Graduate School

Conference and Event Grants

Applications are invited from individual and teams of doctoral researchers at Durham University responsible for organizing short-term, well-defined conferences and events of a subject-specific, interdisciplinary or generic nature. Applicants should submit an application form in which they will be asked to describe their proposed project, explain its relevance for the potential audience, justify the expenditure requested and provide a time-line for the completion of the project. The maximum level of award is £500 per conference or event.

In addition to funding, Centre for Academic and Researcher Development can provide:

  • project management support
  • equipment on loan, including poster boards, flip charts and delegate name badges

Deadlines for Application Forms:

Friday 8th March, 17:00

Friday 21st June, 17:00

Applications will be considered by the Conference and Event Grants Panel and the results published within three weeks of the submission date. Doctoral researchers who wish to submit an application should discuss their ideas and submission with their supervisor(s) and other key stakeholders prior to making an application. CARD can provide feedback on pre-application project ideas and outlines. These can be emailed to postgraduate.training@durham.ac.uk.

As part of the Researcher Development Programme, a course entitled Organising Events and Conferences will be run Monday 4th February 2013. The course will be open for booking from December. Places can be booked via the Training Course Booking System at http://www.dur.ac.uk/training.course/

Please return completed application forms, by email or post, to:

Carolyn McAlhone
Centre for Academic and Researcher Development (CARD)
The Palatine Centre
Stockton Road
DH1 3LE

postgraduate.training@durham.ac.uk