DMM Conference Travel Grants

General guidelines:

• Maximum funding is set at £400 within the home country and at £600 for meetings overseas.
• The amount given depends on demand and may provide only a portion of the requested funding.
• Applicants who are presenting talks or displaying posters might be looked on more favourably than those who are not.
• DMM does not fund applications made retrospectively, so please submit your application in good time.
• DMM reserves the right to reject applications to attend conferences or workshops that it considers to be possibly ‘predatory’ in design. We strongly encourage applicants to judge the legitimacy and credentials of conferences to help decide whether or not to attend. The Think.Check.Attend  initiative might be useful in this regard.
• The date of travel must occur within six months of funding being awarded.
• Unsuccessful applicants may not submit a new application within 12 months of their initial application.
• Applicants should not have received other funding from The Company of Biologists in the past 12 months.
• Funding of multiple applications from the same lab or department will be limited, and it is likely that only one will be awarded each round.

Guidelines for completing the application:

• The application and all supporting documents must be completed in English.
• It is your responsibility to ensure that you meet the criteria required for a grant.
• Expenses include registration fees, travel, subsistence, accommodation and visa fees. Travel insurance costs are not to be included in the expenses.

Please upload the following documents to your application (note: all letters of support must be in English, on headed paper and signed).

• For PhD students and post-doctoral researchers: a supporting letter from your supervisor confirming your status.
• For independent group leaders and PIs: a supporting letter from your Head of Department confirming that no independent funding is available to attend meetings and courses.
• A short justification for your proposal outlining why you should be awarded the grant.
• A copy of any abstract submitted to the meeting or conference for which funding is requested.
• Curriculum Vitae.

Terms and conditions for successful applicants:

• Support from DMM and The Company of Biologists should be acknowledged in any presentations given or posters displayed at the meeting or course (logo will be supplied).
• Any unspent funds must be returned within one month of the end of the travel.
• If for any reason you do not attend the conference, workshop or course, please email dmmtravelgrants@biologists.com. Please also arrange for the funds to be returned, in full.
• You must keep all of the receipts related to your visit to upload on the via the online application portal on your return.
• You must provide a 250-word meeting report and at least two bright, clear photographs.
• We might use material from DMM Conference Travel Grant reports on our website, social media and other promotional materials.