Fellowships and Bursaries

General Information

One of the core activities of BACR is to provide services to BACR members to assist with their career development. BACR provides a number of travel bursaries and fellowships for members of at least one year’s standing, awarded on a competitive basis:

• Student awards
• Meeting bursaries
• Travel/exchange fellowships
• Mid-career fellowships

The three application deadlines for the BACR bursaries and fellowships each year fall on 28th February, 30th June and 31st October. Applications are considered together after this deadline, and applicants can expect to hear the outcome of their applications within a month of the deadline.

Note that for requests for participation in conferences/workshops (student awards and meeting bursaries), the date of the meeting must be at least one month following the application deadline. We cannot fund retrospective applications, since one of the award criteria is recognition of BACR on the conference presentation/poster. Applicants should therefore plan their applications well in advance, taking careful note of the deadlines.

For student awards and meeting bursaries, the following criteria apply when assessing applications for potential funding:

• Participation (oral presentation or poster) in a high quality conference/workshop relevant to cancer research.
• An abstract (submitted or accepted for presentation) of high scientific merit.
• A good curriculum vitae, indicative of high achievements and future potential in cancer research.
• Enthusiastic letter(s) of support from project supervisor(s) or other relevant senior scientists.
• A realistic travel/accommodation budget, noting that the maximum award / contribution from BACR is currently £800.

For the Travel/Exchange and Mid-Career Fellowships, the award criteria are based on the international research reputation of the applicant, along with a coherent and persuasive scientific case detailing the value added from the proposed visit, plus a letter of invitation from the host laboratory.

Please see the specific bursary and fellowship guidance notes for details of how to apply.