BERA/Kusuma Trust: Neurodiversity in Mainstream Schools Grant Programme

Funding for research in the UK that is able to improve the school experience and academic attainment of neurodiverse young people.

The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is a member-led organisation devoted to supporting educational researchers and promoting high quality research in education. It works to enhance the field of study, the growth of public knowledge and critical understanding and the application of findings for the improvement of educational policy and practice.

Together with the Kusuma Trust, a philanthropic trust with a focus on health, wellbeing, communities and the environment, BERA has launched a new grants programme with a focus on neurodiversity in education.  The Neurodiversity in Mainstream Schools Grant Programme offers funding for projects that are able to improve the school experience and academic attainment of neurodiverse young people through classroom-, school-, college- or informal learning-based research. Research should include the trialling and testing of new approaches with the aim of contributing to key ongoing debates in the following thematic areas:

• Improvement of life skills (ages 2-18).
• Pathways to employment or improvement of employability skills (ages 12-18).
• Inclusive classroom practice (ages 4-18).

The aim of the programme is to generate knowledge that benefits the public good in line with BERA’s charitable objectives. Support is offered for higher education providers to achieve quality research and knowledge exchange on the above mentioned topics.