The closing date for completed applications is 4.00pm FRIDAY 19 APRIL 2024

 

Research Seed Funding Application Form
A minimum of two partners is required

Please provide here details of the individuals who will be responsible for implementation of your project.

1st Partner

2nd Partner

3rd Partner

4th Partner

5th Partner

6th Partner

What are the aims of the project ?

(no more than 500 words)
PROMPTS:
What are the research questions?

What area(s) of education does the project relate to?

How is this project important in terms of its contribution to its field (empirical/theoretical/practical)?

How does it build on what is already known?

What activities will fulfil the project aims?

(no more than 500 words)
PROMPTS:
What methods will inform your fieldwork?

Who will be the participants?

What types of analysis are proposed?
(no more than 250 words)

How does the project meet the objectives of SCoTENS?

The key objectives of SCoTENS are:

To provide a supportive framework for collaborative research and professional activities in teacher education, North and South

To hold invitational conferences on themes of mutual interest to teacher educators, North and South

To provide seed funding for North-South research projects on teacher education issues

To promote position papers on issues of mutual concern to teacher educators, North and South

To use its good offices to assist in obtaining funding for approved research activities

To support North-South exchanges between teacher educators for approved purposes as part of its concern to strengthen inter-professional and inter-institutional linkages

To act as an agency for advice and consultation by policy makers in the Education Departments of both jurisdictions

To establish and maintain a website which will provide information and resources of interest to teacher educators and researchers, North and South.

What are the expected outcomes of the project ?

PROMPTS:
How will the outcomes be measured?
How will the outcomes be disseminated?
Are the outcomes likely to be considered appropriate by their users?

Who are the intended beneficiaries? What will they gain from the project?

(There may be more than one group.)
PROMPTS:
What potential benefits will you / your institutions gain from the project?
What potential benefits will policymakers gain from the project?
Who will benefit in terms of capacity-building? (There may be more than one group.)

Project Costs

Provide a detailed breakdown of the expenditure you expect to incur
SCoTENS is not able to cover the cost of an institution’s overheads.
Applications to fund a conference must give an indication of the expected number of delegates. SCoTENS is not permitted by the funding Departments to subsidise the cost of conference attendance for individual delegates.

Please give all sums in £ Sterling

Please fill in our budget template and upload it using the upload field below.  Please click on the button below to download the budget template.

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Verification

Please provide details of the individual and partner institution/organisation that will be responsible for the finances associated with the project:

IN ORDER TO VERIFY THAT THIS APPLICATION HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE PARTICIPATING PARTNER INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS, THIS APPLICATION MUST BE SIGNED AND SUBMITTED WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE LEAD PARTNERS’ HEAD OF DEPARTMENT / CHIEF EXECUTIVE. If the application is successful, the individuals named here will be required to agree the Letter of Offer prior to any payment being made.

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Please attach letters signed by EACH PARTNER’S Head of Department/School or equivalent supporting this application.

Partner 1

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Partner 2

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Partner 3

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Partner 4

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