LMS Travel Grants for Early Career Researchers

The LMS Travel Grants for Early Career Researchers provide partial travel and/or accommodation support for UK-based Early Career Researchers to attend conferences or undertake research visits either in the UK or overseas. An Early Career Researcher is defined as a PhD/research student or anyone who has completed their PhD in the last five years (excluding academic career breaks). The scheme is open to both members and non-members of the LMS, though non-members must have their application countersigned by a member of the society or provide details of a current LMS member willing to support the application. The maximum award is normally £500 towards actual expenses for travel costs, which can include accommodation and visa costs but not subsistence costs or conference/registration fees. Priority is given to those applying for research visits with conference attendance, and long-distance trips of short duration are less likely to be funded. Applications must be accompanied by a letter of support from the Head of School/Department covering how the conference/research visit will benefit the applicant and details about other funding available. The scheme operates on a rolling basis with two annual deadlines: 15 October (with decisions in November for conferences starting from 1 January) and 22 February (with decisions in March/April for conferences starting from 1 May). Only one grant per scheme per person per LMS financial year (1 August - 31 July) is allowed. In the 2023/24 financial year, 58% of applications for an LMS Early Career Researcher Travel Grant were successful.