SEB Membership

Company of Biologists Travel Grants

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Company of Biologists Travel Grants

The Society for Experimental Biology offers travel grants to support Biologists who wish to attend a Conference or gain research experience in the UK or abroad. The funding has been kindly offered to the Society by the Company of Biologists which also supports its meetings and offers reduced subscriptions to its journals.

Application deadlines: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, 31st December.

The following criteria apply:

  • Applicants must be a member of the Society for Experimental Biology. A completed Membership Form should be included where applicable.
  • Applicants must be PhD students or Early Career Scientists (junior postdoctoral researcher in the first 3 years of their postdoc).
  • Maximum funding for home country: £250.
  • Maximum funding for overseas: £500.
  • Only one person per laboratory may apply for an overseas visit. For laboratory visits, a letter of support should be included from the host institution.
  • The Society does not fund applications made retrospectively.
  • The date of travel must occur at least one month after the closing date of the quarter.
  • With regards to applications to attend conferences/meetings: applications made by scientists who are presenting at conferences/meetings will be looked on more favourably than those who are not.
  • Area of research: the SEB only funds applications that are within the Society’s research remit. This is restricted to the subject areas that are covered by the Society’s activities.  Research directly related to medicine is precluded as this subject area is better funded than most biological disciplines.

How to apply:

Please note that incomplete applications will not be forwarded to the judging panel. 

  • Applicants must complete the checklist, application form, Justification of Proposal (explaining why they chose to attend the conference / visit a laboratory) and include a 250 word abstract of their presentation / research.
  • Applicants must attach letters from two referees (one of these must be your supervisor) and a confirmation of their status from their Head of Department.
  • Please do not attach your CV or publication list, or any additional documents other than the ones required as these will not be taken into consideration.

Download an Application Form

Applications can be sent by email to grants@sebiology.org or by post to the address below:

Sabina Baba (Membership Manager)
Society for Experimental Biology
Charles Darwin House
12 Roger Street
London
WC1N 2JU

Please note that if you are sending your application by post, you need to send it at least one week before the deadline to ensure it arrives in time for consideration.

You will be informed of the decision of the judging panel approximately one month from the closing date for the quarter (31st March, 30th June, 30th September, 31st December). The decision of the judging panel is final.