Education Endowment Foundation Autumn 2024 Grant-Funding Round Secondary Mathematics in Key Stages 3-4 Efficacy and Effectiveness Application form

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Education Endowment Foundation Autumn 2024 Grant-Funding Round

Secondary Mathematics in Key Stages 3-4

Efficacy and Effectiveness Application form

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Notes for applying for EEF Funding:
Please refer to the theme guidance notes, which explain each question in the application form. They can be found <u><a href="https://d2tic4wvo1iusb.cloudfront.net/production/documents/application-guidance/secondary_mathematics_guidance_notes.pdf?v=1345321" target="_blank">here</a></u><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">.</span>

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Section 1 - Eligibility Screening

1.1 Where will your proposed programme take place?

1.2 Is your application from a legally constituted organisation?

1.3 Would this grant be used to pay for costs that have already been incurred?

1.4. What types of costs or activities would the grant be used for? (To select multiple items in a list, hold down the Ctrl (PC) or Command (Mac) key. Then click on your desired items to select.)

1.5. Please confirm that your application is for one of the following key research agenda themes:

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Unfortunately, your application cannot be progressed, due to one or more of our eligibility criteria not being met.

Here is a copy of our eligibility rules / criteria:

1. Where will your proposed programme take place?

Please note that the EEF can only fund programmes that will work for the benefit of pupils and settings in England.

2. Is your application from a legally constituted organisation?

We accept applications from legally constituted organisations, and not from individuals. The organisation does not have to be based in England, although if you are not based in England, we would expect you to demonstrate reasonable partnerships and knowledge to support you to work with English schools/settings. 

3. Would this grant be used to pay for costs that have already been incurred?

Our grant funding is restricted to cover activities supporting your proposed programme and cannot be used to cover costs that have already been incurred. The grant typically starts after the programme has been given final approval by the EEF Grants Committee (any travel expenses incurred before this can be expensed).

4. What types of costs or activities would the grant be used for?

We are not a source of funding for ongoing delivery of existing programmes. If successful, you will be required to work with new settings that you have not previously worked with, and to collaborate with an independent evaluation team who will work with you to design a robust evaluation. Funding should support the direct costs of delivering the programme for the evaluation. Applicants should apply with a programme that has already been developed, we are not able to fund significant development work of a programme.

We cover: programme delivery, staff costs, resources to deliver the programme, travel and venue hire, and administration and printing costs.

We don’t cover: property or capital items: pupil fees, scholarships or bursaries, loan or debt repayment, and university overheads (as these can be reclaimed).

In some cases, we would cover the following, but this is not guaranteed and would be determined with shortlisted applicants during the funding process: programme development work, website development, producing publications, and seminar attendance.

5. Please confirm that your application is for one of the following key research agenda themes:

We are only able to fund projects that relate to our specific key research agenda themes, anything outside of these themes is not eligible at this time. Please also check you are using the correct application form.

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Applying Organisation

Organisation Details

2.1 Name of Organisation

2.2 Organisation Type

2.2a Other Organisation Type

2.3 Number of employees

2.4 Applicant Title

2.5a If Other, please specify

2.5 Applicant Contact First Name

2.6 Applicant Contact Last Name

2.7 Applicant Contact Email

Note : We will email a copy of this response to this email address

2.8 Applicant Contact Phone

2.9 Applicant Job Title

2.10 Please describe briefly the experience and expertise of the proposed delivery team (max 100 words)

2.11 Please give the name and a brief description of any partner organisations that will contribute to this programme (max 100 words)

2.12 Briefly outline your experience of working with pupils from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds (max 100 words)

IMPORTANT MESSAGE:

GIVEN YOUR CURRENT ANSWERS TO THE FIRST 4 QUESTIONS OF THIS APPLICATION YOU DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FUNDING, IF YOU SUBMIT THIS FORM IT WILL BE IGNORED.

