Thanks Rick, Just to let you and others know that we anticipate running networking activities to help new collaborations to form and I will post here and more broadly to let you know about these opportunities. All the best, Mat Mat Hickman Programme Manager – Informal Science Learning (Education) T: +44 (0)20 7611 8825 M: +44 (0) 7738 804 582 From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rick Hall Sent: 02 March 2016 10:54 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Science Learning+ | Phase 2 now open thanks Matt great to see the next phase of Science Learning+ open for proposals May I use this call to offer Ignite!'s Community Curiosity Labs as a model for institutions who may be interested in applying to Science Learning+? Ignite! is not big enough, nor based in an academic institution, to lead on a bid to this programme, but we would be interested in offering our experience of programmes like Lab_13, 3-2-1-Ignition* Pop-up Shops, our experience of playing Festivals, and of course our Community Curiosity Labs as partnership initiatives. Colleagues can find out about Lab_13 here https://lab13network.wordpress.com/ and our other programmes here http://www.ignitefutures.org.uk/ Our aims are to develop confidence in young people and their families in engaging with science and STEM; we draw on concepts like Citizen Science and Science Capital and find ways to realise them in informal settings where participants take a lead on the kinds of topics that they want to explore. Please get in touch if you are interested in collaboration or partnership thanks Rick On 1 March 2016 at 15:56, Matthew Hickman <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear colleagues, With apologies for cross-posting. I am delighted to let you know that Phase 2, Partnership Grants, of Science Learning+ is now live. Science Learning+ is an open call for proposals for Partnership Grants through an international partnership between the US-based National Science Foundation, the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Wellcome Trust. Partnership Grants are expected to be significant programmes of research that will: • strengthen the research and knowledge base • bridge the practice and research gap and/or • share knowledge and experience in informal science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) experiences. Projects must be a genuine collaboration between researchers and practitioners of informal STEM learning and between organisations in the UK/Ireland and the US. We anticipate making five awards, each of approximately £1.5M. This is an open call for proposals – anyone who meets the eligibility requirements may apply. Further details of the call are available on the Wellcome Trust website wellcome.ac.uk/slplus<http://wellcome.ac.uk/slplus>. Should you wish to discuss the scheme further, please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or call 020 7611 8825<tel:020%207611%208825>. Dr Mat Hickman Programme Manager – Informal Science Learning (Education) The Wellcome Trust 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE T: +44 (0)20 7611 8825<tel:%2B44%20%280%2920%207611%208825> M: +44 (0) 7738 804 582<tel:%2B44%20%280%29%207738%20804%20582> F: +44 (0)20 7611 8269<tel:%2B44%20%280%2920%207611%208269> www.wellcome.ac.uk<http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/> ________________________________________ The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health. We support bright minds in science, the humanities and the social sciences, as well as education, public engagement and the application of research to medicine. Our investment portfolio gives us the independence to support such transformative work as the sequencing and understanding of the human genome, research that established front-line drugs for malaria, and Wellcome Collection, our free venue for the incurably curious that explores medicine, life and art. ________________________________________ The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no. 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office is at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK). 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