Society Grants

Research Board Grants

• International Conference Symposium Scheme

  This scheme provides funding for BPS Member Networks to convene a symposium at an international conference.

• Early Career Conference Bursary Scheme

  This provides bursaries to support early-career psychologists in the UK to attend academic conferences in the UK and internationally (either physically or virtually).

• Joint Postgraduate Award with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

  This provides an opportunity for a postgraduate psychologist to be seconded to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology to assist in providing briefing material for MPs and peers.

• Undergraduate Research Assistantship Scheme

  This scheme awards grants to researchers to allow them to provide undergraduates with hands on experience of research and encourage them to consider an academic career.

• Postgraduate Study Visit Scheme

  This enables research students who are registered for a doctoral degree at a UK university to undertake a study visit to another institution to acquire skills directly relevant to their research.

• Early Career Study Visit Scheme

  To enable postdoctoral researchers and lecturers who are within three years of the completion of their doctoral research degree in psychology to undertake a study visit to another institution to acquire skills directly relevant to their research/lecturing.

• Research Seminar Competition

  These grants enable institutions to co-operate to hold scientific seminars.

• Sections Initiative Fund

  This scheme provides funding for Society Sections to undertake new initiatives.

Education and Training Board Grants

• Public Engagement Grants

  Grants are available to support members wishing to promote psychology to the public.