Travel Award for International Skills and Knowledge

The Travel Award for International Skills and Knowledge Exchange grants are available to support research capacity building in lower-income economy parts of the world (as classified by the World Bank).

The grants will support either a visitor from a lower-income economy country to a host laboratory in a higher-income economy country in order to learn methods. Alternatively, the grants will support a person based in a higher-income economy visiting a lower-income economy country to assist with the set-up of research.

Eligibility

To be eligible for Travel Award applicants must:

• Applicants must be current Postgraduate, Early Career, Full, or Emeritus member.
• Either the applicant or the person hosting the Travel Award for International Skills and Knowledge Exchange must have been a member of the Biochemical Society for over 12 months on the closing date of the round that they apply to.
• The member applying for the grant must not have received a Travel Award for International Skills and Knowledge Exchange or a General Travel Grant from the Biochemical Society within the previous two years on the closing date of the round that they apply to.
• There must be an element of teaching during the Travel Award, for example, giving research seminars. Successful applicants will show detailed plans for the dissemination of the knowledge transferred, detailing how the knowledge will be transferred beyond the fellow or host lab to improve research in the lower-income economy country.
• The grant is not intended to support collaborative visits.

Benefits

 The grant will cover up to :

• Up to £2,000 is available per grant. However, applications are invited for smaller amounts of funding.
• The Travel Award for International Skills and Knowledge Exchange should last between two and four weeks.
• This grant is intended to cover reasonable travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs during your visit.

7 Travel Grant Opportunities Only for Women

Application Process

• Apply here.