Grant Directories

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the Cairnryan Education and Training Fund the foundation provides bursaries of up to £4,500 to residents of Cairnryan Community Council area to help them access training and education opportunities that better equip them with the range of skills needed to enter or retain employment. 

The UK Space Agency helps to deliver the National Space Strategy. The aim of the Space for All Programme is to unlock growth in the UK space sector include nurturing talent and inspiring the next generation into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers. Funding of between £50,000 and £100,000 is available for projects which: develop new ways to reach young people from all backgrounds, that are modern and relevant to the technologies they are accustomed to, their values and social environments; encourage young people to pursue STEM education by using the exciting and inspiring context of space;
increase the prevalence of regular, long-standing interventions and projects in the UK that will make a lasting impact on the choices of young people; inspire, support, engage and encourage students throughout their academic and social journeys into the world of work; sustain students through periods where they may otherwise be unsupported and lose focus and int...

The Tabhair Trust is passionate about nurturing small to medium sized charities in their aspirations to change communities and restore broken lives through providing opportunities for education, training and personal advancement. The trust provides grants of between £500 and £5000 for both individual projects and core costs to charitable organisations registered and working in the UK and Ireland.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Academic Jewish Studies Jewish Language Teaching Fellowship programme the foundation provides funding to cover the salary cost for employing a Teaching Fellow as well as additional costs for teaching resources. Support is available for institutions seeking to enhance their Jewish Studies programme by offering additional Jewish language classes.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Academic Jewish Studies Post Doctoral Fellowship programme the foundation provides grants to cover the full salary cost for employing a post-doctoral fellow as well as additional travel and research costs.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Academic Jewish Studies Doctoral Fellowships programme the foundation provides grants of up to £19,000 per year for up to three years to enable individual students entering their first year of doctoral study to prepare and complete their doctoral dissertation in Jewish Studies at an academic institution in Europe.

The Royal Society of Chemistry's Travel Grants for PhD Students and Early Career Scientists programme provides funding of up to £500 for travelling to attend RSC-run conferences or workshops. Members may also apply to their Division (excluding the Industry and Technology Division) for a competitive grant to support their participation at any scientific conference or workshop anywhere in the world.

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the Barr Education and Training Fund the foundation provides grants of up to £3,000 to residents of the Barr Community Council area to help them access training and education opportunities that better equip them with the range of skills needed to enter or retain employment. 

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a leading scientific society and charitable organisation, their aim is to advance physics education, research and application by providing positive and compelling experiences of physics to public audiences through engaging and entertaining activities and events. Through the CR Barber Trust programme the IOP provides grants to PHD students who want to attend an overseas conference. Applicants can use the grant for any part of conference attendance including: travel; registration fees; accommodation.

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a leading scientific society and charitable organisation, their aim is to advance physics education, research and application by providing positive and compelling experiences of physics to public audiences through engaging and entertaining activities and events. Through the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund the IOP provides funding for full or part-time graduates wishing to study towards a doctorate in physics and from groups that are currently under-represented in physics.

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the Kildrummy Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund (Aberdeenshire) the foundation provides grants of up to £5,000 to support charitable activities that reflect the ambitions and activities set out in Kildrummy, Lumsden & Towie Community Action Plan 2013 and Glenkindie & Towie Community Action Plan 2019. Details of supported themes are available on the website.

The Thomas Wall trust is a grant making trust. Through the Grants for Individuals programme the trust provides grants of up to £1,500 to support motivated adults living in the UK to undertake education and training that will increase their chances of employment. Grantees may apply for up to £1,500 towards course fees (the course must be an accredited vocational course up to level 3) and/or costs associated with studying including: child care, travel and mobility costs, and accessible study materials. The Trust will contribute towards funding specialist equipment, but rarely at the maximum grant amount. Individuals may re-apply if their course lasts for more than a year.

The Robertson Trust is an independent Scottish grant-making Trust which exists to improve the lives of people and communities experiencing poverty and trauma. The Trust provide funding for organisations and initiatives that address: Financial wellbeing - tackling the financial and material effects of poverty on people and communities; Emotional wellbeing and relationships - ensuring people have emotional wellbeing, and confidence and strength in their relationships with others; Educational and work pathways - equipping people for the future by supporting learning and skills. Through the Large Grants programme the trust provides funding of between £15,000 and £50,000 per year, for up to five years.

The Robertson Trust is an independent Scottish grant-making Trust which exists to improve the lives of people and communities experiencing poverty and trauma. The Trust provide funding for organisations and initiatives that address: Financial wellbeing - tackling the financial and material effects of poverty on people and communities; Emotional wellbeing and relationships - ensuring people have emotional wellbeing, and confidence and strength in their relationships with others; Educational and work pathways - equipping people for the future by supporting learning and skills. Through the Wee Grants programme the trust provides grants of up to £2,000 to constituted community groups and small charities with an annual income of under £25,000.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Skills, Knowledge and Tools for Jewish Education programme the foundation provides grants of between £15,000 and £40,000 per year to support Jewish community organisations to devise and implement high quality professional development training for their staff and volunteers. As a result, participants will develop stronger Jewish fluency expressed in more educational programming with quality Jewish content reflected in an increased usage of Jewish materials and vocabulary in their activities.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Archives and Libraries Professional Training Programme the foundation provides grants for the training of staff at all levels, including archivists, librarians, conservators, photographers, etc. This may include consultation visits by archival or library experts to European Jewish institutions, as well as learning trips by archival or library staff members seeking to visit experts based at other European institutions. This may also cover visits by professionals to help seek strategic advice for the future of their archive or library.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Professional Development Language Grant programme the foundation provides funding of up to £2,000 to enable Jewish heritage professionals to take an online course in Hebrew or any Jewish language (e.g. Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish). The course must be administered by an institution, whether university, community centre or language school, and must deliver a certificate of attendance.

