Funding

Are you looking for financial support for your public engagement activity? Below are some possibilities.

Public Engagement Seed Fund

Applications for the Public Engagement Seed Fund could be submitted until 2025. The Public Engagement Seed Fund was intended for projects that bring researchers and the general public together and facilitate interaction around questions, methods, results and outcomes of scientific research. 

From 2026 onwards, we will be discussing with the faculties and Strategic Themes how public engagement can be embedded even more effectively. We will update this page as soon as more information becomes available.

Questions about the Public Engagement Seed Fund? Do contact us: publicengagement@uu.nl

Other funding opportunities

  • Contact your faculty Research Support Office for advice.
  • Contact the Utrecht University Fund for advice on fundraising and available subsidies or funds for your project.
  • Contact the Open Science Fund for advice on projects involving longer-term stakeholder engagement.
  • On the intranet is information on Cultural Funding [in Dutch]

Inspiration

Some examples of projects financed by one of the above funds:

  • Capturing musical heritage for future generations

    In the Moluccan Protestant community in the Netherlands, it has been customary for five generations to sing religious songs together. Yet little is known about this custom brought from the Moluccas. Religion scholar Jip Lensink, with support from the Public Engagement Seed Fund, organized a singing event to capture this musical heritage for future generations.

  • Students and children as climate-conscious pioneers

    Although the inhabitants of Narsaq (Greenland) directly witness the consequences of climate change, they do not always know how they can contribute to solutions. With the support of the Public Engagement Seed Fund, Glaciologist Faezeh Nick and her colleagues decided to plant a ‘tiny forest’ together with a local primary school to raise climate awareness and residents’ active involvement in their environment. What can we learn from this project?