Innovation Awards Application

Full Application Form: Theirworld Education Innovation Awards 2025

Welcome! You received the link to this form because you completed and passed the Eligibility Check form. If you have not completed the Eligibility Check form please do so at this link. Only organisations and innovations that have passed the eligibility check will be considered.

About the Awards

Please visit our webpage to find out more about the Education Innovation Awards.

About this form

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  • All financial amounts must be in UK pounds (GBP).
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 Further information or support needed? Please email [email protected].

 Thank you for your interest, and good luck with your application!

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Section 1 About You





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We prioritise applications from Community Led Organisations. Which of the following criteria, if any, does your organisation meet? 






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Section 2: Privacy, Communications, Consent & Licensing Declarations
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Section 3: Your Organisation’s Aims and Objectives 
Please note: if your organisation and your innovation are one-and-the-same, there may be overlap between this section and the next. You are welcome to use the same answers twice, if necessary.






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Section 4: About your innovation




We would like to understand what countries your innovation works in currently, and where you plan to scale up to. Please list the top five countries where you currently work, and/or want to work in the future. If your plans encompass more than five countries, please use the box below to share more information.












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Section 5: Innovation Scaling Questions






Please outline up to five main activities that you will spend your grant on. Please review the eligibility criteria document for guidance on what the grant can be spent on. 

Please also give a brief budget breakdown (in GBP) showing what scale-up related activities you would use the award funds for. This should match the key activities you have written in the innovation scaling questions section of this form. You can enter up to six budget items. The sixth can be used for other costs or overheads that are not covered within the five activities you plan to undertake.

 
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Risks: Please outline up to five key risks that you envision in this programme, and a short summary of how you approach these risks.* (Max. 1,000 Characters total / 200 per risk.)







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Section 6: Your Funding Request
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·     Please give a brief budget breakdown (in GBP) showing what scale-up related activities you would use the award funds for. This should match the key activities you have written in the innovation scaling questions section of this form. You can enter up to six budget items. The sixth can be used for other costs or overheads that are not covered within the five activities you plan to undertake.


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Section 7: Financial Details
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Section 8: Payment details



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Section 9: Safeguarding
Please confirm your agreement with the following statements:




Declaration
When you have completed the application, please sign the following declaration.

I confirm that this application has been approved by my organisation’s board or managing committee. To the best of my knowledge the information provided on this application form is correct. If Theirworld agrees to make a grant this will be used exclusively for the purpose(s) described in the application.  

 
I agree to Theirworld making any enquiries in connection with this application.