Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grants

Applications for the 2022/23 academic year are now closed.

Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grants fund collaborative work around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Open to professional and academic staff at ACU member universities, the grants focus on the following ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Network priority themes:

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

From sourcing energy-saving and clean energy options for Fijian schools, to supporting women's economic empowerment by addressing the financial literacy and gender-based disparities in access to finance - the grants have been used to fund a diverse range of activities, projects, workshops, and events.

Applications could include ideas for:

• Virtual exchange or collaboration, teaching or 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 (HEIs)
• Virtual fellowships, comparative analyses, research management and uptake capacity-building
• 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

More information

For any queries not covered here, please email SDGs@acu.ac.uk

About the ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Network

The Higher Education and the SDGs Network is a forum for all university staff and students at ACU member universities who are directly engaging in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. The Network aims to facilitate peer learning through sharing knowledge and good practice, discovering potential avenues for collaboration and partnerships, and sharing different approaches to how universities are engaging with the SDGs

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