Grant
Open
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SHAPE Involve and Engage
The British Academy
Funding amount
£8,000.
Deadline
September 15, 2026
Level
Mid Career
Postgraduate Diploma
Early Career
What's covered
Project delivery costs
Public engagement activities.
Collaboration costs with partner organisations
Eligible project expenses approved by the Academy
About this opportunity
The SHAPE Involve and Engage programme supports researchers who want to create innovative public engagement projects based on humanities and social sciences research. Rather than funding new research, it helps researchers collaborate with galleries, libraries, archives, museums (GLAM organisations), or performing arts organisations to make research accessible and meaningful to wider audiences through exhibitions, performances, workshops, and other engagement activities.
Requirements
- Be an early-career, postdoctoral, mid-career, established, or senior researcher.
- Be based at an eligible UK higher education institution or independent research organisation.
- Partner with a GLAM organisation or performing arts organisation.
- Propose a public engagement project rooted in humanities or social sciences research.
- Submit the application through the British Academy's Flexi-Grant system before the deadline.