ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851 — grant history
Latest income
£1.7m
Grants listed (FY2025)
20
Listed grants total
£1.1m
Accounts grants total
£6.2m
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 awards some 35 postgraduate Fellowships and Scholarships a year, for advanced study and research in science, engineering, design and the built environment.
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Throughout London
- China
- United States
- Throughout England
- Brazil
- Tanzania
- India
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING | — | £175k |
| new | Natural History Museum | — | £150k |
| new | BAKER DEARING EDUCATIONAL TRUST | — | £65k |
| new | WE THE CURIOUS LIMITED | — | £53k |
| new | THE CORPORATION OF THE HALL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES | — | £50k |
| new | Smallpeice Trust | — | £15k |
| new | Inspiration Trust | — | £15k |
| new | THE ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION | — | £14k |
| up | EXHIBITION ROAD CULTURAL GROUP | £90k | £364k |
| up | THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC | £2k | £110k |
| up | FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | £2k | £10k |
| not listed | Royal College of Art | £250k | — |
| not listed | STEM Learning | £100k | — |
| not listed | Royal Museums Greenwich | £71k | — |
| not listed | THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS | £53k | — |
| not listed | Royal Institution | £50k | — |
| not listed | NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE | £50k | — |
| not listed | Durham University | £15k | — |
| not listed | Fun Kids Radio | £10k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibition Road Cultural Group | FY2025 | £364k | SouthKenZEN+ Project work |
| Royal Academy of Engineering | FY2025 | £175k | Apprenticeship development awards |
| Natural History Museum | FY2025 | £150k | Children's gallery |
| Royal College of Music | FY2025 | £110k | MSc studentship in performance science |
| Baker Dearing Educational Trust | FY2025 | £65k | Developing engineering teaching talent |
| We The Curious | FY2025 | £53k | Curious collaborations |
| Royal Albert Hall | FY2025 | £50k | Associate scientist |
| Smallpeice Trust | FY2025 | £15k | STEM discovery sessions in Coventry libraries |
| Inspiration Trust | FY2025 | £15k | Big DScT Meet |
| Association for Science Education | FY2025 | £14k | Building mathematical confidence in science teachers |
| Physics Partners | FY2025 | £14k | Manchester physics programme |
| Big Ideas | FY2025 | £12k | Black heroes of mathematics |
| University of Hull | FY2025 | £11k | Colliderfest 2026 |
| Foundation for Science and Technology | FY2025 | £10k | Event sponsorship |
| Humanitarian Technology Trust | FY2025 | £10k | OpenFlexure microscope |
| Sensor Coating Systems | FY2025 | £5k | Lab experience day |
| Foundation for Science and Technology | FY2025 | £5k | Future Leaders Conference |
| Kids Invent Stuff | FY2025 | £5k | Guinness World Records bid |
| Big Ideas | FY2025 | £5k | London Wonder |
| All Party Parliamentary Engineering Group | FY2025 | £5k | Event sponsorship |
| Royal College of Art | FY2024 | £250k | Main entrance |
| STEM Learning | FY2024 | £100k | Bespoke training for primary STEM teachers |
| Exhibition Road Cultural Group | FY2024 | £90k | SouthKenZEN+ Project work |
| Royal Museums Greenwich | FY2024 | £71k | First Light gallery |
| Exhibition Road Cultural Group | FY2024 | £70k | SouthKenZEN+ Heat network |
| Institute of Physics | FY2024 | £53k | Mimi’s Tiny Adventure |
| Royal Institution | FY2024 | £50k | Science in Schools |
| National Space Centre | FY2024 | £50k | Outer Solar System gallery |
| Durham University | FY2024 | £15k | Celebrate Science 2024 |
| Big Ideas | FY2024 | £14k | London Wonder |
| Fun Kids Radio | FY2024 | £10k | War time inventions |
| Kids Invent Stuff | FY2024 | £9k | Exhibition / Inventors Club |
| Number Champions | FY2024 | £7k | Numeracy in primary schools |
| Somerscience Trust | FY2024 | £3k | Somerscience Festival 2024 |
| British Science Association | FY2024 | £3k | Primary kit boxes |
| Foundation for Science and Technology | FY2024 | £2k | Future Leaders Conference / Debate sponsorship |
| Imperial College Union Design Engineering Society | FY2024 | £2k | Hackathon |
