Business International Office
- Description: Open to professional and academic staff at ACU member universities, the grants focus on the priority themes of the ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Network:
- · Engagement and impact
- · Estates and stewardship
- · Partnerships
- · Research
- · Teaching and learning
- From sourcing energy-saving and clean energy options for Fijian schools, to supporting women's economic empowerment by addressing the financial literacy and gender-based disparities in access to finance - the grants have been used to fund a diverse range of activities, projects, workshops, and events.
- What does the grant include?
- · Four grants of up to GBP 2,500
- How to apply
- Applicants must: · Be a staff member at an ACU member university.
- · Review the FAQs/Application Guidance.
- · Submit an application through the online application form. · If you already have a MyACU account, you can access the grant application form here. https://crm.acu.ac.uk/user/login?destination=node/359
- · If you do not already have a MyACU account, please ensure that you first register for an account here https://crm.acu.ac.uk/content/myacu-user-registration and then follow the instructions in the registration email to log in to the system before accessing the application form.
- Applicants cannot:
- · Be from a university that has previously received an ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Network Grant. Please check our grantees pages below to see if this applies to your university.
- Applicants are encouraged to: Collaborate with other?ACU member universities?or other organizations such as local governments, to promote further Commonwealth partnerships. This will be looked on favorably.
- · Consider matching or additional funding from their own university as part of the application. This will be looked on favourably, but is not essential.
- Applications could include ideas for:
- · Virtual exchange or collaboration, teaching or professional practice collaboration. Sharing and co-development of learning materials, tools, training and approaches to support contingency and continuity of operations planning at higher education institutions (HEIs).
- · Virtual fellowships, comparative analyses, research management and uptake capacity-building.
- · Integrating sustainable development into operations.
- · Sharing SDG learning content and materials.
- · Developing SDG-focused research strategies.
- · Co-creating research for impact, community engagement, and partnerships for the goals.
- Applications close: 2 June 2024, 16:00 UTC
- For more information please click the given below link:
- https://www.acu.ac.uk/funding-opportunities/for-university-staff/grants/higher-education-and-the-sdgs-network-grants/higher-education-and-the-sdgs-network-grants-application-guidance/
|