Tap into the power of 'if'
The Ideas Fund is a grants programme run by the British Science Association and funded by Wellcome, which supports more equitable community-researcher collaboration with a focus on mental wellbeing
Sharing the value of community-led research partnerships
Since we funded our first mental wellbeing projects in 2021, we’ve learned a lot about the impact that community-led collaboration with researchers can have. We’re now working closely with some of these projects to really build the evidence around the types of impact these partnerships are having.
Read more about our Evidence Building Grants
Our story so far
We’ve tested ways of funding projects flexibly, using a place based approach that prioritised supporting ideas with potential from groups embedded in their communities. We’re now focused on working alongside our group of funded projects to understand how our approach, and their community-researcher partnerships, create change at individual, organisation and systems levels.
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New opportunity: Community-Led Research Collaboration
We are delighted to announce that £80,000 in funding is being made available through The Ideas Fund, to improve and strengthen the support available to individuals and organisations who are delivering community-led research.
Insights: The role of the broker
We've published a new insights report on the role of the broker in community-researcher partnerships
Learning together – notes from our Evidence Building grantholder meet up
We recently announced our Evidence Building Grants. These are our reflections from getting the group together online to talk about learning.