Support for scholarship

Supporting educational projects

Whether you have an idea for a new project or want to enhance or investigate the impact of a current practice, there are opportunities to apply for funding to support your work

Funding for education projects

Education-specific funding

• The Westfield Fund for Enhancing the Student Experience
• Nuffield Foundation Research, Development and Analysis Fund
• Advance HE - Collaborative Development Fund; Good Practices Grant
• QAA Collaborative Enhancement Projects
• Society for Research into Higher Education Research and Scoping Awards

Other possible sources of funding

Learned societies and professional organisations – check with those most relevant to your discipline and field of study to check if they fund research into education practices. Some examples include: 

• British Academy
• Association for the Study of Medical Education
• Medical Schools Council and UKMED
• Royal Academy of Engineering
• OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
• British Education Research Association
• James Tudor Foundation

Other resources to support your project

If you are new to evaluating and reporting on pedagogical practices, consider learning more about some of the approaches to these kinds of projects.  Below are some links to get you started.

• Action Research: Practice Guide from Advance HE
• Defining and supporting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): A sector wide study from Advance HE
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning STEM from OpenLearn

The Queen Mary Academy workshop Action Research for Professional Learning (QMAEL08) supports academics to use action research as a tool to investigate and reflect on their practice and may also be useful in preparing a funding submission. Search on the CPD website to find sessions.