Society-Supported Conference Grants
Awards of up to £2,000 are available to members who wish to organise a conference (in person or virtual) in any field of microbiology, either independently or in partnership with another Society.
Key details
Maximum award: £2,000
Deadlines: 3 June 2024 and 20 November 2024
Eligible membership categories: Full, Full Concessionary or Postgraduate Student members
Minimum membership categories: one year (two consecutive membership payments).
Enquiries about this scheme should be made by email to [email protected]. Please read all information on this page carefully and ensure you have read the guidance notes before submitting an application.
Society-Supported Conference Grant guidance notes
- Eligibility
- Application process
- What is covered by the grant
- Award criteria
- Administration of awards
- Conditions of the grant
Eligibility
Current paid-up Full, Full Concessionary or Postgraduate Student members who have held membership for a minimum period of one year (two consecutive membership subscription payments).
What is covered by the grant?
Awards of up to £2,000 are available to contribute towards funding the costs of invited speakers travel and accommodation only (see guidance notes for further details on expense allowances).
Application Process
In order to apply, please submit the below application form to [email protected] in advance of the conference or meeting. Applicants are advised to submit their application at least six months prior to the conference date.
There are two rounds of applications per year. Applicants are advised to submit their application at least six months prior to the conference date.
Closing dates for events taking place in 2024 are 3 June 2024 and 20 November 2024.
Applicants must include the following information with their application:
- A full meeting programme
- An event Code of Conduct must be submitted demonstrating how you have clearly addressed the Society’s EDI policy when identifying invited speakers for the meeting. You can view the Society’s Code of Conduct as an example.
All required supplementary material should be provided at the point of application. Full expected costs of invited speaker expenses should be given in the appropriate part of the application.
Society-Supported Conference grant application formAward Criteria
Award decisions are made by a panel and informed by a points system based on a defined set of criteria. Please find the criteria below.
Society-Supported Conference Grant scoring criteria
Thinking of submitting an application? Take a look at this how-to guide to give you the best chance of it being successful.
Administration of awards
Applicants should expect to receive notification of the outcome of their application within two months of the closing date. Applicants are notified of an awarded grant via email.
To claim a grant, applicants must submit a completed expense claim form to [email protected]. All claims must be made within three months of the funded project and substantiated by receipt or copies of invoices or other documents as appropriate.
Conditions of the grant
If a grant is awarded, the organisers will be required to:
- Acknowledge the financial support of the Society in all subsequent publicity, conference programmes and any resulting publications.
- Include printed materials, supplied by the Society, such as information on Society publications or upcoming conferences in the delegates packs or to display them for the whole duration of the conference.
- Display the Society’s logo on the conference website in line with the Society's branding guidelines.
- Clearly badge speakers funded by the Society as such, within but not limited to the following: programme book, abstract book, website and opening slide of a funded speaker’s presentation.
- Display the Society’s slide on rotating holding screens.
- Submit expense claim forms within three months after the meeting.
Enquiries about new applications to this scheme should be made by email to [email protected].
Below are some of the events which have received funding through our Society-Supported Conference Grant.
2024
20 – 22 February | Osara, Nigeria | Awareness on Microbes and Antimicrobial Residues In Animal Proteins Processed for Human Consumption: Confluence Meeting 2024 |
15 March | Oxford, UK | Sir William Dunn School of Pathology Postdoc Symposium |
29 – 30 April | Norwich, UK | Norwich and Cambridge Science Symposium 2024 (NoCaSS 2024) |
Between May and July 2024 |
This workshop will be delivered twice, once in person in the UK and once online. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK |
Education and Outreach Publication Writing Workshop |
04 June | Glasgow, UK | 26th Glasgow Virology Workshop |
10 June | London, UK | London Infection Postdoc Network Annual Symposium |
11 – 12 June | Liverpool, UK | Recently Independent Virology Researchers (RIVR) 2024 meeting |
24 – 25 June | London, UK | Bacterial Machines in Action |
3 July | Leicester, UK | East Midlands Microbiome Research Network One‐Health Research Day |
15 – 16 July | Leeds, UK | Bunyavirus 2024 |
