Travel Bursaries
The Manchester & District Local Section of the Royal Society of Chemistry is making available small grants (£400) to support members in their career development through attendance at international conferences. Awards are competitive, and will be made only to Student Members or Younger Members (under 35) of the RSC studying, working, or domiciled within the area covered by Greater Manchester and outlying areas, such as High Peak, Macclesfield, Northwich and Rossendale. We encourage applications for fee-paying virtual conferences.
Awards are specifically for attendance at international conferences (in person or online) where members will be presenting a talk or poster. Alternative sources are available for UK RSC conferences. View alternative sources of funding available for UK RSC conferences.
Awards are intended to complement other sources of funding, and to act as leverage to secure such other funds.
A limited number of awards are available annually. Please fill in the travel bursary form , which includes details of where to email the completed form, by one of two deadlines:
- first Friday in March
- first Friday in June
Applications should be accompanied by a statement of support from the academic or industrial supervisor of the applicant, and should concern conferences in the calendar year of application. Awards will be made on the conditions that a short report on the conference is submitted to the next meeting of the Local Section, that their support is acknowledged in the talk/poster, and that certification of conference attendance is submitted alongside the report.
Decisions will be communicated within two weeks of receipt of applications. They will depend upon the academic or professional standing of the conference and applicant, the relevance of the conference to the research project or professional duties of the applicant, and the case made as to professional development in the application and supporting statement.