Bio Chemical Society Travel Grants

It is a priority of the Society to support its member’s attendance at conferences, training courses or lab visits to learn new techniques, or at any other relevant events. The committee will look favorably on applications where other funding has been sought to fill any gap between the amount that is being requested and the funds required for the conference travel and attendance.

Due to the high number of applications received for each reviewing round, it should be noted that the conference that the applicant wishes to attend must be more than 1 month after the closing date of the round applied to. If the conference takes place less than 1 month after the closing date then the application will be ineligible and will not be reviewed by the committee.

Eligibility 

• Postgraduate
• Early Career
• Full, and Emeritus members
• Applicants need to have been a member for at least 12 months prior to the deadline on the closing date of the round applied to. Members that have joined as multi-year members are eligible to apply for a General Travel Grant after six months of membership has elapsed.
• Applicants must not have received one of the following Society grants in the 12 months before the closing date of the round applied to Student Bursary, Early Career Bursary, or Full Member Bursary.
• Applicants need to provide an abstract that has been submitted to the conference, to demonstrate active participation. In the case of visits to other laboratories to learn new techniques, please provide a summary of the intended work to be undertaken during the visit.
• Applicants must have been a member of the Biochemical Society for over 12 months on the closing date of the round that they apply to.
• Applicants that do not fulfill this criterion will be ineligible and their applications will not be reviewed by the committee.

Benefits

• The travel award offers between £300 and £500 to attend the conference

Application process

• For the registration form click here and become a member of the program.

Also read: You Need money for travel? Follow These 5 Steps to Win a Travel Grant

Required documents

• The case for financial need and the justification for the amount requested.
• The promise of the applicant
• What the benefit of attending that particular conference would be to the applicant’s career.