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Photo: www.johnbirdsall.co.uk Nuffield has supported innovative research and development in education for over 50 years. Current supported work builds on this tradition, prioritising areas in which influence on policy and practice can be brought to bear.
There are four areas of priority at the moment:
We support a range of different kinds of activities in these areas: research, intervention studies, development projects, reviews, seminars, capacity building and practical work.
Recognising the presence of other, larger, funders in the field, we husband our resources carefully and target projects which can clearly have a beneficial impact on the development of learning and educational provision. We are supported by the Nuffield Foundation Education Advisory Committee, chaired by Professor Sir David Watson. The Committee advises on all aspects of the Foundation's education and curriculum work. Please click here to view the current membership.
Our focus is primarily on education 4-19 across the four countries of the UK. However, we are increasingly interested in the transitions into schooling and out of development of cross-national perspectives on education and educational research.
As part of our attempt to consolidate and target support we do NOT accept unsolicited grant applications for work on any aspect of education. The Foundation has a genuine interest in innovative work which is interdisciplinary in character. From time to time we may launch new areas and call for proposals - these will be posted on the front page of the website. We also want to keep the door open to high quality proposals for work at the boundary between education and other areas of interest to the Foundation; if you have a proposal which meets these criteria, please see the Open Door grants for details of how to take your ideas further.
As a long term funder of education research and development, Nuffield takes seriously its responsibility to make a contribution to national measures to build capacity.
Last Updated Wed, 3 September 2008