Opportunity overview
UKRI want to commission a supplier to deliver a new UK-wide celebration to engage the public, particularly young people, with research and innovation(R&I). This will be delivered through the following 5 work packages over the duration of the six years: • Work package 1: coordinated UK-wide activities that celebrate and showcase R&I and supports people Main Category (particularly young people and those from minoritised communities and those underrepresented in R&I) to engage with R&I through co-produced local and regional activity. • Work package 2: grants programmes to support those from minoritised communities and underrepresented groups to engage with R&I through community-led events and local activities in schools throughout the year. • Work package 3: a programme of deliberative dialogues with young people to explore their views and concerns about R&I, providing unique insights into young people’s relationship with R&I and enabling their views to inform and influence decision-making in R&I. • Work package 4: support for sharing learning between this programme of activity and existing knowledge festivals, museums, science centres and other relevant organisations. • Work package 5: summative and formative evaluation to understand and share what works in informal engagement with R&I. N.B. UKRI will require the successful supplier to deliver all the work packages detailed above.
Awarded to
Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
- Published award value
- £3.3m
- Awarded
- 4 Dec 2025
- Award ID
- 1
- Status
- pending
- Identifier
- GB-PPON PBPR-1971-VLWT
- Location
- London, UKI33, SW7 5HD, United Kingdom
British Science Association
- Contract value
- £3.3m
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Contract signed
- 2 Sept 2026
- Including VAT
- £4m
- Award ID
- 2
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-PPON PBPR-1971-VLWT
- Location
- London, UKI33, SW7 5HD, United Kingdom
Classification
No classification was supplied.
Lots
- Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
- Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