Royal Society Partnership Grants

Royal Society Partnership Grants is sponsored by Royal Society. This scheme funds UK schools and colleges to work with STEM professionals on investigative STEM projects for students aged 5-18. The grants can be used to purchase equipment and materials to support student-led STEM investigations.

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org/)/Grants at the Royal Society The Partnership Grants scheme funds schools and colleges up to £3,000 to work in partnership with STEM professionals from academia or industry to run an investigative STEM project.

Status: **Open**Deadline: **01 December 2026** Apply nowBook online intro session * 1st application deadline * 2nd application deadline * 3rd application deadline Do you have a great idea for bringing research alive in schools? The Partnership Grants scheme funds UK schools and colleges up to £3,000 to work in partnership with STEM professionals from academia or industry to run an investigative STEM project.

The scheme is open to all levels of education supporting students aged between 5 - 18. Schools and colleges that are outside of the UK (except the Channel Islands and Isle of Man) are not eligible to apply. Tomorrow's Climate Scientists is an extension to the Partnership Grants scheme and funds schools and colleges specifically researching into climate change and biodiversity.

The programme aims to give students not just a voice but an opportunity to take action themselves to address local climate and biodiversity issues. ### The 2026 round is now open. #### Why apply for this scheme?

The scheme (including Tomorrow's Climate Scientists): * Provides an opportunity for students to develop key skills, including practical STEM skills, as well as research, problem solving and data-handling skills, which will be invaluable for their future careers * Demonstrates the range of STEM careers available to students * Fosters long-term working relationships between schools and colleges, and STEM professionals * Fulfils the requirement of Benchmark 8 of theGatsby Practical Science Benchmarksand additionally supports the requirements of theGatsby Career Benchmarks #### Current grant round details The 2026 funding round is now open and has three possible submission deadlines at the end of April, early July and at the end of November.

A full timeline can be seen at the top of this page. Applications must be completed online through Flexi-Grant®. To help lead teachers and lead STEM partners with the application free online introduction sessions are being run throughout term time.

Sessions can be booked through the Royal Society's Event portal. * Check our full eligibility criteriaas well as additional guidance for those supporting students with SEND * Find out how to applyand look at exemplar forms * See our wonderful case studiesfrom the schools and colleges involved in the Grants * Stuck for a project idea?

Visit our project plans page * Find out how to connect with a STEM partner For further information about the scheme please click on the related content to the right and below, where you can find out more details regarding the application process, eligibility and to browse our case studies. If you have any questions, please contact the Schools Engagement team or call 0207 451 2531.

* How to apply for a Partnership Grant * Eligibility and judging criteria * STEM partner engagement * Partnership Grants involving students with SEND * Information for Partnership Grant holders: reporting and support #### Eligibility and judging criteria Eligibility checks are undertaken after Stage 1 in the application process has been submitted, so… #### How to apply for a Partnership Grant The application process opens in February each year and there are three possible submission… #### STEM partner engagement To be eligible for the Partnership Grant scheme, each project must involve two partners 1) a UK… The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

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