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ECR Public Engagement Bursaries

Apply for a bursary, up to £3,000, to run a public engagement project of your choice to promote social science research and/or enhance impact activities beyond academia.

The project must have a communication and/or public engagement focus with clear objectives and target audience. Projects that have a clear ambition for long-term or sustained impact will be prioritised.

The project should be completed within 6 months.

Activities could include, but are not limited to:

  • Blog, website, social media channel, podcast, or similar
  • Video, artwork, infographic etc., to showcase research
  • Training session or workshop for external stakeholders
  • Any public engagement event
  • Formal working group, expert panel or similar
  • Talk, presentation, or similar

Successful applicants will commit to sharing communications content with the Social Science Impact Accelerator team to enhance the presence of the Social Science Impact Accelerator Programme at Royal Holloway, online and in our region, and raise awareness of the University’s social science research to new audiences.

The next deadline for applications will be September 2024 (date tbc). 

We welcome applications from all PhD students in social science disciplines at Royal Holloway. You must have at least 6 months until your submission deadline (you would not be eligible if you have submitted your thesis). You must have permission from your supervisor. 

PhD public engagement bursaries are fixed upfront payments of £2,000 per student, covering 5 weeks of full-time work (or part-time equivalent). In addition, £1,000 for project will be allocated to the academic staff member supporting the student, to be spent on communications materials, events and other project resources.

Eligibility & review criteria
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ECRs can be awarded up to £3,000. This would be allocated via an R code, through your Department. The bursary can cover any costs required to enable this project e.g. travel, events, external consultancy, administrative support, equipment, etc. It can also cover PhD support for your workload - please agree the details of this with your Head of Department/line manager.

We welcome applications from self-identified ECRs working in any social science discipline, on all contract types. 

Eligibility & review criteria
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