Ingenious public engagement grants
About Ingenious
The Ingenious public engagement grants scheme prioritises projects that reach diverse and underrepresented audiences including communities in the most deprived neighbourhoods in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and that engage with engineers and people of different genders, ages and ethnic backgrounds. All projects and project teams should be based in the UK.
This grant programme has been assessed and is not intended to be a subsidy scheme in relation to the Subsidy Control Act 2022. As such, the intended use of these funds by the Recipient is not to provide the recipient or any other enterprise with any form of economic advantage, nor is it intended for any purpose that could be considered capable of having an effect on competition and investment within the UK or trade and investment between the UK and another country or territory.
If, for any reason, you have concerns that your project may be at risk of being a subsidy because it is providing an economic advantage to an enterprise (i.e. a business offering goods or services on a market) or is capable of having an effect on competition or investment this must be declared to the Academy. Should you then be successful additional grant conditions may be applied at point of a grant offer to manage that risk.
Programme aims
The Ingenious programme aims to:
Support imaginative and creative public engagement, raising awareness of the diversity, nature and impact of engineering
Broaden perceptions of engineering, targeting public audiences currently underrepresented in engineering
Build capacity for engineering public engagement by offering engineers training and opportunities in public engagement
We welcome proposals from universities, colleges and schools, youth charities, science and engineering communicators and engagement professionals as well as those working in the arts and cultural sectors. We also welcome applications from engineers from small and medium enterprises who are interested in public engagement.