/resources outside of the normal department resources
• organising a visit to or from a working physicist

The scheme is open to all UK educational institutions (schools and colleges) catering for pupils/students in the age range 5-18. Applications can be made at any time and we aim to process these within two months of receipt. Please ensure you send your applications sufficiently in advance of the proposed start date of your project. To facilitate a quick response applications will only be accepted by email. Please remember to rename the file as requested below.

For more information on eligibility see: Guidance Notes

How do I Apply?

Application Form

Application Form Instructions:

1. Right click over the Application Form link.
   - Select "Save Target/Link Target As..."
   - Save the file to your hard disc
   - Name it with your school name, e.g. GrangeHill.doc
   

2. Complete the form
   - Open the file using Word
   - Fill in the text form fields by using the tab key to move from field to field
   - If there are check box fields in the form, when you click on the appropriate check box it will fill in with an X.
   - Select the appropriate entry from the drop down fields
   

3. Save and send to schoolgrants@iop.org

Evaluation

On completion of a funded project, applicants are required to produce a simple report and evaluation by filling in the evaluation form following the same procedure as for the application form.

For further details see: Guidance Notes

Example Projects

• Ampleforth College - A Visit to Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory
• Burnsall Primary School - Exploring Space workshops for Science week
• Leek High School - Astronomy Group
• St.Johns High School - Practical Rocketry - designing a water propelled rocket
• St Bonifaces College - Astronomy Club
• Prospect Technology College - Our place in the universe - two days of workshops
• Church Aston Infant School - Towards the light - cross curricular two week project on space and astronomy
• Eggbuckland Community College - Rockets, Radios and Robots - science enrichment week inc building crystal radios and rockets
• St Clements Danes School - Trip to JET Fusion Research Facility
• Meden School & Technology College - The Waterwheel Project - build a waterwheel to move the greatest mass
• William Morris Special Secondary School - The Funky Forces Factory - Science Museum's outreach team's hands on show

Further Information

For further information about the School Grants Scheme please contact:

Education Department
Institute of Physics
76 Portland Place
London W1B 1NT

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7470 4800
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7470 4848
Email: schoolgrants@iop.org

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