Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Culture (EDIC) Grant

Applications are now closed. Details for future grants will be available in 2026. When the EDIC grant is open, you can submit your application via myRSB.

• This grant was open to RSB, UKEV, and ARCS members, and non-members (biosciences-focused).
• Applicants should be over 18.
• Eligible applicants could apply as individuals or on behalf of an initiative, community group, professional network, company, or not-for-profit organisation.
• Grants are not available for activities, events, initiatives, or opportunities that have already occurred.

This grant scheme will use RSB, UKEV, and ARCS's charitable funds. Therefore, we will only consider non-profit applications.

• For-profit businesses are not eligible.
• The grant must not be used to pay a salary. This includes the cost of conference travel or research equipment.
• Biology research projects that do not demonstrate an expected measurable benefit to EDIC will not be awarded. 

Recipients must submit a report describing the activities, events, initiatives, or opportunities supported by the grant. Final grant reports should be submitted one month after completion of the project. The RSB, UKEV, and ARCS jointly own the copyright to this report and the right to edit and publish any of the report's content through any of their communication channels or magazines.