Submit your expression of interest
Please refer to the guidance below before submitting your expression of interest.
On this page you will find:
Download a PDF of the guidance for contributors
The British Science Association (BSA) is looking for contributors for a new collection of essays and perspectives on the ways that communities and researchers can work together, which will be published in early 2025.
We want to make sure we attract as diverse a pool of contributions as possible - we've had a great response from researchers, women and people aged 25+. Therefore we would particularly encourage submissions from people who do not identify as women, are community members, organisers and leaders or who are aged 18-to-24-year-olds. If you're unsure about submitting essay ideas or you have any questions please get in touch. (23 May 2024)
We believe that involving communities in setting research agendas, delivering projects, and shaping the research system can deliver tangible and significant benefit. It leads to better research, fairer institutions, and a society that is more actively engaged. Working alongside others in this area, we are committed to putting communities at the heart of research and innovation.
In this project, we’re partnering with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to strengthen and share the growing evidence base for the impact that community-engaged research can have.
By drawing together diverse perspectives from across the community and research landscapes, we’re aiming to produce a broad-ranging collection of personal accounts, experiences and narratives that seek to amplify the voices of those directly engaged in this work.
We hope that by sharing insightful stories, we can build awareness of, and support for, the work that communities and researchers are doing together.
We hosted a drop-in Zoom session to answer some questions about the project. You can rewatch the session below.
We have put together a form which requests a short (max. 300 words) description of your idea and some basic details about you and your background. More information about what we are looking for, the support we can offer, and the selection process we will follow is outlined below.
If you prefer to submit your idea as an audio file, please contact us.
Visit this link to submit your expression of interest by 5pm on Wednesday 29 May 2024.
Post your questions to the FAQ board
We hosted a drop-in Zoom session to answer questions about the project. Watch it back on YouTube.
If we invite you to submit a full contribution, there will be a 3-month approx. writing window from Monday 15th July to Friday 19th October 2024, followed by a period of review with the final outputs produced early 2025.
We are looking for essays, from a wide range of individuals, that offer their personal reflections on the ways that communities and researchers can work together. At this ‘expression of interest’ stage, we are looking for a brief outline of your experiences and ideas.
If you are selected to be part of the publication, your final piece will be a written account of 800 - 1500 words (no more than 2000 words). You may wish to submit an independently written contribution, or one that’s co-authored by one-or-more collaborators.
The contributions should be relevant and accessible to people who are interested in facilitating, delivering, participating in or increasing their support for community-engaged research, including:
We’re seeking contributions from anyone who might be involved in, or interested in exploring ways in which communities and researchers can work together, this might include:
We want to make sure we attract as diverse a pool of contributions as possible - we've had a great response from researchers, women and people aged 25+. Therefore we would particularly encourage submissions from people who do not identify as women, are community members, organisers and leaders or who are aged 18-to-24-year-olds. If you're unsure about submitting essay ideas or you have any questions please get in touch. (23 May 2024)
We’re looking for 'human-centred' stories that share unique perspectives and forward-thinking ideas about communities and research. We’re interested in what you have learned, and we would like to include essays that go beyond simply describing projects and that reflect on the “bigger picture” of collaboration between research communities.
Your contribution should touch on one of the following broad themes:
Across all of these themes, we’re interested in hearing how community engagement with research is / could address societal challenges, broaden opportunities for regional investment, and share skills.
We know that there are many ways in which communities and researchers can work in partnership to learn, understand and enable change together.
In this project, we’re particularly interested in hearing from people who are involved in work that:
Approaches might include:
However, this essay collection will not cover:
Visit this link to submit your expression of interest
The form requests a short (max. 300 words) description of your idea and some basic details about you and your background.
We also ask that you complete a short, optional and anonymous survey that will help us with our equality, diversity and inclusion monitoring.
We collect this data so that we can ensure we attract as diverse a pool of contributions as possible. We will not use the data to assess the submissions but will instead use it to adjust our promotion of the open call and seek submissions from groups who are underrepresented.
| Open call launched | Wednesday 8 May |
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Drop-in Zoom session – Q&A for potential contributors |
Wednesday 15 May, 2pm – 3pm |
| Deadline for expressions of interest | 5pm, Wednesday 29 May |
| Notification of shortlisting decision | By Friday 14 June |
| Follow-up discussions with shortlisted contributors | Between 17 June and 5 July |
| Final selection of contributors | By Friday 12 July |
We aim to be in touch by Friday 14th June to let you know if we'd like to follow up your expression of interest.
Should your idea be selected, we'll arrange a follow-up discussion with you so that we can mutually explore your idea in further depth and discuss how we might best work together. If there are people who submit similar ideas, we might invite them to come together at this stage to collaborate as co-authors.
Follow-up discussions will take place between Monday 17th June and Friday 5th July.
If we invite you to submit a full contribution, there will be a 3-month approx. writing window from Monday 15th July to Friday 19th October 2024, followed by a period of review with the final outputs produced early 2025.
You don't need to be a confident writer to be part of this project. We'll provide online support sessions to those who want or need them. This could involve:
We want to make sure people's contributions are valued fairly, therefore we have a flexible budget to offer financial support for people who depend on this to make participation possible – this might include those in freelance roles, people who are not currently in salaried employment, people who need to cover the cost of childcare or those in a role that would not support their involvement. We expect to be able to offer between £250 and £1500 dependent on the scope of your involvement and the extent of the support you require. We’ll discuss any requirements with you in more detail during the shortlisting process.
We’ll be holding a drop-in session on Zoom on Wednesday 15th May, 2pm–3pm to answer any questions you might have about this open call or the wider project. The session will be recorded and posted on our website after it takes place – click here to join the session.
We’ve also set up an FAQ board (opens in new tab) where your questions will be answered by the team at the British Science Association and shared with others interested in participating in the project.
If you’d like to contact us in person about any of the information above, please email: Carolyn Bishop, Partnerships and Advocacy Manager, [email protected] or telephone: 07811 756 878
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