Update: The application deadline is now extended to Friday, 4 March 2022.

Overview of the oportunity

In line with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games programme that “puts women’s and para sport centre stage”, the British Council is Malaysia is delighted to launch the UK-Malaysia Institutional Partnership grant for Women in Sports Leadership.

This will be a part of our Going Global Partnerships programme that aims to build stronger, more inclusive, internationally connected higher education and TVET systems which support economic and social growth.

In celebration of Games, one (1) grant of up to GBP 30,000 will be awarded to a higher education institution from West Midlands which has a proven track record in sports development especially in the area of women in leadership, working in partnership with a Malaysian university on a joint initiative to enhance the equal representation of women at the leadership levels of the sports industry.

Through this award, we hope to build on the UK’s experience and expertise as a world leader in quality and inclusion and strengthen UK and Malaysia’s commitment to gender equality in sports leadership through higher education.

Objective

This unique award will be focussed on collaborative higher education projects that develop opportunities and capacity to nurture and support gender equality in sports leadership. The objectives of this grant are to enable higher education institutions from West Midlands and Malaysia to pool their expertise and resources to address a broad range of issues related to barriers and opportunities for women and girls in sports leadership

Grant Eligibility

One (1) grant of up to GBP 30,000 will be awarded to a higher education institution from West Midlands region, UK, which has a proven track record in sports development especially in the area of women in leadership, working in partnership with a Malaysian university on a joint initiative to enhance the equal representation of women at the leadership levels of the sports industry. The funding will cover the whole project duration which is expected to start in end March 2022 and will run until end December 2023. The funding is for the duration of the project and not per annum.

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