Undergraduate Student Conference Grants
Purpose
The Undergraduate Student Conference Grants contribute towards the costs accommodation, registration and travel of eligible SGM Undergraduate Student Members in attending one SGM conference each year.
Rules
- The scheme is open to undergraduate students registered for a degree in the UK or Republic
of Ireland who are paid-up undergraduate members of the SGM (or who have taken up an
offer of free membership).
- Applicants must be presenting work at the conference.
- Applicants may claim for:
- up to a set amount, as specified in the application form, towards travelling costs
- a contribution of up to a set amount per night, as specified in the application form, towards cost of bed and breakfast accommodation
- NB UG Student Members do not pay registration fees at SGM conferences if they register before the earlybird booking deadline.
Grants will not cover the extra cost of registering after this date and applicants will be responsible for this cost (£10 or €10 per day).
- Grants are limited to attendance at ONE only of the 2012 conferences listed below:
SPRING
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Spring 2012 Conference, The Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland - 26-29 March 2012
AUTUMN
- Applications must be made before the start of the conference. No retrospective claims will be considered.
- Grant recipients who do not attend the conference will be required to repay the grant in full.
- Applications must be made on the appropriate form. ONE copy of the completed application form must be submitted for consideration.
Applications
Enquires to grants@sgm.ac.uk | 0118 988 1807
For the SGM Autumn 2012 Conference at The University of Warwick
Download the scheme rules here 
Download an application form here 
For the Marine Microbiology & Biotechnology, Irish Division Conference at University College Cork
Information will be available in early June
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.
Closing dates for applications:
Dublin: 23 March 2012
Warwick: 31 August 2012
Cork: 9 November 2012
Last modified 10 May 2012 |
