Application forms and guidance notes for Global Curriculum Project grants (Year 1) are now available to download via the links on the left of this screen. Applications close on 1 March 2010.
Global Curriculum Project grants enable well established partnerships to further develop joint curricular activities with a global dimension theme.
The funding helps cover travel costs of at least two teachers from each school to visit the partner school as well as project costs such as materials, training and supply cover. Equal numbers of staff must travel from each partner school.
The grant must be split between the partner schools to enable one visit to each school during each funding period. The visits are for teachers to develop joint activities which will help embed a global dimension in the mainstream curriculum of all schools in the partnership.
NB: If any school in the partnership is receiving another grant from British Council (e.g. through Connecting Classrooms, Africa Dreams and Teams or UKIERI programmes), please contact the team with regard to specific eligibility.
The grant is renewable annually for up to three years.
Global Curriculum Project grants are for well established partnerships that are using their partnership to embed a global dimension in the curriculum. Successful applications are usually from schools that have been working together for at least two years.
Please check our list of eligible countries.
Partnerships between pre-schools, primary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, special schools and sixth form colleges can all apply.
International schools in Southern countries are not eligible.
Schools can apply on a school-to-school basis or as part of a larger cluster of schools. Cluster-to-cluster partnerships should have equal numbers of schools in each country. There is no limit on the size of a cluster, but there is a limit to the amount of money a cluster partnership can apply for (see question below).
School-to-school partnerships can apply for up to £6,200
If two schools in each country are working together (four schools in total) the maximum you can apply for is £12,400.
If three schools in each country working together (six schools in total) the maximum you can apply for is £18,600.
If more than six schools are working together the maximum you can apply for is still £18,600.
In years 2 and 3 of the grant up to £3,400 may be available for students of secondary-age to participate in visits.
Please read our guidance notes including the assessment criteria carefully. Partner schools should work together to complete the application form. It can take some time to complete the application form and to gather all the relevant documents, so please make sure you allow plenty of time.
Completed application forms should be emailed to dgspgrants@britishcouncil.org in the first instance. A hard copy including the original signatures of the head teachers of all partner schools should be submitted by the UK school to our team in Manchester.
Before planning your visit we strongly advise all teachers to visit the UK government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Travel Advice website for up to date travel information and to read the Travel Safe guide published jointly by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Lonely Planet.
Our regional coordinators are available to provide support and advice for your application. Contact details are available here. You can also submit a draft application for feedback to dgspgrants@britishcouncil.org. The deadline for draft applications is 15 January.
Once you’ve sent your application to the team in Manchester, if it is complete then you will receive an acknowledgement letter from the team. We will always send letters and emails to the UK co-ordinating school so if you are working in a cluster, make sure you know who this is.
If your application is missing any essential information, a member of the team will contact the UK main contact to request the missing information.
Your application will then be put forward to be assessed by an independent panel made up of representatives from DFID, development education experts and other education professionals.
Once all the applications have been assessed we will write out to schools with the result. We write to all partnerships, regardless of the outcome of your application, and will send the letter to the UK co-ordinating school. This letter contains a lot of important information, including tailored feedback on your application, so make sure you read it carefully and that all schools are kept informed.
Once we have received the signed contract we can process the payment. All payments will be paid into the bank account of the UK co-ordinating school. It is their responsibility to ensure that the money is distributed according to the grant guidelines and to keep financial records. It can take up to three months after the application deadline for the money to reach by the UK co-ordinating school’s bank account so please keep this in mind when planning visits.
Grants are paid in two instalments; 80% on signing of the contract and 20% on submission of a suitable final report form the following year.
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