ACU 2021 Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grants

We believe that international collaboration is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. The ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grants fund collaborative work for professional and academic staff at member universities.

The grants focus on the ACU Higher Education and the SDGs priority themes, which are:

• Teaching and learning
• Research
• Estates and stewardship
• Engagement and impact
• Partnerships

The grants can be used for a diverse range of projects, workshops, and events in areas such as:

• Integrating sustainable development into operations
• Sharing SDG learning content and materials
• Developing SDG-focused research strategies
• Co-creating research for impact, community engagement, and partnerships for the goals.

The grants can be used to cover the cost of delivering various activities, including:

• Virtual exchange or collaboration, teaching/professional practice collaboration, sharing and co-development of learning materials, tools, training and approaches to support contingency and continuity of operations planning at higher education institutions (HEI’s), etc.
• Virtual fellowships or collaboration, comparative analyses, research management and uptake capacity building.

• Table of Content
• About The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
• Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grants
• Aim and Benefits of Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grants
• Requirements for Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grants Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grants

Application Deadline	26 May 2021
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grants

GBP 2,500

Requirements for Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grants Qualification

Staff at ACU member universities 

Application Deadline

May 26, 2021

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) on crm.acu.ac.uk to apply

You will need to provide an outline of the project and an action plan, including details of what it involves and how it will address the Higher Education and the SDGs Network’s themes. The project action plan is requested for a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 12 months.

You will also be asked to submit a letter of support from the Executive Head or equivalent of your institution to verify their support of your proposed project.

For more details, visit ACU website.