Carers' Fund

What you can use the grant for:

We appreciate that the care you put in place for your dependants varies and we do not restrict how you use the grant. Examples of how you might use it include:

• extended hours for a child-minder or care worker
• babysitter costs
• travel expenses for friends or relatives to care for your dependants
• after school activities, clubs or play-schemes
• medical, nursing or respite care

We introduced the Carers' Fund following a survey of our members by the Women in Physics Group. This analysed the major challenges that members faced in their career since becoming parents. Accessing childcare outside of working hours to attend conferences and professional development events was an issue reported by both women and men.

To apply for the grant you need to:

• be a member of the IOP
• use the grant towards the costs of additional care
• attend a physics-related conference, meeting or event