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Deadline: 3rd May, 2022
Applications are now open for the Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grant to fund collaborative work around the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Grant Themes
The grants focus on the following ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Network priority themes:
- Teaching and learning.
- Research.
- Estates and stewardship.
- Engagements and impact.
- Partnerships.
Applications should include areas for:
- Virtual exchange or collaboration, teaching or professional practice collaboration, sharing and co-development of the learning materials, tools, training and approaches to support contingency and the continuity of operations planning at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
- Virtual fellowships, comparative analyses, research management, as well as uptake capacity building.
- Also, integrating sustainable development into operations.
- Sharing SDGs learning content as well as materials.
- Developing SDG-focused research strategies.
- In addition, co-creating research for impact community engagement and partnership goals.
Eligibility & Application requirements
- Supply an outline of the project and the detailed time plan including what it will involve and how it will address the Higher Education and the SDGs Network themes. The project time plan is requested for a minimum of the 6 months and the maximum of 12 months.
- Submit a letter of support from the Executive Head or equivalent of your institution to demonstrate their support for the program of the work proposed and the ways they will support the program of work proposed and the ways they will provide support for your project. The letter of support also acts as reference for the project lead.
- You will also need to attach the project lead’s CV.
Application Assessment Criteria
- Project goals and feasibility.
- Impacts and outputs.
- Experience and skill of the project lead and institution support.
- Alignment with the themes of the Higher Education and the SDs Network.
- Collaboration.
Application procedure
- If you already have a MyACU account you can access the grant application from here .
- If you do not already have a MyACU account, please ensure that you first register for an account here and then follow the instructions in the registration email to log into the system before accessing the application form.
Application Registration Deadline: 3rd, May 2022
To apply: Click here
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