Funding opportunities

The Society awards a variety of grants to support the careers of physiologists in the UK and abroad. These range from funding to support a visiting speaker, to cover travel costs to a scientific meeting or to organise an event to promote physiology as a discipline to the general public.

Individual support

Travel grants - to present work at a meeting, attend a workshop or visit a lab

Vacation studentships - for undergraduates to experience research in physiology

Outreach grants - to support the promotion of physiology to wider audiences

Final year project bursaries - to support undergraduates training in the in vivo sciences

Paton prize bursary - to support travel and research expenses for studying the history of physiology

Seminar and meeting support

Departmental seminar scheme - to attract speakers to seminars

Non-society symposium - to present on a specified symposium topic at a non-society meeting

Special research symposium - to honour a distinguished physiologist on retirement or in memorium

The Society also provides funding for Members to organise symposia. Further information on these grants is available on our Meetings grants pages.