Public Engagement funding schemes

We offer over £3 million per year to support projects that investigate biomedical science and its social contexts. Projects can consider the social, cultural, ethical and historical issues related to biomedical science.

People Awards Fund projects such as events, debates, exhibitions, art projects and drama productions.

Engagement Fellowships Support the most talented people in public engagement with biomedical science.

Arts Awards Support imaginative and experimental arts projects that create new artworks to investigate biomedical science.

Society Awards Support larger-scale projects with a significant national or regional impact.

Science Media Studentships Support practising scientists to qualify in science media production for careers in the broadcast industry.

Broadcast Development Awards Support the development of broadcast proposals in any genre.

Capital funding

For large-scale projects that engage the public with science or make the history of medicine relevant to contemporary audiences.

International Engagement Awards Fund public engagement projects in low- and middle-income countries.