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Welcome to the Foundation's grant portal

Connecting safety, science and society

We support work which helps us deliver our charitable mission and objectives, through addressing relevant challenges and making a distinctive difference. Find out how some of our larger grants are making an impact on society.

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Applying for funding - and our LinkedIn ideas space

At Lloyd’s Register Foundation our approach to grant making is that we direct most of our funding. This means that we search for and select the most appropriate partner and route to impact, in consultation with our community and based on evidence and insight of what the challenges are, where our focus should be, and what are the most effective solutions.
 
We know that we must also retain the flexibility to fund unexpected and new ideas that help to fulfil our mission. If you have an idea you would like to put to us, we invite you to join our LinkedIn ideas group. If, after discussion, we think it is an area we’d like to explore further, we may invite you to apply. Join the group now to get involved in the conversation.
 
We continue to invite applications through specific open, competitive calls and our small grants scheme, below.

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Turning the World Risk Poll into Action: ongoing funding call

Following the announcement of the first cohort of projects to be awarded grants from the "Turning the 2021 World Risk Poll into Action " funding call, Lloyd's Register Foundation is making further funding available on an ongoing basis for organisations who can use World Risk Poll data for research and practical interventions to improve safety.

The call is currently open to Expressions of Interest but we have not yet confirmed a date for considering applications. We are reviewing the WRP 2023 funding call and, based on our learnings from previous rounds, we will make some adjustments to enhance accessibility for a diverse range of organisations and improve mission alignment as part of our ongoing strategy review. However, the core aim of the call, 'Turning the World Risk Poll into Action,' will remain unchanged. We hope to finalise these updates by late summer.

If your Expression of Interest is approved, you will be invited to submit a full proposal once the updated funding call is finalised and active. For clarity, EOIs will not be approved until the funding call is announced.  

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Small grants scheme for Engineering skills and Heritage and Education - NOW OPEN!

Overview

Lloyd's Register Foundation Small Grants scheme - for grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations.

This form is for completing your application for a grant up to the value above. 

The ethos of the Lloyd's Register Foundation small grants scheme is "a little can go a long way".  

Through this scheme the foundation is making funds available to: 

  1. Initiate, build, or consolidate partnerships with organisations in the relevant sectors.

  2. Test out ideas through pilot studies, proof of concept projects or activities targeting the heritage, maritime and public sectors.

 We will consider applications related to the  charitable mission of Lloyd’s Register Foundation.  

  • Projects or activities should demonstrate the potential to lead to future collaborations, clear knowledge exchange, or create/accelerate impact.
  • We are additionally interested in receiving applications related to our Heritage and Education Centre.
  • Please note grants are not normally awarded consecutively and can be no more than 12 months long.

We will not consider applications for:

  • Work which is not within the Foundation's mission
  • For individuals, where activities only directly benefit the applicant
  • Conservation of historic vessels  
  • Projects focused solely on naval history 
  • Capital works
  • School, college or university fees
  • Retrospective funding
  • Lobbying and campaigning
  • Business / first-class travel
  • Core equipment, however specialist equipment would be considered on a case by case basis.
  • Funding for a component of an already-funded project (such as journal publication costs, additional travel, sub-projects)

 

Applications close at midnight on Monday 25th November 2024 

 

Upcoming Small Grant rounds 

Monday 24th February 2025 - Monday 19th May 2025

Monday 1st September 2025 - Monday 24th November 2025

 

Please apply via the Lloyds Register Foundation flexigrant portal.

Subscribe to the Foundation's newsletter and follow us on Linkedin and Twitter to keep up to date with our small grants funding rounds.

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