handsGrants Offered

eaga Charitable Trust currently funds work within the following grant programme:

Understanding and combating fuel poverty

For further details of this programme, click on the programme theme heading above.

Local projects

The Trust gives priority to funding proposals that have the potential to inform or influence national perceptions and policies and have a wide geographic focus. A project that operates at a local level will only be considered for a grant if it: clearly demonstrates innovation; identifies the policy relevance of the project; has wide applicability; and has well developed evaluation and dissemination plans.

Exclusions

eaga Charitable Trust does not normally give grants for:

  • - The personal support of individuals in need;
  • - General fund-raising appeals;
  • - Capital works, including all types of physical energy efficiency measures;
  • - Retrospective funding for a project or event;
  • - Energy advice provision materials;
  • - The maintenance of websites;
  • - Local energy efficiency/warm homes initiatives.  These include service delivery projects, including those providing energy efficiency advice and financial support for home insulation and energy efficiency work. 

Range and type of grant

There is no minimum or maximum grant and each application is judged on its merits. However, eaga-CT is working with a constrained grant budget and strongly encourages the co-funding of projects where possible. There is no minimum or maximum length of grant, although typically projects span between one and three years.

Organisations which can apply for a grant

All types of organisation and individual research consultants can apply for a grant from eaga Charitable Trust.

Geographic area

eaga Charitable Trust accepts grant applications for work based in the UK and other European Union countries only.   

MSc/MA Bursary awards 

eaga Charitable Trust makes a small number of Masters bursary awards each year. The next deadline for the receipt of bursary applications is 1 February 2012 and decisions on awards will be made by late February 2012.  For further information on the application process, follow this link: Masters bursary awards.