Our Technician Skills Development Grant supports technicians working in all sectors (for example industry, academia, education or research) to undertake short to mid-term visits to organisations overseas or within their current country of residence, with the aim of developing skills to support their career progression.

 

Applicants must be RSC members employed in a technical role. For full details, please see the terms and conditions.

 

There are several options that can be applied for:

One-off visit (up to 3 months) outside current country of residence (up to £5000*)

One-off visit (up to 3 months) within current country of residence (up to £3000*)

Multiple visits to the same organisation (of up to 3 months each over 2 years) outside current country of residence (up to £7000*)

Multiple visits to the same organisation (of up to 3 months each over 2 years) within current country of residence (up to £6000*)

* Our grants will contribute towards return travel to the host organisation, accommodation and subsistence during the visit.

 

The Royal Society of Chemistry would like to thank former Fellow Mr James Diamond CBE FRSC, whose kind legacy has funded the current round of Technician Grants.

Assessment procedure

Notice about grant applications

Unfortunately, we have closed the Technician Skills Development Grant for new applications for the rest of 2023. Please email us if you would like to be kept informed of the future of this grant.

 

All applications are assessed by the Technician Skills Development Grant Working Group who have oversight of the entire grant scheme. The Group comprises members of the Registration Committee. Application deadlines are as follows:

Round 1

Opens: 30 January 2023

Closes: 31 March 2023

Decision communicated by: 5 May 2023

Round 2

Opens: 5 May 2023

Closes: 28 July 2023

Decision communicated by: 29 August 2023

Round 3

Opens: 29 August 2023

Closes: 18 October 2023

Decision communicated by: 21 December 2023

Contact us

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Technician Skills Development Grant application form

This application form is for use by members of the Royal Society of Chemistry employed as technicians working in all sectors to apply for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Technician Skills Development Grant. All applications made and grants awarded are subject to the Royal Society of Chemistry Technician Skills Development Grant terms and conditions and the Royal Society of Chemistry expenses policy.

The personal data contained in this form will be processed by the Royal Society of Chemistry for the purposes of assessing the application and, where applicable, awarding any grant. All such processing by the Royal Society of Chemistry will be in accordance with the Royal Society of Chemistry’s privacy policy. The Royal Society of Chemistry will not use information provided for marketing purposes. Applicants are deemed to have given consent to the Royal Society of Chemistry to process data related to applications by signing an application form. 

Please use the following form to begin your application. After an initial check of the application to ensure eligibility, you will be contacted for the following supporting documents:

  1. An up to date CV
  2. A supporting statement from your current line manager that includes reference to your professionalism, scientific approach, your commitment to developing technical skills and how the activities proposed in the application will support your career development.
  3. A supporting statement from your proposed host confirming that they are willing to host you and how they will support you to undertake the proposed training and/or development activities.
  4. Details of any Technician Skills Development Grant or any other grant from the RSC you have applied for or received previously.

Please select a Technician Skills Development Grant option:

  1. One-off visit (up to 3 months) outside current country of residence (up to £5000*)
  2. One-off visit (up to 3 months) within current country of residence (up to £3000*)
  3. Multiple visits to the same organisation (of up to 3 months each over 2 years) outside current country of residence (up to £7000*)
  4. Multiple visits to the same organisation (of up to 3 months each over 2 years) within current country of residence (up to £6000*)

* Our grants will contribute towards return travel to the host organisation, accommodation and subsistence during the visit.

 

Details of applicant

Details of your current employment

Please include the name of the organisation that you are currently employed by.

Details of host

Outline of planned activities

Please include the information above for each one of your planned visits.

Outline of expenses

Please give a breakdown of the estimated expenses that you will use the grant to pay for.

For example: transport, accommodation, travel from airport to accommodation, administrative costs, day-to-day expenses including food and travel. Please reference where you found these estimates, for example: www.britishairways.com. Please refer to our expenses policy before completing this part.

Terms and conditions

Please tick this box to acknowledge that:

  • You have read, understood and accept the terms and conditions.
  • We need to collect and manage your personal data in order to provide this service. Our privacy statement explains how we do this.
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