Excellence Gateway
The LSIS Flexibility and Innovation Fund aims to promote and support innovative projects that have the potential to yield significant improvements in sector practice or performance. The fund represents LSIS's commitment to directing funding into the learning and skills sector and using provider expertise to build the sector's capacity to innovate and improve. Since the launch of the fund there have been three rounds of funding, in December 2009, March 2010 and July 2010. These have attracted 690 applications, from which 121 projects have been awarded funding; an investment of more than £8 million directly into the sector.
You can find out more about the Flexibility and Innovation Fund by reading the FIF frequently asked questions document. If you have a specific question regarding the fund that is not covered in the frequently asked questions then please contact the LSIS helpline on 024 7662 7953 or email excellence.innovation@lsis.org.uk.
LSIS is pleased to announce the opening of the fourth round of funding for Flexibility and Innovation Fund projects. The fourth funding round opens on Wednesday 1 September 2010 and closes on Friday 29 October 2010.
Bids, for up to a maximum of £50,000, will be invited from consortia of provider organisations for projects which are genuinely innovative and which have the potential to significantly enhance the practice and performance of the learning and skills sector. LSIS will particularly welcome bids from providers working through cross-sector and extra-sector consortium arrangements. Bids from individual provider organisations will not be accepted in this funding round.
LSIS will continue to encourage innovative bids on a variety of topics that address the strategic priorities of the sector. However, for this funding round we will particularly welcome consortia bids that address specific issues and problems in defined locations - based on the principles of Total Place* (* see ‘guidance on submitting applications' listed below).
The following documents are available:
A total of 33 projects were approved for funding in July 2010. You can view a list of the 33 successful projects, along with project synopses in this section.
A total of 56 projects were approved for funding in March 2010. You can view a list of the 56 successful projects, along with project synopses in this section.
A total of 32 projects were approved for funding in December 2009. You can view a list of the 32 successful projects, along with project synopses in this section.
Further funding rounds will follow in April and November 2011.
You can find this page and download any referenced resources from the Excellence Gateway at http://excellence.org.uk/fif.
