Grants and Prizes

Lab Visit Grant

These grants have been established to assist Scientist-in-Training members and Associate members to visit labs to learn a technique or to carry out experiments essential to their projects.

Eligibility

Applications will only be considered if submitted by a member of the Society for Endocrinology. Scientist-in-Training Members may apply if they hold a minimum of six months’ membership, have not yet achieved a PhD or are less than 6 years post PhD.  Associate Members may apply if they hold a minimum of 12 months’ membership.  It is anticipated that the applicant will normally be an academic or academic-related staff member. If not, a letter of support is required from the principal investigator or clinical team leader.

Value: Up to £2000 per grant
Deadlines: None – continuous application throughout year

Conditions relating to the grant

  • Only applications submitted by a recognised Higher Education Research Institute and/or Medical Institute will be considered
  • The Society requires two written reports from the applicant.  One academic report (max 1000 words) demonstrating how the grant benefited themselves, the home institution and enabled significant advances in endocrine science/medicine as a whole. This report should also include details of any publications resulting from the grant and will be published on the Society’s website.  As we wish to highlight these awards, we also require a short summary (300 words) which may be published in The Endocrinologist.
  • Both reports must be submitted to the Society no later than 3 months after the end of visit. Grants cannot be awarded retrospectively
  • The decision of the Grants Panel is final
  • Funds awarded are final and do not include overheads and are not subject to appeal
  • The Grants Panel will not accept resubmissions
  • The successful applicants must recognise the award on their departmental website with a link to the Society website for a minimum of six months after receipt of the grant
  • The Society reserves the right to publish successful applicant’s final report
  • Incomplete applications will not be considered

Application

Successful applicants

Reports from successful applicants