Apply for diversity and inclusion funding 2025/26
Are you a staff member passionate about challenging inequality, promoting representation and embedding inclusive practice across the university? We want to hear from you.
LJMU has launched the next round of the Diversity and Inclusion fund for 2025/26. Staff can apply for the fund which supports projects with up to £7,000.
Projects should focus on one or more of the key priority areas:
- Closing the Black student attainment gap.
- Supporting care leavers and estranged students.
- Improving experiences for student and staff carers.
- Promoting understanding and support for neurodiversity.
- Addressing barriers for Northern Irish students.
- Tackling disparities faced by white working-class male students.
- Engaging with specific demographic or community groups.
- Equipping staff to meet the needs of a diverse student body.
- Strengthening public engagement and community connections.
- Exploring the link between work placements and degree awarding gaps.
- Advancing inclusive and decolonised curricula.
Enhancing the recruitment, retention, and progression of staff from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
Whether you’re building on a proven approach or testing something new, the judging panel are looking for projects that push boundaries and deliver meaningful, measurable change.
About the Diversity and Inclusion Fund
Since launching in 2023, the fund has supported 19 transformative initiatives that are actively shaping LJMU’s culture and policy. Every project is co-created with students, colleagues, and community partners, placing lived experience at the heart of change.
Find out more and apply
You can find out more about the Diversity and Inclusion Funded Project scheme, including projects from previous years, what’s expected, and who can apply, on the Diversity and Inclusion webpages.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 3 September, 12pm.