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Programme Details

3.1 Please select the priority area the proposed programme is related to - further information on each priority area is included in the guidance notes:

3.2 Which sub-theme(s) does your programme fit within (see application guidance)? To select multiple items in a list, hold down the Ctrl (PC) or Command (Mac) key. Then click on your desired items to select.

3.3 How does your programme link to the priority area and sub-theme(s) If it links to any further priority area and sub-themes, please mention it here. (150 words)

3.4 Programme title (max 15 words)

3.5 Which key stage(s) are you targeting? To select multiple items in a list, hold down the Ctrl (PC) or Command (Mac) key. Then click on your desired items to select.

3.6 Is your programme: whole setting / whole class / targeted programme? 

Please give an indication of whether the programme is aimed at whole setting change (e.g. training all teaching staff); whole class (e.g. training practitioners to improve their classroom practice); or a targeted programme (e.g. additional small group support for struggling pupils).  

3.7 Who will deliver the programme? Please select who will be directly responsible for improving outcomes for pupils. For example, if a practitioner receives coaching to improve their practice, please select “practitioner”, not “external trainer”. 

3.7a If 'Other' please let us know who?

3.8 Please provide a brief, two sentence summary of your programme (max. 50 words)

3.9 Please describe your programme, including the specific activities that settings, practitioners, and pupils will be expected to do, and the support and/or training that you will provide to ensure effective implementation (max. 600 words)

3.10 Please describe how your proposed programme is likely to be different from ‘business as usual’ in schools/settings (max 100 words)

3.11 Please describe how the planned programme activities will lead to the intended outcomes and ultimate impact, and what evidence supports these assumptions? If you have a theory of change, please describe it here (max. 500 words)   

3.12 Has the proposed programme been previously evaluated? Please describe the strongest evidence for your programme’s impact on attainment (max. 200 words)  

3.13 Please outline any other research which provides evidence that the proposed programme is likely to have an impact on attainment, or an outcome closely linked to attainment. This could include evidence from evaluations of similar approaches, pilots of the programme, or evidence of progress on attainment outcomes for the programme, but with no comparison group. (max. 400 words).

3.14 Please describe how your proposed idea contributes to the evidence base, and/or will address sector interests (max 200 words)

3.15 Please describe how this programme aligns with the EEF’s mission to break the link between family income and educational achievement. If your programme aims to improve outcomes of high-attaining pupils from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, please briefly describe how you define ‘high-attaining pupils from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds’ and how the programme improves their outcomes (max. 300 words)

3.16 References to quoted research (max 500 words)

3.17 If the programme has been implemented previously in England, please describe its reach so far, the context of settings engaged, and whether settings contributed financially (max. 200 words)

3.18 How many settings has the programme been delivered to in the last year?

3.19 If the proposed programme were to be funded by the EEF and a positive impact were found, what do you think are possible ways that the proposed programme could be taken to scale?(max. 100 words)

IMPORTANT MESSAGE:

GIVEN YOUR CURRENT ANSWERS TO THE FIRST 4 QUESTIONS OF THIS APPLICATION YOU DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FUNDING, IF YOU SUBMIT THIS FORM IT WILL BE IGNORED.

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Finances

4.1 What is the cost (per setting and per pupil) of your programme? (max 50 words)

4.2 Approximately how many settings would you be able to work with for an EEF trial? (max. 50 words)

4.3 What is your total budget? (max. 150 words)

4.4 What funding are you intending to secure from other sources? (max 100 words)

Additional Documentation (Optional)

If you have any further relevant information you would like to attach to your application, please upload it here e.g. theory of change, unpublished research etc,

Where did you hear about the funding round?

Please let us know where you heard about the funding round

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE:

GIVEN YOUR CURRENT ANSWERS TO THE FIRST 4 QUESTIONS OF THIS APPLICATION YOU DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FUNDING, IF YOU SUBMIT THIS FORM IT WILL BE IGNORED.

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