ESEB Outreach Initiative Fund
Forecasted
ESEB Outreach Initiative Fund supports outreach organizers with funding for educational activities and public engagement that improve understanding of evolution worldwide and popularize evolutionary biology.
Funder: European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to €4,000 per project; €12,000 annual budget; completion within one year
Summary: Supports educational initiatives and public outreach that improve understanding of evolution worldwide.
Key Information: At least one applicant must be an ESEB member; submissions are limited to one per member per call.
Description
The ESEB Outreach Initiative Fund supports projects that promote evolution-related activities and improve public knowledge about evolution globally. Run by the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, it funds educational initiatives, public seminars, exhibitions, workshops, and other forms of public engagement rather than scientific meetings. The society also describes its outreach support as helping popularize evolutionary biology and counter creationism, especially in non-English-speaking countries.
Supported approaches include school activities, teaching resources, illustrated books, podcasts, animated videos, games, and museum displays. Previous projects have connected evolution with agriculture, health, biodiversity, and the environment, or used art, storytelling, multilingual materials, and inclusive education to reach new audiences. The fund is not intended to provide continual support for established projects.
