A funding opportunity of up to £1000 is available for Early Career Researchers (postdoctoral, fixed-term research fellow, fixed-term academic appointment, or an equivalent early career staff position) in the disciplines of environmental, applied, and bio mineralogy to support career development by enabling ECRs to undertake independent research. In that context, these funds may facilitate new pilot research or new commercialisation of research into industry. Awards are expected to lead to publication/collaboration/research funding applications.
The bursary may be used for:
- Access to, and use of, scientific instruments and services
- Purchase of necessary scientific equipment and consumables
- Travel and subsistence for the above and/or to facilitate collaborations, but not conference attendance
Applicants must demonstrate how the proposed research is independent from or beyond the scope of their current position. Awards may not be used to supplement existing research. Awards will be made twice a year with individual awards limited to a maximum of £1000. The closing dates for receipt of applications are 1st March., 1st June and 1st November each year. Applications must be received not less than eight weeks in advance of the proposed research, and in time for one of the deadlines above. Applications should be emailed to the Secretary of the EMG.
Applications will be assessed by the EMG Committee, and evaluated based on their scientific merit and overall benefit to the applicant. All else being equal, preference will be given to applicants who are members of the Mineralogical Society. The EMG Committee reserves the right to make no awards in a particular application round, and should our funds be fully allocated in a previous round, to not offer any bursary funding in the subsequent round. If this situation arises, we will publicize it on our website.
Successful applicants must provide a one-page report (PDF) outlining how the money was used. This report will be posted on the bursary report section of the Mineralogical Society website. Successful applicants are also encouraged to support the activities of the EMG and the Society. This includes presenting the results of the funded research at our Research in Progress meeting, attending a group/Society event, offering to help convene a session at a group/Society meeting, helping to publicize the Society, submitting a paper to one of the Society’s journals, acknowledging the funding in any resulting publications etc.
Eligibility
Applicants must hold a PhD and be working at a higher education or research institution in the UK or Republic of Ireland as a postdoctoral researcher, fixed term research fellow, a fixed term academic, or an equivalent early career staff position. The applicant’s research post must extend beyond the end date of the proposed research. Please contact the EMG Secretary for queries about eligibility.
