Online application form

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Eligibility Quiz

Do you identify as a woman? *

Are you studying, or planning to study computing or a related subject at one of our partner universities? *

Are you a UK resident? *

Not sure?

Will your studies lead to a qualification at degree, masters or doctoral level? *

Do you have a good idea for a research project? *

Thank you - you are eligible to apply for an OpenBright Award.

Please complete the online application form. We are keen to encourage great ideas, and to hear from people who need our support to do something new or exciting. We do need some basic information from you via the online form, but you are welcome to upload attachments such as audio, video or other information if it’s easier to communicate your ideas in non-text formats.

You can stop, save your answers and resume completing the form later at any stage. You will be sent an email with a link to do this. Once you submit the form you will receive a copy of your answers by email.

You can also look at the questions first, and prepare your answers before starting the form.

Sorry - you are not eligible to apply for an OpenBright Award at present.

If you have any queries about eligibility, please see our website or your university contact for more information.

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About you

Name *

First

Last

Known name

If you like to be known by a different first name, please let us know.

Current or intended university *

Current or intended university (including Test institutions!) *

University Student ID number *

7 numerical characters only.

OpenBright Student Reference (if you have applied to us before)

Qualification aimed at *

Please state your qualification *

Subject/name of course *

Please state your subject/name of course *

Full or part-time? *

Full-time
Part-time

Course start date *

Course end date *

Email address *

Phone number *

This must be a UK phone number.

Home address *

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

Town / City

County

Post Code

Note: This is the address you used when you applied for your course and will be the address the University uses when it contacts you.

Date of birth *

How would you describe your ethnicity?

Asian or Asian British
Black, Black British, Caribbean or African
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
White
Other ethnic group

Which one best describes your ethnic background?

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Your project

You are welcome to upload files in non-text formats to respond to this section, or to supplement any of your answers. But please give answers to all the questions or we won’t be able to fully assess your application.

If you are uploading files as your answers, please tell us in the relevant fields below.

Title of your project *

Note: This can be a working title – we understand the wording might change as the work develops.

Your project's aims and objectives *

Note: Please explain the purpose of the project and what you hope the work will achieve.

Project summary *

Note: Please provide a brief outline of your project, including the technology you are hoping to use or develop.

How is your project innovative and why is it needed at this time? *

When do you plan to start the project and when will it finish? *

Please briefly outline your project timetable (i.e. month/year/major activities): *

Does your project need ethical approval? *

If yes please give details *

Supporting documents

Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 5 files.

Note: This field is optional.

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More about your project

Will you be working on this project with others? *

I will be working by myself
I will be working with a partner or as part of a team

Please give details, explaining your role in the project *

What is the overall cost of your project? *

Funding requested from OpenBright

Please provide a breakdown of costs for your project, showing how you intend to spend the money you are asking us for. We expect all requested costs to be itemised. Add more rows as necessary.

If you are asking for equipment, you must provide quotes (links to products on supplier's websites will do) detailing the exact models and costs.

Where costs cannot be exact (such as for travel), please provide as much detail as possible including indicative typical prices. We cannot accept a rounded lump-sum cost.

Item *

Cost *

Notes, including link to quotes

Total cost *

This is calculated automatically from the above items.

Checkboxes *

Please confirm that this is the value of the funding that you are requesting from OpenBright

We would normally expect requests to be between £250 and £5,000. This needs to be spent withing 12 months of the award date.

Supporting financial information

If you haven't already done so, you may want to explain how the items of equipment or services that you are purchasing are relevant to your project.

Supporting financial document

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

Note: Please add further information, or upload more details on an Excel spreadsheet or similar. The more financial information you provide, the easier it will be for OpenBright to assess your application.

This field is optional.

If relevant, what other funding applications have you submitted, or plan to submit, regarding this project?

Are you reliant on this other funding to start and/or complete your project? *

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University contact and validation

Please provide the contact details of a university tutor or supervisor who we can contact about your application. You will need to discuss your project idea with this person, and to confirm that they are aware you are making an application for an OpenBright Award and have given consent for you to share their contact details.

Name of university tutor or supervisor *

First

Last

Phone number *

Email address *

University job title/role *

Consent *

I confirm that I have discussed my project idea and this application with the person named above and they give consent for their contact details to be shared with OpenBright.

Availability for Q&A sessions *

I confirm that I am aware of the date for the Q&A sessions for the current Call for Applications and can be available for an online conference call if required.

For the current Call for Applications, the Q&A sessions will be held on Thursday, 1st May 2025.

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Privacy, Confidentiality and Data Sharing

OpenBright is committed to safeguarding your personal information in accordance with data protection law. Please see our privacy notice for more information.

We will not use or disclose personal information without your specific consent, other than in the normal course of assessing and administration of your grant application.

Your application will be given in full to members of the funding panel who will be assessing it – these will include OpenBright trustees and staff. It will also be shared with the university contact you provided above.

We will also use your information for monitoring, evaluation and reporting purposes. This may include sharing information about your application with individuals and organisations outside of OpenBright who have been commissioned by OpenBright to monitor and/or evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the funding we award and how we administer it. Ethnicity data is used solely for equal opportunities monitoring purposes.

Consent *

I understand the information provided about privacy, confidentiality and data sharing and consent to the above.

Unfortunately we will be unable to process your application without your consent to data sharing and processing as described above.

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Any questions?

Please see our FAQs first, or contact your university in the first instance. If you still have a question, you can get in touch with us by email or fill in the online contact form

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