Ecological Citizen(s) is a 4 year project based at the Royal College of Art, in collaboration with the University of York’s Stockholm Environment Institute and Wrexham University. It is a ‘project to make projects’ and as such is looking to fund and support projects that will contribute to the concept of Ecological Citizenship and catalyse positive climate action towards a sustainable, digital, society.
The project grant now being offered is awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). It includes three annual rounds of funding, totaling over £750,000 which will be made available to support innovative ideas, research projects and pilots devising new-found ways to engage people with the natural world through technological, contextual, and appropriate means.
The first call for proposals (2023 – 24) is looking to fund projects that focus on Materials & Resources. There is approximately £250k to give to successful projects in this first year, under three different bands of funding-type.
Eligibility Requirements
Proposals must be led by an EPSRC-eligible, UK-based institution.
You can check to see if you or your institution is eligible via the UKRI’s eligibility check tool. The application deadline this year is 31 January 2024.
You can find out more about Ecological Citizen(s) on the website.