The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) exists to fund, develop and evaluate cost effective and replicable projects which address educational disadvantage.

Our focus is on supporting innovation and on scaling up projects which have a measurable impact on attainment or a directly related outcome.

If you are considering applying for funding please read about who can apply, the scale of support available, the process and timeline, and guidance notes prior to completing the application form.

What Will We Fund?

In the first instance we expect to fund projects run by schools and other not for profit organisations which fit within one of four broad approaches:

1. Testing and incubating new ideas which have a proof of concept
2. Bringing initiatives from other contexts to disadvantaged students and schools (this could include, for example, programmes from overseas or from the independent sector)
3. Scaling up initiatives which have been proven to work on a modest scale
4. Developing projects with potential that have not, to date, been delivered or evaluated effectively

The EEF is not intended to replace existing sources of funding or to enable organisations and schools to continue with core or well-established programmes: EEF funds are intended to incubate new ideas or to significantly advance existing projects or organisations. Applications must seek to raise educational attainment directly, or to affect a tangible outcome that has a clear link to attainment.