Reporter Bursaries
These bursaries are given under the condition that the recipient participates in the production of a short report of the meeting. Full details of the size and scope of the report will be provided by the Chair of the BSMB bursary committee (see below). Any member of the BSMB may apply for this type of bursary, although preference will be given to non-tenured scientists at early stages of their career (ie PhD students and applicants less than 6 years post-doc).
The maximum that can be claimed for a national meeting is £250, and £400 for an international meeting.
Eligibility and how to apply
- Applicants should be non-tenured scientists, although preference will be given to those at the early stages of their career (ie PhD students or up to 6 years post-doc).
- National meetings: Applicants should have been a member of the BSMB for at least 3 calendar months prior to the opening (first day) of the meeting.
- International meetings: Applicants should have been a member of the BSMB for at least a year prior to the opening (first day) of the meeting and have attended at least one BSMB meeting prior to the international meeting.
- Membership subscription status should be up-to-date at the time of sending in the application.
- The bursary application must be submitted within the early bird registration window for the relevant meeting.
- Applicants must be contributing a poster at the meeting. This applies even if the abstract is selected for oral presentation.
- Applications will only be considered if they are submitted on a current Bursary form.
- The application should be accompanied by a copy of the abstract to be presented at the meeting and a one page curriculum vitae. Applicants may use the enclosed pro-forma CV.
- Applications should be sent to Kasia Pirog, Chair of the BSMB bursary committee.
Award process
- The applications will be reviewed rapidly by the Committee and applicants will be informed of the outcome in advance of the meeting registration deadline.
- A short (500 words) report of the meeting should be sent to the Bursary Committee within a month from the end of the meeting.
- Bursaries will be paid by the Society Treasurer at or soon after the meeting, upon presentation of receipts and receipt of the meeting report.
