Royal Academy Of Engineering, international research travel grants available

Just a piece of information which might interest people in academia, particularly in engineering or computing fields that are undertaking research trips abroad for conferences. The Royal Academy Of Engineering operates an international travel grant scheme, a scheme which is intended to financially help engineering researchers in the UK make study visits overseas.

The scheme's objective is to benefit individuals with their current work and ultimately engineering in the country as a whole by facilitating technology transfer opportunities. It is also a means of maintaining the prestige of the nation’s engineering overseas.

The scheme is open to postgraduate students, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, academic staff involved in research, in UK higher education institutions and chartered engineers in UK industry. To be eligible for funding applicants must be UK citizens or permanent residents. There are no age restrictions. The scheme is not open to Fellows of The Royal Academy of Engineering. Awards may be sought for the following activities:

1) Attendance at Conferences, particularly where the applicant is presenting a paper or poster.
2) Attendance at Summer Schools where the subject matter is related to the applicant’s area of research interest.
3) Research Visits to institutions or universities for the purpose of collaborative work or to use specialist equipment.
4) Field Visits to industrial sites or areas of specialist interest.

I was just recently awarded several hundred pounds for a trip to this year's IEEE VR 2008 where I was presenting a publication I authored (more on that on a previous post found here) and have found this scheme extremely helpful for financial assistance on a major overseas trip like that.

If you have a paper accepted at a conference and are looking at getting some funds in in order to complete the trip then this is definitely worth considering. More info at the link below.

http://www.raeng.org.uk/research/researcher/travelgrant/default.htm