Community

How to Apply

The next application deadline is Friday 14th March 2025.

Please download the guidance notes and send completed application forms to communityfund@imperial.ac.uk.

Contact us for help with any questions. 

Application Form Guidance Notes

We are committed to investing in our community, our people and our places, to increase our connections to one another and to our collective goals and aspirations.

As part of this commitment, we have established the President’s Community Fund to enhance the student experience and make a lasting impact on the wider Imperial community by improving existing facilities and creating new communal spaces, while encouraging collaboration across diverse parts of Imperial.  

The fund has £1m available each year until 2026 to support projects across all campuses, through the support of generous donations. It welcomes applications from both students and staff for proposals to enhance our environment and best suit the way we work, study, and socialise as we emerge from the pandemic.

The President's Community Fund has been introduced to

  1. Enhance the student experience and benefit the wider Imperial community.
  2. Improve existing University facilities and/or address a shortfall in current facilities.
  3. Encourage collaboration across diverse parts of the Imperial community and foster inclusivity and community cohesion.
  4. Create a lasting impact on the Imperial community.

What we are looking for

The Fund will support projects that provide or improve spaces that can be utilised University wide. Previous projects funded include:

  • SW7 gym refurbishment on the ground floor of Ethos
  • Shared common space furniture to create collaborative spaces to work and relax
  • Equipment for the new student makerspace in South Kensington
  • New and upgraded common areas
  • Greening of outdoor spaces
  • Improvements to shared co-learning and co-working hubs

Read more about the projects the President's Fund has supported. 

Information for Applicants