We have some limited funds to help support those accepted to speak in a session organised by the Thinking Deep project team at the RGS conference 2024.
These include Creative Practitioner Bursaries and Research Bursaries.
Creative Practitioner Bursaries
If you are a creative practitioner/artist without conference funding for this event, we offer two types of bursary:
1. Full bursary:
An 1x an artist day rate of £260 (see eligibility criteria below).
Travel bursary (up to £100).
A night of accommodation (if you are from outside London, up to £120).
A conference day pass for the day of the sessions (worth either £106 or £165).
Eligibility for day rate:
Our funder does not let us pay for the time of those who already draw a salary or receive funds that cover the time spent at a conference, or where participation of a conference is an expectation of the role (e.g. a funded PhD or postdoc). Please respect this.
To be eligible to be funded our university regulations require you to have a UK UTR, and UK bank account. For funds this low we are sadly unable to administer international claims.
If you are not eligible for the day rate, you can apply for a travel and registration bursary.
2. Travel and registration bursary:
Travel bursary (up to £100, if travelling from outside London).
A night of accommodation (up to £120, if travelling beyond a commutable distance).
A conference day pass for the day of the sessions (worth either £106 or £165, depending on fit to RGS registration criteria).
Researcher Bursaries
If you are a researcher without access to institutional or grant-based conference funds, who would otherwise either not attend the RGS or you would self-fund, we have limited researcher bursaries offering:
Travel bursary (up to £100, if travelling from outside London).
A night of accommodation (up to £120, if travelling beyond a commutable distance).
A conference day pass for the day of the sessions (worth either £106 or £165, depending on fit to RGS registration criteria).
How to Apply
Please self-assess around the eligibility criteria around access to conference funds and salary/funding. If you feel you meet these criteria, please send us an email indicating:
1. Name.
2. Thinking Deep Session title and paper title.
3. What sort of bursary you are applying for (e.g. Creative Practitioner Bursary with day rate; Creative Practitioner Bursary without day rate; Researcher Bursary).
4. If you need the accommodation option.
5. We will assume you are applying for the full amount of the bursary you list in 3. unless you indicate you only need part of the funding, e.g. the day rate or just the registration.
Please note for all bursaries we will send further details on award (with paper acceptance).
Award of funds will require you to complete paper work required by the institution to administer these funds, supply bank account details and for researcher bursaries and travel bursaries travel receipts will be required. We are hoping to pay for all RGS conference attendance directly for those who receive bursaries.
We are hopeful we can support everyone who needs funds to attend. If need outstrips funds we will make decisions based on contribution and need.
Any questions please email us on thinkingdeep@rhul.ac.uk.
