Engage funding recipients
For schools that have received an Engage Grant or Engage Simply CREST to run CREST Awards in the 2025/26 academic year.
Engage funding timelines
Whether you received funding in autumn or spring, there are some milestones to be aware of for your Engage funding:
CREST projects
Once you have received confirmation that your grant application was successful you can get your CREST activities with students underway!
Voucher code
You will receive your voucher code for free CREST Awards by email shortly after you hear that your application was successful. You will need the code when you apply for your students' CREST Awards.
Order certificates
Enter student project details on the CREST Awards online application platform to order certificates. Certificates for Star, SuperStar and Discovery Awards can be ordered in advance.
Input your voucher code for payment, and up to £350 of fees will be covered.
Evaluation
Later in the academic year teachers will be asked to complete an evaluation questionnaire.
Please do so when your students have finished their CREST projects, by 31 July 2026.
How to use your voucher for free CREST Awards
As a recipient of Engage funding you received a voucher code for up to £350 worth of CREST Awards.
Your voucher doesn’t expire until 31 July 2026, so you can use it any time this academic year. You can also use it more than once before the expiry date.
To claim your students' CREST Awards and receive their CREST Award certificates, follow the steps below.
Register
Create an account in the CREST application platform.
Apply
Apply for your Awards.
If you need help follow the steps linked below.
Enter voucher
On the CREST application platform, when asked for payment, simply enter your voucher code to cover up to £350 of fees.
We are here to help
Find answers to your questions quickly and easily with our Help Centre FAQs.
You can also contact us anytime with questions about CREST or your Engage funding. Email us at: crest@britishscienceassociation.org
Evaluation of Engage funding
Required evaluation
All funding recipients will be asked to complete a teacher questionnaire after students have finished their CREST project work (by 31 July 2026). The questionnaire will be available here next year. You may also be invited to be part of a more in-depth evaluation in the spring and summer term, where your students will also contribute survey data.
Sharing your feedback about CREST and the Engage funding helps the British Science Association tailor products and support to best suit educators and young people most likely to be underrepresented in STEM. That's why, as a condition of your funding, you are required to complete questionnaires about your CREST experiences.
Optional case study
Want to share your CREST successes with other schools? Fill out the optional case study form, too, so we can highlight good practice and inspire other teachers like you!
Terms and conditions
As a recipient of Engage funding (an Engage Grant or Engage Simply CREST support), you have agreed to the following conditions.
- The funding must be used for only for costs associated with projects/activities which enable young people to work toward CREST Awards.
- The students’ CREST Awards must be submitted before the end of the academic year (31 July 2026).
- You must complete an organiser evaluation questionnaire (provided by the British Science Association) after completing the CREST Awards and may also be invited to contribute to additional grant programme evaluation such as participating in a focus group.
If you unable to run the CREST Award activities within the 2025/2026 academic year, the grant money will have to be returned to the British Science Association. For this reason, please ensure you have contingency plans in the case of health and safety restrictions or partial school closure.
If the organiser evaluation questionnaire is not completed and returned to us or if your activities differ greatly to those specified in your application, the British Science Association reserves the right to ask for the funding to be returned.
Full terms and conditions (T&Cs) can be downloaded below.
Browse CREST resources
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- This collection of CREST SuperStar challenges allows children to explore everyday problems using science. Once they have completed at least six of the activities they can be awarded with a CREST SuperStar certificate...#Investigate#Experiment#Create#Discover
- This Discovery challenge asks students to work in teams to design and build a hand washing device for a school in Kenya.#Discovery#Engineering#Health#International
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- This Bronze project has been designed and adapted for students with SEND. This teacher guide will support you to run the 10 hours of project work needed for your students to achieve a Bronze CREST Award. It comes with...#Materials#Food#SEND
- This Silver project allows students to explore the science behind art restoration, discovering the ways that paints can change over time. They will carry out tests on different types of paints and perhaps even make so...#Silver#Chemistry#Materials#Art
- This Gold project challenges students to carry out research and food tests, to design a menu for someone with a nutritional disorder.#Gold#Biology#Food#Nutrition
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