GENERAL TRAVEL GRANTS
Available to Postgraduate, Early Career, Full, and Emeritus members, these grants assist with the cost of face-to-face attendance to support valuable opportunities to expand your network, present your work to topic experts, and benefit from world-class workshops.
We appreciate that travel costs can vary depending on the location of the conference or training event. Therefore from 2024, we are introducing the following 2 tiers of funding:
- Up to £750 is available for those travelling to national conferences or training events
- Up to £1,500 is available for those travelling to international conferences or training events
The maximum of £750 or £1,500 will only be awarded for exceptional and well-supported cases where the benefit to the applicant's career is great and where there is a financial need for the maximum grant amount.
Application deadlines
Applications are considered seven times a year, the deadlines for which are:
- 1 January for conferences after 1 February (accepting applications until 2 January)
- 1 March for conferences after 1 April
- 1 May for conferences after 1 June
- 1 June for conferences after 1 July
- 1 July for conferences after 1 August
- 1 September for conferences after 1 October
- 1 November for conferences after 1 December
Applications can be submitted early, up to six months before the conference date. For example, applications for a July conference can be submitted in the January deadline.
Please note the outcome of applications will be sent to applicants three to four weeks after the application deadline of the round that has been applied to.
Key grant details
To be eligible to apply:
- Applicants need to have been a member for at least the 12 months prior to the deadline on the closing date of the round applied to. If you are not a member, join today. Members that have joined as multiyear 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 2 years before the closing date of the round applied to: General Travel Grants or Travel Award for Skills and Knowledge Exchange.
- 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 must not exceed a maximum of £3,000 in funding in a 2-year period across General Travel Grants, Online Attendance Grants, and Lab Visit Grants.
- Applicants need to provide an abstract that has been submitted to the conference, to demonstrate active participation.
Please also read the guidelines for applicants before applying.
Successful recipients must provide a meeting report and photograph, which may be used on our website, social media, or The Biochemist.
Personal information collected from applicants will be used only for the purpose stated. Read our privacy policy for further details.
Online events and lab visits
Are you looking for funding towards an online event or lab visit? Check out our new Online Attendance Grants and Lab Visit Grants!
Please note that a successful General Travel Grant application would not affect your eligibility to apply for an Online Attendance Grant or Lab Visit Grant, provided you do not exceed a maximum of £3,000 in total funding within a 2-year period.
Important note: Predatory conferences
Presenting your work at a conference is an excellent way to share your research and raise your profile in the scientific community. But there is a growing problem to look out for—predatory conferences. Much like predatory journals, predatory conferences seek to charge high registration fees while offering little value in return for attendees and presenters.
The Biochemical Society will only consider member grant applications for organisation or attendance of meetings believed to be genuine.
Some tips on how to distinguish a predatory conference from a genuine one can be found here:
General Travel Grants
GENERAL TRAVEL GRANTS
Available to Postgraduate, Early Career, Full, and Emeritus members, these grants assist with the cost of face-to-face attendance to support valuable opportunities to expand your network, present your work to topic experts, and benefit from world-class workshops.
We appreciate that travel costs can vary depending on the location of the conference or training event. Therefore from 2024, we are introducing the following 2 tiers of funding:
- Up to £750 is available for those travelling to national conferences or training events
- Up to £1,500 is available for those travelling to international conferences or training events
The maximum of £750 or £1,500 will only be awarded for exceptional and well-supported cases where the benefit to the applicant's career is great and where there is a financial need for the maximum grant amount.
Application deadlines
Applications are considered seven times a year, the deadlines for which are:
- 1 January for conferences after 1 February (accepting applications until 2 January)
- 1 March for conferences after 1 April
- 1 May for conferences after 1 June
- 1 June for conferences after 1 July
- 1 July for conferences after 1 August
- 1 September for conferences after 1 October
- 1 November for conferences after 1 December
Applications can be submitted early, up to six months before the conference date. For example, applications for a July conference can be submitted in the January deadline.
Please note the outcome of applications will be sent to applicants three to four weeks after the application deadline of the round that has been applied to.
Key grant details
To be eligible to apply:
- Applicants need to have been a member for at least the 12 months prior to the deadline on the closing date of the round applied to. If you are not a member, join today. Members that have joined as multiyear 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 2 years before the closing date of the round applied to: General Travel Grants or Travel Award for Skills and Knowledge Exchange.
- 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 must not exceed a maximum of £3,000 in funding in a 2-year period across General Travel Grants, Online Attendance Grants, and Lab Visit Grants.
- Applicants need to provide an abstract that has been submitted to the conference, to demonstrate active participation.
Please also read the guidelines for applicants before applying.
Successful recipients must provide a meeting report and photograph, which may be used on our website, social media, or The Biochemist.
Personal information collected from applicants will be used only for the purpose stated. Read our privacy policy for further details.
Online events and lab visits
Are you looking for funding towards an online event or lab visit? Check out our new Online Attendance Grants and Lab Visit Grants!
Please note that a successful General Travel Grant application would not affect your eligibility to apply for an Online Attendance Grant or Lab Visit Grant, provided you do not exceed a maximum of £3,000 in total funding within a 2-year period.
Important note: Predatory conferences
Presenting your work at a conference is an excellent way to share your research and raise your profile in the scientific community. But there is a growing problem to look out for—predatory conferences. Much like predatory journals, predatory conferences seek to charge high registration fees while offering little value in return for attendees and presenters.
The Biochemical Society will only consider member grant applications for organisation or attendance of meetings believed to be genuine.
Some tips on how to distinguish a predatory conference from a genuine one can be found here: