Funding Opportunities for PhD Travel

Where postgraduate researchers wish to obtain funding for travel to conferences, summer schools or other research-related events, they are advised to speak with their supervisors in the first instance, who will discuss any funding that they may have available for travel-related expenses or offer alternative advice.

Please see below some funding bodies who offer travel grants that may be worth considering. As this list is incomplete, we encourage you to use it in conjunction with your independent search for funding opportunities rather than limiting yourself to those listed here.

If you may know of any travel-related funding opportunities that are not listed here, please contact the Postgraduate Administrator so that it may be included.  

College Funding Sources:

• FAPESP-Imperial Research Engagement Scheme
• The Imperial College Trust
• The Old Centralians' Trust  Postgraduate Travel Award

External Funding Sources:

• The British Council
• The British Neuroscience Association
• EPSRC
• The Guarantors of Brain
• The Institution of Engineering and Technology
• The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
• Institute of Mechanical Engineers
• Institute of Physics
• Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• The Leverhulme Trust
• The Physiological Society 
• The Royal Academy of Engineering
• The Royal College of Science Association 
• The Royal Society
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• The Society of Biology