Aims/priorities: On 23 September 2025 Ogden Trust announced that following the launch of the Trust’s new strategy, the Trust will no longer offer physics education grants from September 2026. Through the strategy development process, the Trust’s funding has been refocused into providing free professional development support for teachers of physics.
There will be one final round of Physics Education Grant funding in 2025-26 (up to £5,000), which will open on 2 January 2026 and close at 9am on 2 March 2026. All projects applying in this round must complete by Summer 2027.
The Trust’s grants are split into two strands:
- Curriculum support: to support the teaching and learning of physics from 11-18 in the classroom, including equipment for teaching physics, teaching resources and teacher CPD.
- Enrichment activities: to support physics extra-curricular activities for school and college students (4 -18) from under-represented groups.
Who can apply? Applications are welcome from educational establishments and charities based in the UK and working predominantly in England.
Curriculum support applications will be accepted from secondary schools or post 16 education institutions only.
Enrichment activity applications will be accepted from primary and secondary schools and colleges, and community or extra-curricular organisations (charity, CIC or otherwise non-profit).
Schools who are part of a School Partnership are not eligible to apply for enrichment funding as they already receive funding through the partnership.
Grant amount: Up to £5,000 are available.
Application process: There will be one final round of Physics Education Grant funding in 2025-26.
Applications will open 2 January 2026 and close 2 March 2026 (9am). All projects applying in this round must complete by Summer 2027.
The eligibility criteria can be found on the Trust's website.
Applications must be submitted online via the Trust's grant management system.
Deadline: Monday 2 March 2026 (9am).
Contact information: Email: office@ogdentrust.com