Using your bursary for a Big Bang at School

The Big Bang at School Blueprint allows you to create an inspirational STEM event, just right for your students, that starts an extraordinary journey.

Each Big Bang at School event should include:

• practical hands-on activities

• skills-based learning

• project work

• careers engagement

• reflection opportunities

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The bursary enables your school to deliver a Big Bang at School Blueprint event at your school.

A key aim of our bursary schemes is to inspire all young people into STEM careers – not just those who already have a passion for science and engineering.

Please make sure all students are encouraged to participate (not just those already interested in engineering and technology or other STEM careers). We're particularly keen for schools to include the following groups (as we know these groups are underrepresented in engineering and technology):

• girls (at least 50% or proportionate to your student population)

• disabled young people and those with special educational needs

• students from UK minority ethnic backgrounds, including in particular Black, Black British, Caribbean or African young people

• those eligible for free school meals

Your bursary can be used to fund a Big Bang at School Blueprint event.

You can spend the bursary on;

• Activities - for digital or in-person activities or a Neon experience which will be delivered as part of the Big Bang at School Blueprint

• Teacher or technician cover costs

• Kit: buying equipment or materials needed to deliver a Big Bang at School Blueprint

1. sign your bursary agreement to accept your offer
2. deliver your Big Bang at School Blueprint event by 31 July 2026
3. share the date you set for your event by emailing bursaries@eukeducation.org.uk
4. fill in our feedback survey after delivering your experience, and by 31 July 2026
5. your school should raise an invoice after delivering your event and submitting the feedback survey. We must receive your invoice by 2 October 2026

EngineeringUK will reimburse your school after you deliver your event, fill in our feedback survey, and share your invoice.

If payment after delivering the experience is a barrier to your school taking part in the scheme please email bursaries@eukeducation.org.uk

Please ask your colleagues in your school office, finance department or bursar to help you raise an invoice if you're unsure on how to do this.

You can see an example of an invoice here.

Please email your invoice to bursaries@eukeducation.org.uk

Address the invoice to:
EngineeringUK
Northern and Shell Building
10 Lower Thames Street
London
EC3R 6EN

Please inform us as soon as possible if you can no longer take part in the scheme. We have a limited number of bursaries to offer, so if you can't take part we can offer the bursary to another school. 

Email bursaries@eukeducation.org.uk

For help with planning your event, contact the Big Bang at school team atschool@thebigbang.org.uk

For queries or support on your bursary offer, submitting feedback, or invoicing, contact bursaries@eukeducation.org.uk