Meeting Travel Awards
Application Form
These awards give financial support to student members of the Society, to facilitate their participation at the Society's annual Spring meeting and Autumn symposium.
Student travel awards are available for the annual Spring Meeting (up to £200) and the Autumn Symposium (up to £100). They will be awarded on a first come, first-served basis. Please note the terms and conditions of the award below and forward completed application forms to the Locum Honorary Treasurer (Dr Justin Pachebat, jip@aber.ac.uk).
The following rules apply to these awards:
1. Applicants must be members of the BSP at the time of application. For first year students, an application to join the BSP must be submitted before or when applying for support.2. Each
application form requires a statement of support from the student's supervisor
(this includes Master’s and 1st-year PhD students).
3. The
applicant must be presenting a poster or oral presentation at the meeting. Master’s
and First year PhD students are exempt from this rule.
4. The
financial support of the BSP should be acknowledged in any talk or poster
presentation made by the student at the meeting. Council considers this to be important
because this allows BSP membership to see how Society funds are being used.
5. Support
is provided to Post-doctoral research students (Master’s and PhD) and to
students who have completed their studies but are currently writing up their
theses. No support can be provided to postdoctoral fellows, salaried researchers
or undergraduate students.
6. Awards
of up £200 will be provided to each UK applicant (Post-doctoral research
students (Master’s and PhD)) for each Spring Meeting and £100 for each Autumn
Symposium.
7. In
certain circumstances i.e. for an international PhD student attending a Spring
meeting once during the course of their PhD, the amount awarded is flexible, up
to a total of £600.
8. A
maximum of £600 will be provided to each PhD student during the course of their
PhD under this scheme. Students working
towards a PhD on a part time basis over more than 3 years should contact the
Hon. Treasurer if they wish to apply for support to attend additional meetings.
9. Applications
should be made on the form below and should be sent BY E-MAIL to the Hon.
Treasurer at jip@aber.ac.uk.
10. Students
will be informed of the outcome of their award application prior to the start
of the meeting.
11. Payments are
made to students who attended the meeting via Bank transfer after the meeting. Please ensure you fill in the correct bank
details for UK and non-UK nationals.
NB: Membership enquiries should be sent to the BSP secretariat (info@bsp.uk.net) and not to the Hon. Treasurer.