Grants for Carers

With our Grants for Carers, you can apply for up to £1,200 per year to help you attend a chemistry-related meeting, conference or workshop or professional development event. This money would be used to cover any additional costs you incur, paying for care that you usually provide.

"It is very important to have a balance between work and personal life – to increase and maintain the performance in my position and provide good care to my family. If there is anyone who needs extra support and wants to apply for this fund I would encourage them to do so.

Personally, being able to attend the workshop was very beneficial. In particular, I was able to create a network with researchers from other countries for further scientific communication."

• Anna Mpanyakavili, Sokoine University of Agriculture - Tanzania

You are eligible to apply if:

• you are a chemist
• you will incur additional caring expenses while attending a chemistry-related meeting, conference, workshop or professional development event
• you will use these funds to cover the cost of care that you usually provide
• you are based in the UK or Ireland or if not you are a current RSC member (normally with three consecutive years of membership) or a former RSC member (with at least ten previous years of RSC membership)

We have designed the process to be straightforward and will ask you to provide brief details of the event and a description of how the grant will be used. We aim to respond to you within six weeks of your application.

Please note that as part of the application process we may ask you for additional information, in order to ensure that your application is eligible and appropriate for the remit of this grant.

How can I apply?

To apply please complete the Grants for Carers application form.

Multiple applications, up to the maximum value of £1,200 per year, will be considered. All applications will be individually assessed at our discretion.

Please note that, if you receive a grant, you will need to complete a Grants for Carers return form and submit receipts after your attendance at the event.

"It becomes very expensive to bring my children to the conference venue, but it is very difficult to leave them behind. It’s not only so you can bring them to the conference – you can use this grant to pay someone to take care of your kids back in your home country or home town. So you can use it anyway during the conference for your kids."

• Dr Robina Begum, Assistant Professor - University of the Punjab, Lahore