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities.  Through the Baillie Gifford Community Awards Programme grants of up to £5,000 are available to support vulnerable people and improve local areas.

The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England. Through the T Levels Capital Fund, the Department aims to help eligible providers to have world class facilities for the delivery of T levels. There are two elements to the fund: Specialist equipment allocation (SEA) and Competitive buildings and facilities improvement grant (BFIG).

The Wolfson Foundation awards grants to support and promote excellence in education, science & medicine, the arts & humanities and health & disability. Through its Funding for Universities and Research Institutions funding stream the Foundation aims to support research intensive universities and research institutions. Grants are awarded towards new buildings, refurbishment work and major equipment to enable high quality research. Awards are also made on occasion to support access to university collections held in university-owned museums and research libraries or to improve public engagement with science. Applications from universities should be co-ordinated by the Development Office to ensure that the project presented is the institution’s strategic priority.

The University Liaison Grants scheme is available to give university student mathematical societies funding of up to £400 for activities to enhance their programmes for their members and to promote mathematics. The types of activities that can be funded include mathematical activities such as: putting on talks, attending conferences or places of mathematical interest; support for students to attend the tomorrow’s mathematicians today conference; careers activities; networking activities, quizzes and promotional activities.

The Spark Awards provide grants of up to £15,000 for programmes of public engagement that inspire and involve target audiences with science and technology. Activities must focus on astronomy, solar and planetary science, particle physics, particle astrophysics, cosmology, nuclear physics or accelerator science. Well-planned proposals for novel or innovative approaches towards engagement are welcomed. Grant funded researchers, STFC scientists and engineers, facility users, schools, museums, science communicators and amateur astronomy groups are all eligible to apply.

Creative Scotland has established the Visual Artist and Craft Makers Awards (VACMA) in partnership with a range of local authorities and art agencies across Scotland. The VACMA is a programme of small grants schemes that offers support at a local level to practitioners in their creative and professional development at all stages of their career. Award winners will have demonstrated a commitment to their work and to developing their practice through new work, new skills or new opportunities.

The Leverhulme Trust International Acacemic fellowship enables established researchers based at UK educational institutions the opportunity to spend a period of time in overseas research centres to develop new knowledge, skills and ideas.  The Fellowship may be used to: Observe and learn ground breaking techniques or practices; develop new lines of research through overseas collaboration; make 'discipline hopping excursions' into new areas of research; develop innovations in teaching; exchange ideas.  Fellowships to a maximum of £50,000 may be awarded to cover travel to and from the overseas country, as a maintenance grant to meet the increased cost of living overseas and to cover essential research costs.

The Leverhulme Trust's Early Career Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those at a relatively early career stage but who have a proven track record of research.  It is expected that Fellows will undertake a significant piece of publishable work and that the Fellowship will lead to a permanent academic position. The Leverhulme Trust will contribute 50% of the Fellow’s total salary costs (including National Insurance, superannuation and London allowance, where applicable) up to a maximum of £26,000 in each year of the award, and the balance is to be contributed by the host university. The Trust’s contribution in subsequent years will normally increase in line with pay awards and normal increments up to the annual maximum of £26,000. The Trust’s maximum annual contribution will be pro-rated if the Fellowship is held on a part-time basis. The Fellow may request up to £6,000 per annum in research expenses to further his or her research activities...

The Leverhulme Trust awards Fellowships to fund salary costs (normally starting at the most junior point of the lecturer scale) of an individual to undertake the normal duties of the applicant for the duration of the Fellowship.  A Major Research Fellow may also request research expenses up to an annual maximum of £6,000 as part of the application procedure.  Fellowships can last for 2 or 3 years.  The Awards enable well-established and distinguished researchers to devote themselves to a single research project of outstanding originality and significance.  Candidates should state explicitly what the outcomes of the research will be.

The Agnes Hunter Trust makes grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 per year for up to three years  to registered charities in Scotland that help disabled people; and charities that assist with the education and training of disadvantaged people aged 16 years or over who have left school. Such charities may assist specific groups of people, for example those living with learning disabilities, mental ill health, specific types of cancer, cerebral palsy, autism, visual or physical impairments. Disadvantaged people includes those whose life experiences or environment have so far denied them opportunities to develop the skills to support themselves and contribute positively to society.

The Roman Society is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for those interested in the study of Rome and the Roman Empire. The Society's Schools Committee makes grants to schools to help promote the teaching of Latin and Roman studies. Most of the grants are awarded for the purchase of textbooks and other books on Roman topics, but the Committee also makes awards to groups and schools organising lectures or study days on Roman themes, and has recently made money available for archaeology fieldwork bursaries. Applications from schools planning to start courses in Latin are particularly welcome.  Grants usually range from £50 to £600.

The Sobell Foundation Grant focuses on children, the sick, elderly, needy and disabled. The Trustees aim to achieve a reasonable spread between Jewish charities (operating principally in the U.K. and Israel) and non-Jewish charities operating in the UK. The foundation concentrate their funding on small national or local charities. Funding is restricted to charities working in the following areas: Medical care and treatment, including respite care and hospices, Care for physically and mentally disabled adults and children, Education and training for adults and children with physical and learning disabilities, Care and support of the elderly, Care and support for children and Homelessness. The funding amount is discretionary and applications can be submitted at any time.