Octagon Gallery Proposal Form
Please fill in all boxes. Your completed form must be under 2 pages in length. The aim of the competition is
to help showcase UCL’s cross disciplinary research in ways that will engage the public and develop the skills
of UCL staff.
Applicants should read the guidance notes, available from our website, before completing this form.
Lead applicant name
Second applicant name
Department/Institute/other
Department/Institute/other
Faculty
Faculty
Email
Email
Phone
Phone
Select your role from the list below (right click on the box, then go to ‘properties’ and select ‘checked’)
Professor
Professor
Lecturer
Lecturer
Senior lecturer / Reader
Senior lecturer / Reader
Teaching fellow
Teaching fellow
Teaching assistant
Teaching assistant
Support staff
Support staff
Research associate
Research associate
Research fellow
Research fellow
Research student
Research student
Q1. Please describe your exhibition proposal in no more than 100 words, in language that you would use to
promote it to a general audience.
Q2. Please give fuller details of the research you want to showcase and its cross disciplinary nature. Are any
other UCL or external collaborators involved in addition to the applicants?
Q3. What are the aims of your exhibition, and any associated events you might wish to stage alongside it?
Q4. Do you have any ideas about how your research can best be communicated visually in the Octagon
Gallery? Do you have specific objects/ artefacts/ specimens/ artworks in mind? (if you win, we will help you
with this).
Q5. If you win, what public engagement events/ activities might you be prepared to offer in conjunction with
the exhibition during its showing?
Q6. Why do you want to do this project? What impact do you hope to have on the people who see this
exhibition? What impact will it have on you and your research?
Before you submit please contact Susie Chan for more information.
If you win, we expect you to undertake the work necessary to select content and produce interpretation in
a timely fashion. Please see the guidelines on time commitment. Please sign below to confirm that you
agree to this.
Completed forms should be sent to Ruby Wheeler (r.wheeler@ucl.ac.uk) no later than Tuesday 29th April.