We are committed to bringing together our assets and expertise to actively address urgent and deep‑rooted challenges.

The One King’s Impact Fund supports both new initiatives and the scaling of existing projects across research, education and service that align with King’s Impact Priorities. These priorities, identified by our community, aim to deliver positive change and value at local, national and global levels. They are:

• A thriving and sustainable planet
• Whole-life health for mind and body
• Advancing equality and social mobility
• Peace, justice and security in a turbulent world
• Technology for good

Through the fund, we aim to consolidate, integrate and elevate impact investment across King’s, enabling the development of multidisciplinary, cross‑sector project teams and supporting large‑scale delivery in collaboration with external communities and partners.

How to apply

Applications for the One King’s Impact Fund are currently closed. Applicants from the most recent funding round can expect to receive an outcome in June.

Important notice

Please note that if you submitted your application between 19:00 and midnight on 31 March 2026, your submission may not have been received due to a technical issue with the application form. Please contact the One King’s Impact team as soon as possible at impact@kcl.ac.uk to confirm.

All applicants will be contacted directly by the One King’s Impact team on 2 April 2026 to confirm receipt of your application and provide information on next steps. If you do not hear from the team by close of business, please email us. 

Eligibility and requirements

Open to staff and students across King’s, the fund supports proposals between £25,000 and £50,000 to run activities from September 2026 to September 2027.

Please note that project teams must include, and demonstrate genuine contribution from:

• At least two members of King’s academic and professional services staff
• At least one external stakeholder (e.g. other universities, organisations or community groups/representatives)

Weighting will be given to teams that include at least one early career researcher and/or student from King’s.

All projects are also expected to engage King’s students in meaningful ways. This may take a variety of forms, so we have developed guidance to help applicants consider what student engagement in projects could look like, and the support available through King’s Edge.

Since launching in 2024, the Fund has supported 17 projects across two funding rounds, with a total investment of almost £1 million.

Explore the projects we've supported here.

One King’s Impact Fund focuses on:

• Seeding new initiatives and projects in early/developmental stages aimed at creating positive change and value for people, planet and society.
• Encouraging applications from all types of projects that break disciplinary silos and integrate various types of activities. Projects need to demonstrate they have considered areas of and pathways to impact across research, education and service.
• Supporting projects that identify and organise a community around the issue to be tackled, where academic and professional services staff, students, alumni and external communities and partners work together to jointly identify a challenge as well as co-design and co-deliver the project.
• Pump-priming initiatives with high impact potential for sustainable and scalable impact – i.e. proposals with potential for further development and funding (e.g. research grants, philanthropic funding, matched funding from partners, adoption by external organisations, and other sources of continuity beyond King’s.).
• Projects that deliver impact locally, nationally and globally. King’s position at the heart of London offers a unique opportunity to develop local (to King’s) solutions with potential for scaling up nationally and globally. 

To support your One King’s Impact Fund application, explore our range of resources, tips and guidance to help you navigate the process and understand the One King’s Impact approach.

Directly below is a recording from an information session and underneath there is a range of downloadable guidance and information on upcoming FAQ sessions.