Practical Teaching Aid Awards

Individual Members are invited to apply for small grants to support developments likely to lead to an improvement in the teaching of any aspect of microbiology relevant to secondary or tertiary (including postgraduate) education in the UK.

NB Staff employed in schools that are currently paid-up Corporate School Members of the SGM should apply to the Microbiology in Schools Fund.

Rules

1. Applicants must be members of the Society, currently residing in the UK or Republic of Ireland.
   
   
2. Applicants may seek support, normally within the range £200-£3500, for:
   1. Purchase of consumable materials, but not capital equipment.
      
      
   2. Short-term assistance, e.g. vacation employment of an undergraduate, or exceptionally a postgraduate after expiry of a studentship.
      
      Examples of projects which might be funded include the provision of teaching materials (e.g. videos, slides, posters), the development of reliable, novel practical exercises, new approaches to teaching/learning familiar concepts (e.g. computer simulations or tutorials) or any other appropriate aspect. It is not intended that the Fund should subsidise normal departmental teaching practices; the Society wishes to encourage innovation.
      
      
   3. Successful applicants will normally be required to make the results of their work available to Society members, within 18 months of the award being made. This will include a presentation at a Society meeting and publication of an article in Microbiology Today. Physical materials, whether off-prints, videos, slides, computer programs, microbial strains or in other forms, should be readily available to Society members either free or on low-cost loan or purchase for a period of at least five years after termination of the project.
      
      
   4. The Society would encourage commercial or other dissemination of the results of the project to a wider public. All Intellectual Property Rights, including copyright and design rights, in any materials produced as a result of the grant will be vested in the Society.
      
      
   5. Applications must be made on the appropriate form. THREE copies of the completed application form and all supplementary documentation must be submitted for consideration.
      
      

   Applications

   Enquires to grants@sgm.ac.uk | 0118 988 1807

   Download an application form here

   Applications should be submitted by post to Grants Office, SGM, Marlborough House, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading RG7 1AG, email to grants@sgm.ac.uk or Fax to 0118 988 5656.

   There is no closing date for receipt of applications which will be considered on a first come, first served basis during the period 1 January - 31 December.

    

   Last modified 14 November 2011