In July 2001 Science Year partners Association for Science Education (ASE) and The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA) awarded £100,000 of Science Year grants to schools to fund a range of varied and exciting projects. Examples of how the funding is being used will be included in this of future updates to this website. We hope they will be helpful and inspiring should you be planning your own event in school.

Stop press! Many thanks to Simon Pugh-Jones who sent in the following press release, issued by Writhlington School to celebrate their grant award.

"Writhlington Students Win Science Year Grant for link with Kew.

This year is Science Year and students at Writhlington have won a prestigious British Association/Association of Science Education Science Year Grant of £750 for work linked to the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew.

Students will be working on projects to raise native orchid species from seed using micorrhizal fungi isolated at Kew, and learning techniques from the scientists at Kew, who are world leaders in the field of lab based conservation.

Kew have also donated laboratory equipment to the School for the project."

Year 9 students Jonathon Sage, Scott Deverill, Tom Savine and Robert Evans carrying out experimental work for the project.

The Lady Adrian School have used their grant to develop a pond area for environmental work. This photograph shows students hard at work in their new resource!

Unfortunately the ASE/BA grant scheme is now closed. However, information on how to obtain funding for school projects and events is provided in the BA Science Week information pack, which is available from the BA. A separate leaflet on fund-raising is also available. To receive the leaflet and/or pack contact the BA at: nationalscienceweek@the-ba.net

If your school received a Science Year grant, and you would like to be included in this section of a future resource, please contact jenifer.burden@scienceyear.com