Funding and support
Several organisations have made commitments to offer financial support to help visitors who may not have sufficient local funds to attend the Congress.
We will develop these pages as a clearing-house for information about the different funding opportunities as they are announced. Please follow the “full details” links below for instructions on how to apply.
Please note that the local Congress organisers cannot advise on any of these funding possibilities. Please address any queries directly to the contact addresses given in the funding call details.
The announcements so far are as follows:
Scheme 1. BSHS, non-UK participants
Funded by: British Society for the History of Science (BSHS)
Administered by: BSHS
Eligibility: anyone based outside the UK who has had a paper accepted, all levels, any discipline
Value: £250
Application deadline: Thursday 28 February
Scheme 2. BSHS, student members
The deadline for applications to this scheme is 31 January. For full details, see the previous version of this page .
Scheme 3. Wellcome Trust, non-UK students
Funded by: The Wellcome Trust
Administered by: BSHS
Eligibility: any student based at institutions outside the UK with an accepted paper in medical history and/or the history of the biomedical and biological sciences
Value: up to £750
Application deadline: Thursday 28 February
Scheme 4. Wellcome Trust, UK students
Funded by: The Wellcome Trust
Administered by: BSHS
Eligibility: any student based at an institution in the UK with an accepted paper in medical history and/or the history of the biomedical and biological sciences
Value: up to £250
Application deadline: Thursday 28 February