Bursaries - PsyPAG

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PsyPAG Bursaries

PsyPAG awards a number of bursaries to help psychology postgraduates attend conferences and other events, both at home and abroad. All psychology postgraduates registered at a UK institution are eligible to apply for our bursary funds. We are also offering Research Grant bursaries that can help support postgraduates with their research.

We offer a range of popular bursaries to help support professional development, including attendance at conferences (both international and domestic), workshop/training events, research grants and study visits. We also offer standalone travel bursaries which can help towards travel costs for domestic conference bursaries.

Information about each bursary can be found below

Conference Bursaries

Our conference bursaries are structured to enable us to award bursaries to as many people as possible. There are two types of award:

PsyPAG International Conference Bursary

This is an award of up to £300 to help with the cost of attending an international conference. This can be used towards registration, travel, materials (such as poster printing) and accommodation costs.

To apply for this International Conference bursary, please fill out an application form here.

PsyPAG Domestic Conference Bursary

This is an award of up to £100 to help with the cost of attending a UK conference. This can be used towards registration, materials (such as poster printing) and accommodation costs. If you need further support for travel to a domestic conference, you should apply for a travel bursary also.

Please note: This bursary does not apply to the PsyPAG conference bursary.

To apply for this Domestic Conference bursary, please fill out an application form here.

Workshop/training events

You can apply for a bursary of up to £100 to help with costs in attending certain professional development events, such as workshops and training courses. This fund can be used towards registration, travel and accommodation costs.

To apply for this workshop/training event bursary, please fill out an application form here.

Study Vists

Study visits

You can apply for a bursary of up to £200 to help with costs towards a study visit. This fund can be used towards registration, travel and accommodation costs.

To apply for this study visit bursary, please fill out an application form here.

Travel Bursaries

You can apply for a travel bursary, up to the amount of £50. This fund can be used to assist in your travel costs for events, such as domestic conferences.

To apply for this travel bursary, please fill out an application form here.

Research Grants

Research Grant Bursaries

You can apply for a research grant bursary, up to the amount of £300. This fund can be used to assist you in conducting research as part of your postgraduate studies. For example, this fund may help with paying participants in exchange for taking part in your research or helping with your travel costs when collecting data away from your University. This fund can be used towards participant incentives, cost of materials and travel costs (i.e. petrol receipts or train tickets)

Please note that expenses will be paid for research activities only only and all receipts should be submitted to the Treasurer. If unsure, please contact our Information Officer (info@psypag.co.uk) or Treasurer (treasurer@psypag.co.uk).

To apply for this research grant bursary, please fill out an application form here

PsyPAG Annual Conference Bursary

PsyPAG Annual Conference Bursaries

In addition to the bursaries above, we offer up to 20 bursaries of up to £100 to support the associated costs delegates wishing to present and attend the PsyPAG Annual Conference. In addition, we are also offering one bursary of up to £300 for students based at international institutions. This is a separate application process specific to our annual conference. These funds can be used to fun registration, accommodation and travel costs only.

Details regarding our 2019 Annual Conference will be announced shortly.

Application information

The deadlines for each round are: 10th February, 10th June and 10th October. Applications will be reviewed by the bursary sub-committee after each deadline and all applicants will be notified if they have been successful within 6-7 weeks. Successful International Conference, Study Visit and Research Grant bursary applicants are required to write an article for the PsyPAG Quarterly (Note: Successful Domestic Conference, Workshop and Travel applicants are exempt from this condition).

All our PsyPAG bursaries can be offered retrospectively – in other words, you are eligible to be considered for a bursary when the event has already happened (e.g., you would be eligible for an international bursary within the June round, even if you attended the conference in May).

Applicants are welcome to submit an application to more than one bursary category per round. Please note however, that an applicant cannot be awarded two bursaries in the same round (unless the two awards are domestic and travel bursaries combined).