UCFL is pleased to offer small amounts of funding for specific types of projects.
Our support is offered under four strands: (1) Teaching, (2) Research, (3) Widening Participation, and (4) Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. We will aim to ensure an even spread of support across these strands.
Examples of projects to be supported include:
- Support for research events / workshops that relate to languages, literature, and area studies.
- Support for pedagogy projects / events / workshops that relate to languages, literature, and area studies.
- Support for work or publications that enables impact, public engagement, and policy engagement promoting a Languages mission and values.
- Support for projects and events that promote and develop university-school partnership for languages.
- Bursaries to support colleagues with childcare responsibilities to attend conferences or comparable events.
We are particularly keen to support:
- Projects and events that relate to Languages research and / or professional development as a Languages scholar.
- Provision of bursaries for PGR and Early Career Academics to participate and foster diversity within the discipline more broadly.
- Projects and events that promote widening participation across Languages.
- Project and events that aim at strengthening national collaborations and fostering a more diverse and inclusive context in research and teaching.
Our next funding deadline is the 25th of January 2025. You can find more information on our website here as well as the application form.
Any questions please do get in touch with contact@ucfl.com.
We look forward to receiving your applications!