Travel Bursaries for ECR’s

We offer a number of ECR* travel bursaries for our EBNet or NIBB events, for doing a SWAP with another lab and for presenting at international conferences. Note that, unless we have provided written confirmation to the contrary, ALL travel bursary expenses have to be claimed within 3 months of the event start date or the offer will automatically be withdrawn. Details of conferences are below and do keep an eye out for details on our newsletters.

SWAP Bursaries

Proud of the work going on in your lab? Fancy a visit to another lab tackling similar topics? We have just the thing for you, the Share With A Peer (SWAP) Travel Bursary

It can be hugely useful to see how other labs work –as much for the little details as for the headline analyses and methods. If you want to swap ideas on set-ups and solutions, send us an email. We can offer up to £250* towards accommodation, meals, and travel per person for each 1/2-day trip. All we ask in return is that you take the time to make a short video clip &/or pictures suitable for our website. It’s that simple. More information on our flyer or web page.

ECR Travel Bursaries

We have a limited number of ECR* Conference Travel Bursaries, now allocated on a case-by-case basis. Applicants must have been accepted for a platform presentations. Download the Guidance and Application Form for more information. [Note 2023: We have raised the Travel Bursary maximum level to £2,000 to reflect the rise in the cost-of-living and international flights.][Note 2024: We are now accepting applications for any relevant conference aligned to the EBNet remit.]

In order to satisfy the bursary requirement we will be asking for a short video – suitable for upload for EBNet promotional purpose – from successful applicants. This would comprise a short (2-5 min.) talk, which we could use on the EBNet website (recorded at your convenience). This proviso is a condition of the award.

Conferences Previously Considered

• BIOMINING 2023, 5-6 June 2023, Falmouth (in conjunction with E3B: Metals in Biology – for details see here)
• Testing the Waters 6.* 26-27 June 2023, Oxford.
• BAGECO 2023, 26-30 June 2023, Copenhagen.
• ISMOS 9, 27-30 June 2023, Edinburgh.
• FEMS23, 9-13 July 2023 in Hamburg.
• 10th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control (WETPOL), 10-14 September 2023, Bruges
• Aquaconsoil 2023, 11-15 September 2023, Prague.
• The IWA Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering (MEWE),11-14 September 2023, Brisbane.
• The IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, 2-6 June 2024, Istanbul.
• ISME19, 18-23 August 2024, Cape Town.
• The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, 11-15 August 2024, Toronto.

Case Studies

See how our bursaries have supported members at previous conferences with our case studies here:

• Meredith Barr – WasteEng24, 20-23 August 2024 and video here.
• Nasreen Nasar – 18th IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion 2-6 June 2024 and video here.
• Anna Salvian – NA-ISMET, 3-5 April 2024, and video here.
• Ipek Tezyapar Kara – AquaConsoil, 11-15 September 2023, video here.
• Tao Lyu – WETPOL, 10-14 September 2023, video here.
• Aaron Brown – BIORESTEC, 14-17 May 2023
• Sanjay Nagarajan – BIORESTEC, 14-17 May 2023 and video here.
• Charlotte Head – SETAC, 13-17 November 2022
• Bing Guo – ISME 18, 14-19 August 2022 and video here.
• Reihaneh Bashiri – ISME 18, 14-19 August 2022
• Sophie Holland – ISME 18, 14-19 August 2022 and video here.

*Definition of ECR/Young Professional

To be considered an Early Career Researcher, you must be an academic/postgraduate/post-doctorate in a permanent position in a UK institution. This need not be full-time. Applicants at the time of submission must have no more than three years’ full-time employment (or the full-time equivalent taking account of career breaks, part-time employment, etc.) at lecturer or equivalent level and should not exceed 10 years in active postgraduate research studies and postdoctoral research employment.