Polymer Physics Group Bursaries

The Polymer Physics Group is able to make a limited number of awards towards the costs of Research Students’ participation in conferences in the UK and abroad. 

Students should be Polymer Physics Group members and be making a contribution (oral or poster) to the meeting. A report, suitable for publication in the Bulletin, should be written afterwards. Applications, supported by a letter from the student’s Supervisor.

DH Richards Memorial Bursaries

Are you:

1. A student member of Macro Group (UK)?
2. Desperate to go to an important conference?
3. Short of all the funding needed?   

then:
the D H Richards Memorial Bursaries scheme can help you!

About the bursaries

Macro Group set up the bursaries as a memorial to D H Richards, who was one of the founding officers of Macro Group and worked hard to establish it as a major group in the UK.

Under this scheme, Macro Group sets aside funds each year to support student members of Macro Group who wish to attend a scientifically-important conference, but are short of funds to make this happen.

Only one student from a particular department/school will be granted a bursary for a particular conference.  The applicant must be a current Macro Group member, have their supervisor's support, and be planning to make an oral or poster contribution at the conference.  It is expected that part of the funds needed to attend the conference will be obtained from other sources.  A particular student can only receive one bursary award during their period of study.  The maximum bursary amount awarded will be £300.

As a condition of receiving a bursary award, the student will be required to write a short report on the conference they attended for publication in the Bulletin.

How to apply

The application and decision-making process has recently changed, so please take careful note of the following information.

Application forms can be obtained by sending an email request to the Macro Group Secretary. 

The completed application form must be sent by the applicant's supervisor (to confirm their support of the application) via email to the Macro Group Secretary in accord with the following three deadlines:

• 1 November
• 1 February
• 1 May

Decisions will normally be announced less than 4 weeks after the deadline.