| Royal College of Music | FY2024 | £2k | Colin Lawson Fund |
| Royal Horticultural Society | FY2023 | £500k | Plants for purpose |
| Exhibition Road Cultural Group | FY2023 | £350k | Art installation on Exhibition Road |
| Exhibition Road Cultural Group | FY2023 | £300k | SouthKenZen+ |
| Well North Enterprises | FY2023 | £260k | STEM development in Rotherham and Liverpool |
| Imperial College London | FY2023 | £200k | Great Exhibition Road Festivals 2025 and 2026 |
| Science Museum Group | FY2023 | £100k | Power Hall refurbishment |
| British Science Association | FY2023 | £84k | Primary kit boxes |
| Royal Designers for Industry | FY2023 | £75k | Summer Schools |
| Primary Engineer | FY2023 | £45k | Primary Engineer Curriculum |
| Natural History Museum | FY2023 | £30k | 1851 Garden |
| Royal College of Art | FY2023 | £25k | Open resource for purposeful design |
| Smallpeice Trust | FY2023 | £23k | Arkwright Scholarships / General Engineering course |
| British School at Rome | FY2023 | £20k | Summer School placements |
| Education and Training Foundation | FY2023 | £15k | Technical Teaching Fellowships |
| EDT-Routes into STEM | FY2023 | £15k | |
| Oxford University Development Trust | FY2023 | £15k | OXbOXes |
| University of Hull | FY2023 | £11k | Humber Science Festival |
| Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | FY2023 | £10k | Grow Wild |
| Royal Society of Sculptors | FY2023 | £10k | Florilegium at Great Exhibition Road Festival 2023 |
| Kids Invent Stuff | FY2023 | £10k | Inventors Club |
| All Party Parliamentary Engineering Group | FY2023 | £10k | Meeting sponsorship |
| WoMars | FY2023 | £10k | STEM outreach |
| Foundation for Science and Technology | FY2023 | £10k | Debate sponsorship |
| Geological Society | FY2023 | £6k | Megalosaurus Month |
| MadeHereNow | FY2023 | £2k | Website development |
| Somerscience Trust | FY2023 | £1k | Somerscience Festival |
| J Mallinson and E Townsend | FY2023 | £750 | STEM materials |
| GLamb | FY2023 | £500 | STEM outreach |
| Natural History Museum | FY2022 | £500k | 1851 Garden |
| Exhibition Road Cultural Group | FY2022 | £350k | SouthKenZen+ |
| Royal Horticultural Society | FY2022 | £300k | Plants for purpose |
| Royal Designers for Industry | FY2022 | £93k | Summer schools |
| Well North Enterprises | FY2022 | £75k | STEM development in Rotherham and Liverpool |
| Exhibition Road Cultural Group | FY2022 | £25k | Art installation on Exhibition Road |
| Somerscience Trust | FY2022 | £15k | Somerscience Festival |
| Royal College of Art | FY2022 | £15k | Open resource for purposeful design |
| EDT | FY2022 | £14k | Routes into STEM: Industrial Cadets silver-level pilot |
| Smallpeice Trust | FY2022 | £10k | General engineering course |
| MadeHereNow | FY2022 | £2k | Website sponsorship |
| WoMars | FY2022 | £1k | STEM outreach |
| Individuals (Research Fellowships) | FY2021 | £1.5m | Research Fellowships |
| Individuals (Industrial Fellowships) | FY2021 | £1.2m | Industrial Fellowships |
| Individuals (Industrial Design Studentships) | FY2021 | £467k | Industrial Design Studentships |
| Individuals (Enterprise Fellowships) | FY2021 | £313k | Enterprise Fellowships |
| Royal Geographical Society | FY2021 | £155k | Upgrading 1 Kensington Gore |
| Education and Training Foundation | FY2021 | £113k | Technical Teaching Fellowships |
| Individuals (Built Environment Fellowship) | FY2021 | £100k | Built Environment Fellowship |
| Exhibition Road Culture Group | FY2021 | £30k | South Kensington Green Trail / Covid Culture Shock event |
| Individuals (Sir Misha Black Awards Bursaries) | FY2021 | £20k | Sir Misha Black Awards Bursaries |
| National Literacy Trust | FY2021 | £19k | Linking literacy and STEM careers |
| Wellington Trust | FY2021 | £15k | Future maritime engineers |
| Royal Society of Chemistry | FY2021 | £15k | Steps into Science |
| STEM Learning | FY2021 | £15k | Involving 1851 Fellows in primary STEM outreach |
| Royal College of Art | FY2021 | £14k | The empathetic engineer |
| EDT | FY2021 | £10k | Virtual STEM work experience |
| In2ScienceUK | FY2021 | £8k | Engineering research module / Alumni programme |
| All Party Parliamentary Engineering Group | FY2021 | £5k | Meeting sponsorship |
| Kids Invent Stuff | FY2021 | £5k | Mini YouTube STEM musical |