Through our Small Grants Fund, BERA awards funding annually to research on a different, pressing theme each year, with the intention that each project will:

• make important contributions to the discipline by contributing to and leading current debates
• develop research capacity by involving postgraduate students and early career researchers
• receive applications from and involving practitioners and policymakers as well as academic researchers.

The value of each individual award is up to £5000.

We are pleased to announce we are funding 4 exciting projects:

Teaching to Transform the Curriculum: Building Frameworks for Racial Literacy (T2TC)

De Montfort University and the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre

Principal Participants/Partners: Dr Richard Hall (De Montfort University), Camille London-Miyo, (Stephen Lawrence Research Centre), Natasha Boyce (Stephen Lawrence Research Centre), Sherilyn Pereira (Stephen Lawrence Research Centre)

The well being of student teachers: co-created guidance for Initial Teacher Education providers

Leeds Trinity University, University of Hull, University of Lincoln and University of Roehampton

Principal Participants/Partners: Dr Aimee Quickfall (Leeds Trinity University) Professor Jonathan Glazzard (University of Hull), Dr Anthea Rose (University of Lincoln), Dr Michelle Jayman (University of Roehampton)

Exploring and enhancingthe role of teacher educators in promoting socially-just mathematics teaching practice

University of Dundee and the Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice Network andCritical Mathematics Education Working Group

Principal Participants/Partners: Dr Pete Wright (University of Dundee), and researchers from the Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice Network andCritical Mathematics Education Working Group

Valuing Disagreement in Classrooms: teacher education and democracy

University of Plymouth

Principal Participants/Partners: Dr Joanna Haynes (University of Plymouth), Professor Claire Cassidy (University of Strathclyde), Professor Magda Carvalho (University of the Azores), DrRose-Anne Reynolds (University of Cape Town)

These projects will take place over the next year with final reports published in the Autumn. Congratulations to the four projects funded and thank you for all who applied.