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CREST offers educators an easy-to-run framework for curriculum enhancement and is student-led, encouraging young people to take ownership of their own projects. CREST can be run in schools, clubs, youth groups, other organisations or at home.

Engage: Grant The Engage Grant is £350 grant money for your school to run CREST Awards, which you can spend on materials, equipment, a field trip, teacher CPD and more. Plus, awardees will also receive up to £350 CREST Awards for free.

Engage: Simply CREST BSA want more young people – particularly those most likely to be underrepresented in STEM - to have their project work celebrated through getting a CREST Award. BSA don’t want even the relatively low cost of CREST submission fees to be a barrier, so they are offering Engage Simply CREST - a simple way to access free CREST Awards. There is no cash grant; successful applicants that do CREST projects in their school will be get up to £350 CREST Awards for free. That’s enough to recognise and reward a whole year group in many secondary schools, or even a whole primary school. If you’re successful you will receive a voucher code to cover the CREST Award fees (up to £350) due when you submit your students’ CREST Awards.

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Geographical areas funded: UK

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Type of funding:

Grant, Prize/award

Type of cost:

Revenue

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Who can apply

Schools in the UK which are state-funded (Independent Special Schools that receive local authority funding for pupil places are also eligible), not academically selective, supporting young people aged 3-19yrs. Must meet at least one of the following additional eligibility criteria:

• A minimum of 30% of pupils are eligible for Pupil Premium, Free School Meals, or equivalent
• A minimum of 30% of pupils are from ethnic minority backgrounds
• The school is based in a remote and rural location

When to apply

Apply now. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Tuesday 4 February 2025.

Grants are available twice each academic year (once in the Autumn Term and once in the Spring term).

Next deadline: 4 Feb 2025

How to apply

Apply online via the CREST Awards website.

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Activites funded: Education and training Science and technology

Beneficiaries funded: Children Women and girls Young people

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