RSE - 'Healthy Planet, Healthy People': Catalyst Awards
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‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’: Catalyst Awards are designed to support community-led research. Funding will be provided to support new and existing research projects that promote the health of individuals through fostering healthy environments and communities, and enabling access to healthy foods.
‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’: Catalyst Awards can be held in any discipline; however, they must speak to one of three topics:
- Climate
- Nature
- Food
The main themes for the Awards are:
- People: awarded projects may identify neglected voices on particular topics and conduct research on this topic guided by these voices, taking a people-centred approach.
- Problem: awarded projects may address and identify issues through data collection and analysis.
- Practice: awarded projects may propose novel practical solutions to an established problem.
Community is defined as a group of people who share an identity-forming narrative. Research is defined here as the creation of new knowledge, or the use of existing knowledge, to help build practical solutions to targeted challenges.
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Geographical areas funded: Scotland
Fund type
- Type of funding:
- Grant, Prize/award
- Type of cost:
- Revenue
Fund award sizes
- Maximum:
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- Annually awarded:
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- Notes on award amounts:
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Who can apply
The awards are open to applications from groups or individuals who can demonstrate that they could lead and deliver on the proposed research project. Academics can apply for these awards provided the research is community-led.
Only incorporated community groups or organisations are eligible to apply.
For full guidance on who can apply, please visit the fund website.
When to apply
Applications open until 12pm on 1st December 2026.
Next deadline: 1 Dec 2026
How to apply
Apply online via the Royal Society of Edinburgh's website.
Activites funded: Environment Research Climate action
Beneficiaries funded: General public Local communities
Last reviewed 13 days ago
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Charity registered in Scotland SC000470
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22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ
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