Tap into the power of 'if'
The Ideas Fund is a grants programme run by the British Science Association and funded by Wellcome, which enables the UK public to develop and try out ideas that address problems related to mental wellbeing by working with researchers.
Bring your ideas to life
If you have an idea that you think could help address a particular need in your community that relates to mental wellbeing and are keen to collaborate with researchers, we want to hear from you.
The scheme has been designed to test a new way of funding that connects communities with researchers to access knowledge, research skills and resources. We brought together community members, researchers and public engagement professionals and designed a fund together that is...
- Place-based
- Focused on mental wellbeing
- Committed to funding ideas with potential
For the story so far of The Ideas Fund, click here.
We are now closed for applications from community groups an existing researcher/community partnerships. We are still looking for researchers who are interested in collaborating with community groups. For more information about how to apply see here.
Latest
Introduction to The Ideas Fund: Round Two webinar
This webinar, held on Wednesday 4 May, provides an introduction to The Ideas Fund and covers the support with the expression of interest process.
Round 2 of The Ideas Fund announced with £1.2m in further funding
The Ideas Fund are excited to announce that they will be opening the next round of grant funding to support up to seven new partnerships in each of the four locations within the UK that the Fund operates.
Round one - Monitoring reflections
The projects we funded at the end of 2021 have all started, and we have just received their first progress reports. Jill from The Ideas Fund team describes what we’ve learned from those reports so far.
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