LAHP Public Engagement Competition 2026-27

All funded students are eligible to enter LAHP’s Public Engagement Competition. Submissions should be for a PE project directly related to their primary research or in collaboration with other students around a mutual interest resonant with their research. The submission can take one of the following forms:

(1) Documentation or a sample of an individual piece of public engagement in relation to LAHP-funded research;

(2) Documentation or a sample of a group/ collaborative project undertaken in response to the training sessions;

(Samples for the above two submission formats could include a short film or a sample podcast for example)

(3) A detailed proposal of 3-5 pages for a planned public engagement project related to LAHP-funded research.

All submissions must also be accompanied by a one-page project summary that explains how the PE activity relates to and/or extends your research; which particular audience you wanted to reach and why; and what impacts you anticipate it having.

Submissions will be assessed on the following criteria:

– Clarity of the project, including aims and outcomes

– Link to current LAHP research

– Specificity of target audience, and how the project hopes to reach these groups

– Appropriateness of engagement method for aims and public

– Quality of evaluation plans.

The full briefing and deadline for applications will be announced here soon.

Competition submissions should be sent to lahp@ucl.ac.uk