5 – 7 September | Nottingham, UK | 6th International Conference of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology |
2023
12 – 15 February |
Cancun, Mexico |
4th Bacterial Cell Biology Meeting |
5 – 8 June | Cork, Ireland |
8th Conference on Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi (PYFF8) |
6 June | London, UK | London Infection Postdoc Symposium |
13 – 14 June |
Aberdeen, Scotland | 2nd Meeting on UK Harmful Algae |
25 – 29 June | Crieff Hydro Resort, Perthshire, UK | ETOX 2023: European Workshop on Bacterial Protein Toxins |
23 – 28 July | Mount Snow, USA | 2023 Gordon Research Conference – Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism and Molecular Biology |
7 – 9 September | Antwerp, Belgium | XXXVth Workshop of the European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group |
9 – 10 October | Oxfordshire, UK | 1st Annual UK Hepatitis B Virus Meeting |
18 –19 December | Glasgow, UK | Coccidian Day UK 2023 |
2022
14–20 May | La Colle sur Loup, France | FEBS 2022: Molecular Mechanisms of Host-pathogen Interactions and Virulence in Human Fungal Pathogens |
25–26 May | Dundee, UK | 3rd Plant Microbiome Symposium |
27–28 June | Cambridge, UK | Bunyavirus 2022 |
28–30 September | Rome, Italy | 25th European Nitrogen Cycling Meeting |
3–6 October | Prato, Italy | VetPath 2022 |
2021
27 September–1 October |
Georgia, USA |
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1–2 December |
Norwich, UK |
2020
1 January |
Kolkata, India |
Biofilms in nature, industry and environment: Impact and implications |
Multiple dates |
Birmingham, UK |
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09–10 January |
Leeds, UK |
Recently Independent Virology Researchers (RIVR) 2020 |
15–17 May |
Cumbria, UK |
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15–17 May |
Frascati, Italy |
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7–17 June |
Lisboa, Portugal |
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21–25 June (Postponed to 2022) |
Toronto, Canada |
19th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes (ISBA2020) |
28 June–3 July (Postponed to 2022) |
Mount Snow, West Dover, United States |
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29–30 June |
Cambridge, UK |
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6–9 July (Postponed: 6–9 July 2021) |
Montreal, Canada |
27th International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus and Related Viruses |
26–27 August (Virtual) |
Southampton, UK |
The 6th Young Microbiologists Symposium on Microbe Signalling, Organisation and Pathogenesis |
16–18 |
Rome, Italy |
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12 September (Virtual) |
Glasgow, Scotland |
33rd Workshop of the European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group |
23–25 September |
Rome, Italy |
25th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting – from molecules to climate change |
11–14 November |
Dublin, Ireland |
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14–15 December 2020 (Virtual) |
Liverpool, UK |
2019
2018
2017
2016
4–5 January | Derby, UK | 11th Recently Independent Virology Researcher's Meeting 2016 |
30 January | Glasgow, UK | 21st Glasgow Virology Workshop (GVW) |
31 March | London, UK | Legionella pneumophila (1976 to 2016) – from whole guinea pigs to whole genome sequencing: Do we understand it any better after 40 years? |
18–20 April | London, UK | The 7th European Spores Conference |
20–22 May | Cumbria, UK | 14th UK Meeting on the Biology and Pathology of Hepatitis C virus |
6–8 June | Bournemouth, UK | Protistology UK Spring Meeting 2016 |
29–30 June | Dundee, UK | Young Microbiologists Symposium on Microbe Signalling, Organisation and Pathogenesis |
29 June–1 July | Swansea, UK | British Yeast Group |
25–27 August | St Andrews, UK | Within host RNA virus persistence mechanisms and consequences |
September | Belfast, UK | Structural Aspects of Infectious Disease |
6–9 September | Oxford, UK | Eighth Meeting of the European Society for Chlamydia Research |
21–22 September | Leicester, UK | 3rd Midlands Molecular Microbiology Meeting |
29–30 November | Liverpool, UK | Vector-Borne Diseases In The UK |
2015
14–15 September | Nottingham, UK | 2nd Midlands Molecular Microbiology Meeting |
9–13 August | Surrey, UK | International Dictyostelium Meeting 2015 |
18 June | London, UK | 7th Blizard Institute HIV Symposium |
20–22 May | Cumbria, UK | 13th UK Meeting on the Biology and Pathology of Hepatitis C Virus |
16–22 May | La Colle sur Loup, France | 6th FEBS Advances Lecture Course on Human Fungal Pathogens: Molecular Mechanisms of Host–Pathogen Interactions and Virulence |
11 May | Edinburgh, UK | Scottish HPV Investigator's Network Meeting 2015 |
17 April | Limerick, Ireland | All Island State Veterinarians' Conference 2015 – Preserve, Protect, Produce |
8–9 April | Bristol, UK | Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens |
25–27 March | Manchester, UK | British Yeast Group Meeting |
7 February | Glasgow, UK | 20th Glasgow Virology Workshop (GVW) |
5–6 January | Derby, UK | 10th Recently Independent Virology Researcher's Meeting 2015 (RIVR 2015) |