Bursaries

There are a number of bursaries available to assist you to attend mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025. Please take a look at the information below:

Exhibition Day Visitor Bursaries

Although it is free to attend the mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025 exhibition, the Royal Microscopical Society understand that funding your travel to events can be difficult.

For this reason, the RMS are offering a number of day visitor travel bursaries of up to £50 to help those planning to attend the mmc2025 incorporating EMAG2025 exhibition. As a limited bursary fund, awards will be made on a first come first served basis.

Bursary amounts will be staggered based on distance travelled from normal place of work to the event in Manchester and are available to both members and non-members of the RMS.

Up to £10 for travel within Greater Manchester
Up to £50 for travel outside Greater Manchester

The following points should be noted when applying for an mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025 Exhibition bursary:

It is anticipated that where these sums are insufficient to cover all costs of attending mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025, they will be used as ‘leverage’ for additional support from elsewhere.
After the exhibition, bursary recipients will prepare a short report which may be published in infocus magazine.
Payment will be made after the event, on completing an RMS Expense Form and producing the relevant receipts and report, the deadline for which is 30 September 2025.

Application Form

Title: (Prof/Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss) ^*

First name ^*

Family name ^*

Email address ^*

Company/affiliation ^*

Correspondence address ^*

Bursary amount requested ^*

Reasons for attending the exhibition, Learning Zone & Workshops ^*

Please check the box to indicate you understand the terms which you need to meet in order to receive this bursary ^*

I understand the terms

RMS Code of Conduct

Please check the box to indicate you agree to abide by the RMS code of conduct (linked above) ^*

I agree

Care & Support Grants

We are pleased to announce that we are piloting a Care and Support Grant scheme for mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025. These grants are designed to help with the additional caring or childcare costs that are incurred when trying to attend a conference. It may be that you need to cover a few hours additional childcare costs at the end of the day or get extra support for a caring responsibility.

The Care & Support Grants are open to RMS members and non-members for mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025
Recipients must have registered, paid and attended mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025
A Care & Support Grant may be awarded in addition to a travel bursary
The grant will be paid after attendance, on submission of expense claim and relevant receipts, and a short report/testimonial about attending mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025, the deadline for which is 30 September 2025.
We have a limited fund and this will be awarded on first come first served basis

Application Form

Title: (Prof/Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss) ^*

First name ^*

Family name ^*

Email address ^*

Company/affiliation ^*

Correspondence address ^*

Bursary amount requested (up to a maximum of £100) ^*

Breakdown of costs involved, i.e. additional nursery fees, babysitter, additional carer hours needed etc ^*

How will attending this conference benefit you? ^*

Please check the box to indicate you understand the terms which you need to meet in order to receive this bursary ^*

I understand the terms

RMS Code of Conduct

Please check the box to indicate you agree to abide by the RMS code of conduct (linked above) ^*

I agree

RMS Travel Bursaries

The RMS are also offering a limited number of travel bursaries to their members. More information on these can be found on the Royal Microscopical Society website. However, as per our Travel Bursary Terms & Conditions only in exceptional circumstances will the Society fund more than one bursary per person in any financial year - this includes all mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025 Travel Bursaries

For any questions regarding mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025 Travel Bursaries, please email Debbie Hunt.

Conference & Exhibition Bursaries

The Royal Microscopical Society are able to offer a limited number of travel bursaries to those planning to attend mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025 Conference and Exhibition. As a limited bursary fund, awards will be made on a first come first served basis. mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025 bursaries are open to both RMS members and non-members.

The deadline for applications is 2 May 2025.

Bursary contributions will be based on the distance travelled from normal place of work to the event in Manchester (using the same formula as normal RMS bursaries):

£125, up to 300km away from your place of work
£200, 300-2000km away from your place of work
£300, over 2000km away from your place of work

The following points should be noted when applying:

It is anticipated that where these sums are insufficient to cover all costs of attending mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025, they will be used as ‘leverage’ for additional support from elsewhere.
After the conference bursary recipients will prepare a short report which may be published in infocus.
Payment will be made after the event, on completing an RMS Expense Form and producing the relevant receipts and report, the deadline for which is 30 September 2025.