Before starting your application please read the guidance notes
Eligibility Criteria and Costs
1. The Frontiers Champion must have attended a Royal Academy of Engineering Frontiers Symposium (including Frontiers of Engineering for Development and Frontiers of Development events) since November 2016.
2. For this round of Frontiers Champions, the benefits of the projects will accrue in:
Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia, Kenya, South Africa
Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste and Yemen, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Caribbean and Latin America: Haiti, Brazil
Pacific: Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu
Middle East: Turkey, Egypt, Jordan
3. They should be affiliated with an organisation, institution or University that can help administer the funding (this funding will not usually be paid to an individual). Please note that, on award offer, applicants may be required to undergo due diligence checks before the award is confirmed.
4. The proposed activities must be designed to convene a community of researchers, innovators and practitioners who are working to tackle one or more Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), and aligned with ODA requirements. Events should be demonstrably interdisciplinary and inclusive in nature.
5. Events must not be closed and exclusive to a specific, invite-only group – they should be open to as many previous Frontiers event participants as possible, appropriate, or practical.
6. Individuals are limited to one application.
7. There is no requirement for applications to focus on engineering, or for the Frontiers Champions to be engineers. However, applicants should consider how they will innovatively use technology to engage people in their activities.
8. Efforts towards gender equity and equal representation will be looked upon favourably, including the appointment of collaborators in the team. Projects must not harm gender equality, and where possible promote it (even when impacting gender equality is not the primary research or innovation objective). This will be considered in the application review.
Please note – this is still a new programme, so we may not have considered every set of circumstances. Please contact us ([email protected]) if you would like to discuss.
Eligible Costs Include:
Up to 100% of travel and events costs including:
- Travel for attendees, speakers, or event staff
- Venue hire and catering
- Staff costs directly related to event logistics or translation services.
Up to 100% of marketing/website costs including:
- Social media, advertising and marketing
- Webinar or website hosting, online services for virtual events
- Any design related costs
The following costs are NOT eligible:
- Indirect costs, including overheads.
- Purchasing of equipment or research costs.
Commitment required
Frontiers Champions will commit to:
- Arrange at least one event, online or in person.
- Participate in quarterly calls with the Academy to update on project and connect with your fellow Champions
- Engage with other Frontiers Champions through a cohort Telegram group
- Stay in regular contract with the Academy, strive to be a role model to others, and engage with peers around the world
Benefits and support from the Academy
The Academy will provide support to the Frontiers Champions, including:
- Help to build your profile, including development of a Frontiers Champions profile and promotion via social media. We will actively put you forward for other opportunities offered by the Academy and our partners.
- You will have the opportunity to input into the Frontiers newsletters to promote your activities, ask for input, and access the 1000+ strong Frontiers’ network of innovators, researchers, and practitioners in more than 60 countries around the world
- We will connect you directly with specific members of the Frontiers community, wider Academy international networks and Academy Fellowship, on request
- When Frontiers Champions have exciting news to share, related to their community building activities, the Academy can share it through social media channels, helping to build their profile.
- We hope that being a Frontiers Champion will be seen as prestigious and an indicator of excellence. If there are other ways we can support our network of Champions, we will remain open to suggestions!
Data Retention Policy
Before completing the application form, applicants are asked to complete a Diversity Monitoring Form to help the Academy monitor and assess its equality, diversity and inclusion policy. The information will be treated as strictly confidential, non-attributable and only reported when collated. It is gathered, stored, and used in compliance with the Academy’s Privacy Notice in line with the General Data Protection Regulations 2018. The information will only be used for statistical purposes with access restricted to staff involved in processing and monitoring the data. It will not be seen by anyone involved in any selection processes. No information will be published or used in any way that identifies individuals. The Academy will retain personal information as per our Data Retention Policy.