**In short:** Members of Loughborough University can apply for up to £200 of funding for expenses related to open research. The completed application form needs to be send to ukrn@lboro.ac.uk by 30th May 2022 (Deadline to 30th June 2022). **All the details:** **Who can apply?** Staff (academic and non-academic) and students (undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral researchers) affiliated with Loughborough University may apply for this grant. You may apply as an individual or on behalf of a group (e.g. your lab, your PhD cohort, a society, a committee etc.). The aim of this scheme is to support a large number of early career researchers and students in their endeavors to engage with open research. Therefore, applications that create long-term benefits or support multiple individuals will be prioritized. Individual applications by senior academic staff will only be considered if all other fundable applications could be fulfilled. Members of the Open Research Collective committee cannot apply. **What can be funded?** You may request up to £100 as an individual and up to £200 if you apply on behalf of a group. The grant can be used to reimburse expenses related to open research activities. Open research (or open science) activities cover a wide spectrum. You can use the UNESCO recommendations on open science as a reference (see full text here: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379949.locale=en) Learning about or advancing open research should be central to your funding request and you will need to explain below how your request relates to open research. This can include but is not limited to: registration fees or travel expenses related to training events, book purchases, event organization, software purchases. Other ideas that are related to open engagement include hosting an event with (non-academic) stakeholders, connecting to a charity, organizing an activity walk in a park, visiting a school... **How does the grant cover expenses?** The grant may cover all or only parts of your expenses and may cover multiple related expenses, e.g. if a conference fee is £150 you may apply to have £100 reimbursed or if the fee is £50 and the travel to attend this conference is £15 you may ask for both the fee and the travel expenses to be reimbursed. In exceptional circumstances, we may be able to fund beyond the limit. Please provide additional explanations if this is the case for you, while also exploring alternative funding sources. The grant can only reimburse expenses that have occurred before 15th July 2022. You may apply before expenses occur, but to receive funding you will have to provide receipts of your expenses by 15th July 2022. If you are requesting funding for e.g. reimbursement of attendance fees to a training event, the event doesn’t have to take place before 15th July 2022 but you must have paid the attendance fee before 15th July 2022. Only expenses for which you can provide a valid receipt can be reimbursed. You may not request funding for expenses that have already been funded by other sources. Only one application per individual can be funded but individuals may receive funding for both an individual application and a group application that they are associated with.