Grants
Important notice
Applications must be made through the BSN membership portal, you will need to log-in and then navigate to Me and the BSN > Grants. We welcome applications from under-represented groups. All successful grant applicants are expected to submit a Grants Report Form no later than 6 months after the end of the grant. Please note, future grants will not be awarded if no Grants Report Form has been received.
| Scheme | Purpose | Eligibility | Max Amount | Deadline Dates | Application Form | Rules | ||
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Undergraduate Student Laboratory Experience Grant |
To provide some financial support for a student who undertakes a vacation lab project |
The host supervisor should apply on behalf of the student that they consider to be suitable for a project in their lab. The host supervisor must have been a member of the BSN for at least 6 months. Students can be of any nationality. Undergraduate students or students immediately after graduation or prior to starting MSc or PhD studies are eligible |
£2,440 | 1 April | Apply via mySociety | Undergraduate Student Laboratory Experience Grant Rules [PDF] | ||
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Project Support Grant |
To provide support for consumables/other research costs to enable postdoctoral scientists or students to carry out the best possible neuroendocrine research project | Non-tenured postgraduate or post-doctoral researchers or Academic/Faculty staff who apply on behalf of a student who are full members and have been members of the BSN for at least 6 months. | £7,000 |
1 May 1 October |
Apply via mySociety | Project Support Grant Rules [PDF] | ||
| Academic Support Fund | To support new academic staff with research funding /or established staff with no current research funding |
Tenured academic staff. New academic staff within 10 years of obtaining their PhD, who have less than £100K in funding. Or established staff with no current research funding. Full member of the BSN for at least 6 months
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£10,000 | 1 May | Apply via mySociety | Academic Support Fund Rules [PDF] | ||
| Outreach and Public Engagement Grant | To organise public engagement activities |
Applicants must have been a member of the BSN for at least 6 months. Or a non-member public engagement professional. Non-member public engagement professionals must contact the Society before submitting an application. Non-member public engagement professionals must be partnered with a Society member who will assist the development and/or delivery of the activity |
£500 | 1 May
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Apply via mySociety | Outreach and Public Engagement Grant Rules [PDF] | ||
| BSN Symposium Support Fund | To support and promote symposia that promote aspects of neuroendocrinology at national or international conferences |
Applicants must have been a member of the BSN for at least 6 months. Applications must be made in advance: retrospective applications will not be considered. |
£2000 | Applications are welcome all year round | Apply via mySociety | BSN Symposium Support Fund Rules [PDF] | ||
| JNE Symposium Support Fund | To support focussed, subject specific, scientifically valuable meetings that might otherwise have difficulty covering their costs, or where additional support would facilitate wider community involvement e.g. through provision of ECR travel grants. | Please see grant rules. | £5000 | Applications are welcome all year round | Please contact one of the JNE Editors-in-Chief: Professor Mike Lehman, mlehma18@kent.edu, or Professor Bob Millar, bob.millar@up.ac.za | JNE Symposium Support Fund Rules [PDF] | ||
| Research Visit Grant |
To support travel and accommodation (not subsistence) for neuroendocrinologists visiting research labs in the UK, Europe or the rest of the world in order to learn a technique or to carry out experiments essential to their project |
All members (UK and International) including academic staff, post-doctoral research fellows and postgraduate students. Applicants must have been a member of the BSN for at least 6 months. |
£5000 |
1 March |
Apply via mySociety | Research Visit Grant Rules [PDF] | ||
| Early Career Researcher Travel Grant |
To support travel to UK BSN meetings. |
Postgraduate students and post-doctoral research fellows within 10 years of gaining their PhD. Applicants must have been a member of the BSN for at least 3 months. |
£150 (£400 for non-UK based ECRs) |
1 June 2025 | ECR Travel Grant Rules [PDF] | |||
| International Conference Travel Grant | To support attendance at international conferences and meetings, including those held in the UK. |
All members, including academic staff, post-doctoral research fellows and postgraduate students. Applicants must have been a member of the BSN for at least 6 months. |
£700 |
1 March 1 September |
Apply via mySociety | International Conference Travel Grant Rules [PDF] | ||
Watch tips and tricks on applying for a BSN grant from BSN's Grant Secretary
Dr Gisela Helfer gives tips and tricks to bear in mind when filling out your BSN grant application.
Time codes
00:00 Introduction
00:13 What we look for in your application introduction
00:23 What we look for in your application - 1. Fit to BSN remit - neuroendocrine focus, impact neuroendocrine community, commitment to BSN
01:02 What we look for in your application - 2. Personal benefit - benefit your/your student's career and research, quality of candidate relative to career stage, potential to secure future funding
02:20 What we look for in your application 3. Quality of scientific proposal - clarity of proposal, feasibility of research, state what you will do with data (publish in JNE), skills training, innovative, interesting and exciting research
04:40 Grant application process - 1. Administrators check for eligibility and letters of support
05:21 Grant application process - 2. Grant Secretary sends applications to reviewers
05:45 Grant application process - 3. Applications go to reviewers and grant panel for decision
06:34 TOP TIP: Make sure your personal benefits section is of high quality
07:01 Grant application process - 4. Successful applicants are notified
07:35 Grant application process - 5. Unsuccessful applicants are encouraged to reapply
08:04 Good luck!
Watch tips from three successful BSN Project Support Grant applicants
Three successful British Society for Neuroendocrinology grant applicants - Dr Dan Brierley, Dr Nicole Morrissey and Dr Asami Ogoru-Ando - give reasons to apply for BSN grants and tips for applying.
