General Travel Grants
The Biochemical Society
Who can apply: Postgraduate, Early Career, Full and Emeritus members of the Biochemical Society. You must submit an abstract to the conference to show active participation, and Postgraduate and Early Career applicants need a letter of support from a supervisor or head of department. Applications for the FEBS Congress or Young… What is funded: Up to GBP 500 for a national conference or training event and up to GBP 1,000 for an international one, towards travel and accommodation for in-person attendance. Partial awards are common. Travel insurance, visa fees and subsistence are not covered. Deadline: 1 September 2026. The funder does not state a timezone for this deadline, so check the official page for the exact cut-off time. Round: Round closing 1 September 2026, for conferences or events taking place after 1 October 2026. The scheme runs four rounds a year (2 March, 1 June, 1 September, 2 November), and the Society does not print a year against those recurring dates..
Read the full call and apply on the official page: The Biochemical Society, official page.
Who can apply
- Postgraduate, Early Career, Full and Emeritus members of the Biochemical Society. You must submit an abstract to the conference to show active participation, and Postgraduate and Early Career applicants need a letter of support from a supervisor or head of department. Applications for the FEBS Congress or Young Scientists' Forum go through the International Sponsored Places scheme instead. You must have been a Biochemical Society member for at least 12 months immediately before the deadline (six months if you joined on a multiyear membership). Membership dues are not an application fee. You cannot take funding from the same scheme in consecutive years, and no more than GBP 2,000 in total across the whole Biochemical Society grants portfolio in any three-year period. Applications are accepted from anywhere in the world, except where UN, EU or UK sanctions prevent payment. Retrospective applications are not funded.
Stage dates
Application close. 1 October 2026 is the earliest eligible event date, not a deadline.1 September 2026
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.