We've provided below some examples of successful applications for funding to illustrate the types of activities that you might consider and how we award funding.
Unconscious Bias
"Unconscious Bias refers to the biases we hold that are not in our conscious control. Research shows that these biases can adversely affect key decisions in the workplace. The session will enable students to work towards reducing the effects of unconscious bias for oneself and within one's organisation. The session will help them to explore the link between implicit bias and the impact on the organisation. The overall aim of the session is to provide participants with an understanding of the nature of Unconscious Bias and how it impacts individual and group attitudes, behaviours and decision-making processes."
- Format: online course
- Maximum participants: 200
- Reach: MPhil students, PhD students, postdocs
Funding requested: £1800 (external trainer's fee)
Decision: requested funds received in full as speaker's fee is eligible cost
Publishing Your First Monograph
- Format: in person
- Maximum participants: 40
- Reach: PhD students
Funding requested: £175.50 (speaker's fee)
Decision: requested funds received in full as speaker's fee is eligible cost
Research Methods
"Course will introduce radical methods pioneered by critical interdisciplinary researchers, activist artists and grassroots community organisers to revitalise grassroots research in elite universities, towards institutional healing and reparative futures. We have planned a unique programme of multi-format activities with a mix of carefully selected practitioners and specialist speakers. The methods include: utopian; reparative; abolitionist. We intend to open conversations about research sustainability within and beyond academia, aimed at postdoctoral, early-career and doctoral researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences, as well as scholars across other disciplines interested in trying out these methods. Hence, this training is not only about developing research skills, but also nurturing attitudes towards life-long research."
- Format: in person and online
- Maximum participants: 50 in person; 300 online
- Reach: PhD students, postdocs, other staff members
Funding requested: £4060 (speakers' fees: 4 x £300; digital legacy: £200; travel & accommodation: £2660)
Decision: partial funds received (£1400) to cover speakers' fees and digital legacy
Travel & accommodation are not eligible costs
AI in Teaching and Research
"Workshop to focus on the rise of AI applications such as ChatGPT and their potential to inform and assist in teaching and research. We will invite speakers from our industry partners such as Microsoft, Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and DeepMind to give keynotes about their current developments in AI relevant to teaching and research. The event will also present an opportunity for PhD and CDT students in the field of AI to share their research through a poster session. It will present an opportunity to critically assess developments and focus on the ethical issues surrounding their use."
- Format: in person
- Maximum participants: 100
- Reach: PhD students, postdocs
Funding requested: £1449.60 (speakers' fees: 3 x £100; poster printing: £450; poster prizes: £150; lunch: £399.60; travel: £150)
Decision: partial funds received (750) to cover speakers' fees and poster printing
Travel, catering and poster prizes are not eligible costs
Career Orientation for Future Employment & Entrepreneurship (COFFEE)
"We are requesting funding for organising the first Careers Event for the department's graduate students. The event will consist of six 30-minute talks that will be given by former graduates from the department who are pursuing different careers, namely in academia, technology transfer, industry and entrepreneurship. The event will also include a networking opportunity between our current postgraduate students and the speakers."
- Format: in person
- Maximum participants: 50
- Reach: MPhil students, PhD students
Funding requested: £1200 (speakers' fees: 6 x £200)
Decision: requested funds received in full as speakers' fees are eligible cost