General Travel Grants - Korner Fund

Applications will be assessed according to three main criteria: 

1. Benefit to career gained from attendance 

Applicants should try to include answers to the following key points in their application: 

• How will attending this lab visit further your career? Give details of whether the aim is to form collaborations or further knowledge in an area that is not currently being pursued. 
• Are there any other achievements and/or outputs that are relevant? 

2. Financial need for support 

This refers to the applicants current funding available for travel. Key points that should be incorporated in the application include: 

• Details of the applicants provision for travel in their research grant or PhD programme. 
• Why funds are being sort from the Society and why the level of support is being requested. 
• The applicant is encouraged to apply for other funding to help attend the conference and give details of this so that the committee may see that the applicant will be able to attend if only partial support is provided by the General Travel Grant fund. 

3. Letter of Support from Supervisor or Head of Department and Host Lab  

A strong letter of support will demonstrate the following: 

• Case for financial need and the justification for the amount requested. 
• Promise of the applicant 
• What the benefit of attending this lab visit would be to the applicants career. 

Applications are considered two times a year, the deadlines for which are: 

• 1 March for visits after 1 April 
• 1 September for visits after 1 October 

Please note we aim to send round the outcome of applications three to four weeks after the deadline of the round that has been applied to.

General Travel Grants, funding of up to £750 available to assist with the cost of conference and lab visit attendance