Funding Opportunities
Student Societies
Encouraging Student Societies: Seedcorn Funding from the Subject Centre
The English Subject Centre offers occasional, one-off, 'seedcorn' payments of between £100 and £500 to help departments encourage literary/cultural activities that do not directly support course modules. Some of these activities might involve collaboration with (and attract part-funding from) local arts organisations. For more about the thinking behind this funding opportunity and for reports on societies that have benefited from it, see our Student Societies page.
Projects the money might be used for include the following:
- the development of student groups and literary societies
- talks by visiting speakers
- reading parties
- creative writing activities
- theatre trips
- a website
- a magazine
- film screenings
- play-reading groups
What's the Catch?
It is a condition of the funding that, within one year after receiving the grant, a case study of c.2,000 words be produced, describing the project and giving an account of what has been learnt from it and what the benefits to students have been. The case study will be posted on the Subject Centre website and may be written by either a student or a member of staff (or both).
It is expected that, in all cases, students will be closely involved with the planning and organisation of the funded activities. A full-time permanent member of staff must, however, be named as contact for the Subject Centre and will be responsible for approving expenditure.
Applying for Funding
If you would like to apply for this funding, please send a proposal of about 250 words describing the activities you would like us to fund to Jonathan Gibson (jonathan.gibson@rhul.ac.uk) at the Subject Centre. The proposal should contain the following information:
- Contact details (name, email address, postal address, phone number).
- Summary of the activities for which you require funding and the reasons why you think they will benefit students.
- Details about the activities (type, number).
- The number and level of students you expect to be involved.
- How the money will be spent.
- How you propose to continue the activity beyond the funded period.
- Any other supporting information.
