Higher Education and the SDGs Network Grants Announced

Are you looking for grants? If so, they are always available for you. You may find the best ones provided that you search carefully. The presently available grant is offered by the ACU which might attract you to apply for the same. As far as the ACU is concerned, its full form is The Association of Commonwealth Universities. It is the world’s first and oldest international university network. It was established in 1913 so that a forum could be provided to share knowledge, information, and ideas. If you are interested in this grant opportunity, you should learn the details regarding Higher Education and the SDGs Network Grants ahead in this post.

Information About Higher Education and the SDGs Network Grants

The ACU is a global network of universities with a shared commitment to developing (building) a better world via international collaboration in higher education. The ACU has been bringing universities together from across the Commonwealth for over one hundred years.

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As far as the Higher Education and the SDGs Network Grants are concerned, they fund collaborative work around SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals.

This mammoth opportunity is open to professional and academic staff at ACU member universities. The available grants focus on the priority themes of the ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Network such as:

Estates and Stewardship
Engagement and Impact
Research
Teaching and learning
Partnerships

These grants have been used for funding a diverse range of activities, workshops, projects, and events from sourcing energy-saving and clean energy options for Fijian schools to supporting women’s economic empowerment by paying attention to (addressing) the gender-based disparities and financial literacy in access to finance.

Financial Coverage

The available funding (financial coverage) for this grant opportunity is GBP 2500 for successful candidates.

Deadline for Application Submission for Higher Education and the SDGs Network Grants

The application period has started from 8^th April 2024 and will continue accepting applications till 2^nd June 2024. If interested, you may apply till the deadline.

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Eligibility and How to Apply for Higher Education and the SDGs Network Grants

Those who show interest in applying for these grants need to meet the eligibility criteria. The complete criteria and the application procedure are mentioned ahead. Interested candidates are required to carefully go through the details before deciding to apply.

Applicants must:

Be a staff member at an ACU (The Association of Commonwealth Universities) member university.
Review the Frequently Asked Questions/Application Guidance.
Submit their applications through the online application form. If the applicants already have a MyACU account, they can then access the grant application form. If they do not already have a MyACU account, they make sure that they first register themselves for their accounts and then carefully follow the instructions mentioned in the registration email to log in to the system prior to (before) accessing the application form.

Applicants cannot:

Be from an institution (university) that has earlier received an ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Network Grant.

Applicants are highly encouraged to:

Make collaborations with other ACU member universities or other organizations like local governments for the promotion of further commonwealth partnerships. This will be looked on favorably.
Consider matching or extra (additional) funding from their own institution/university as part of their application. This would be looked on favorably but is not necessary.

Applicants might include ideas for:

Collaboration, virtual exchange, professional or teaching practice collaboration.
Sharing and co-development of tools, learning materials, training, and approaches to provide support to contingency and continuity of operations planning at HEIs (higher education institutions).
Comparative analysis, virtual fellowships, uptake capacity building, and research management.
Sharing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) learning and materials.
Integrating sustainable development into operations
Developing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focused research strategies.
Co-creating research for community engagement, impact, and partnerships for the goals.

If you think this opportunity fits well with your goals and you appear to be eligible, you may visit the official call and learn all relevant details including the application procedure, and apply accordingly.

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