Carer Support Fund for Conferences and Meetings
The School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition (SMMSN) recognises that many staff and Postgraduate Research students have caring responsibilities which can impact on their ability to travel to Scientific Conferences or other meetings important for career development. This may particularly affect early career staff and Postgraduate students.
The SMMSN Athena Swan Self Assessment team are therefore pleased to re-instate the Carer Support Fund which ran in our School between May 2015 and 2020. This fund is open to ALL staff (not only academics) who are in the early stages of their career (normally 5 years from the start of their career) and Postgraduate Research Students. The aim is to support people with caring responsibilities (including but not limited to childcare) to attend conferences and important meetings.
Award decisions will be based on eligibility and the justification provided by the applicant on their need for funds.
Guidance on eligibility, the type of costs that can be requested and an application form can be downloaded here. If you have any queries, please contact Dr Asha VenkateshEDI and Athena Swan co-lead of SMMSN (a.venkatesh@abdn.ac.uk or smmsn.edi@abdn.ac.uk ).