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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ICN 2026 Travel Grant |
To support attendance at the International Congress of Neuroendocrinology 2026 (Nagoya, Japan) only. |
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. |
£1,000 |
30 January 2026 |
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International Conference Travel Grant |
To support attendance at international conferences and meetings, including those held in the UK. Do not apply for funds to attend ICN 2026 (Nagoya, Japan) using this grant. |
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. |
£1,000 |
30 January 2026 |
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Project Support Grant |
The funding can be used to cover all reasonable costs including, but not limited to, salaries, consumables and other research costs |
All members are eligible to apply, whether on their own behalf or on behalf of a student. |
£8,000 |
30 January 2026 |
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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 |
£3,000 |
27 February 2026 |
Undergraduate Student Laboratory Experience Grant Rules [PDF] |
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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. |
£6,000 |
27 February 2026 |
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Early Career Researcher Travel Grant |
To support registration, travel and accommodation (not subsistence) 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 6 months. |
£200 (£450 for non-UK based ECRs) |
TBC |
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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. |
£1,000 |
31 July 2026 |
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Project Support Grant |
The funding can be used to cover all reasonable costs including, but not limited to, salaries, consumables and other research costs |
All members are eligible to apply, whether on their own behalf or on behalf of a student. |
£8,000 |
31 July 2026 |
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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. |
£6,000 |
1 September 2026 |
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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 September 2026 |
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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. |
£5,000 |
Applications are welcome all year round |
Please contact one of the JNE Editors-in-Chief: |
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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.
