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Travel Grants
Wednesday 16th April 2008
Dr Gwen Averley
Research Funding Development Manager (RFDM)
FMS
gwen.averley@ncl.ac.uk
0191 222 7460
Overview
Anne Jansen
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Jrn Tongers
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Daniela Kosmides
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http://www.rdfunding.org.uk/
Grant alert websites 2:
http://www.researchresearch.com
Sample travel grant calls
In alphabetical order of funder
Arthritis Research Campaign
Biochemical Society
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbJ
Brain
British Association for Cancer Research
British Infection Society
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID
European Association of Experimental Social Psychology )
Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)
Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness
Genetics Society
Nutrition Society
Physiological Society
Royal Society
Society for Experimental Biology
Society for General Microbiology
Arthritis Research Campaign Travel Support
http://www.arc-research.org.uk/forms/arctravelsupport.asp
current or recent grant holders can apply for travel awards for research staff
employed on the grant or working in their laboratory to attend
national/international scientific meetings to present arc-supported work
Up to 750
Registered part-time or full-time for a masters or PhD in a UK university
Do not have to be a UK or EU citizen
Conference should be appropriate for a medical sociology paper
Applicant should (co)/present the paper
Must supply documentary evidence of acceptance when applying for
reimbursement
Genetics Society Travel Grants for Junior Scientists
http://www.genetics.org.uk/travel_grants
For postgrads and postdocs (within two years of viva) who have been
members for at least one year
Up to 300 to attend conferences in the area of genetics that are not
sponsored by the Genetics Society
Maximum of one grant every 3 years to a junior scientist
May be asked to write a short report for the Society newsletter
Nutrition Society Travel Grants
http://www.nutritionsociety.org/index.php
The Graduate School will fund up to 300 travel once in the period of
postgraduate study, competitively awarded
It may be best to save this up, as matching funding to leverage a travel
application elsewhere to attend an expensive, prestigious meeting overseas