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Our main grant programme supports education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). The Foundation believes in giving more than just money, we are building relationships with our partners and give voluntary advice, skills and time to the charities we work with.

We focus on awarding multi-year grants and are interested in building long-term relationships with our charitable partners, to make a sustained positive impact in STEM education.

As our approach is to commit to current charity partners in our core Spectris Group locations on a multi-year basis to build strong partner relationships, we have limited additional resources to significantly increase our partnerships. However, we are reviewing Expressions of Interest up to the 4th April 2025 and will invite a small number of charitable organisations to submit an application in June 2025, to be reviewed in September 2025 and may fund up to 3 new partners.

If you have submitted an application and wish to view it’s status please see existing login.

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STEM Grant Guidance

 

Whilst there is no maximum grant amount, a typical Large Grant is £10,000-£50,000 per annum for one to three years. The Foundation has funded many excellent projects and initiatives for both higher and lower amounts.

We primarily support charitable initiatives that are based in the core locations in which the Spectris Group is based: UK, USA, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, China, Brazil, South Korea, Japan and India.

We particularly encourage applications which include opportunities for employee engagement.

The Spectris Foundation will not fund:

  • Organisations with political, religious or lobbying aims.
  • Contributions to general appeals or circulars.
  • Activities which have already taken place.
  • Grant making by other organisations
  • Privately owned and profit-distributing companies or limited partnerships.
  • Individual scholarships or challenges.
  • University led research projects or PhDs
  • Capital costs

We tend not to fund one-off events.

If you have any questions, please contact us at spectrisfoundation@spectris.com.