To support members’ travel to endocrine conferences and educational meetings to further their professional development. 

What’s covered?

Travel Grants-in-aid will be considered for:

• Attendance at Society for Endocrinology events.  
• Attendance at overseas endocrinology events, where the applicant can demonstrate added value by incorporating additional activities such as a lab visit, departmental seminar, research visit etc. (Limited number)  

Travel Grants are highly competitive; funding is not guaranteed, and applications are reviewed thoroughly by the Grants Committee and selected based on benefit to the applicant.  

Timings 

Grants are not awarded retrospectively, so please apply in advance to the appropriate grant deadline. Please note, award notifications will not be received until 7-8 weeks following the deadline. 

In 2026, the travel grant deadlines are: 

• 14 January 2026
• 6 May 2026 (applications for Endocrine Nurse Update/Clinical Update should be submitted by this round)
• 8 October 2026 (applications for SfE BES 2027 should be submitted by this round) 

Indicative values  

• Up to £600 for Society for Endocrinology events  
• Up to £750 for non-SfE international endocrine related events requiring overseas travel. 

Note, the Society is unlikely to fund more than one travel grant for the same person in the same round and may consider whether travel grants have been received by the applicant in recent rounds. 

• All Society for Endocrinology member categories except Student Members. 
• Must have been a Society member for at least one year prior to the grant deadline, or 6 months for an Early Career member. 
• For overseas travel to a non-SfE international event:  
  • Must have attended the Society’s annual conference, SfE BES at least once, in the past three years  
  • Should demonstrates added value by incorporating additional activities during their travel (e.g. lab visit, departmental seminar, research visit etc.). 
• Evidence of abstract acceptance is required before payment of grant for SfE BES conference or other scientific conferences. Evidence of abstract submission is not required for workshops (e.g. Endocrine Nurse Update) or other non-conference events where there is no call for abstracts.  
• Marking of applications places emphasis on professional benefit to the applicant. Where applications score similarly, preference is likely to be given to Early Career and nurse, midwife and other allied health professional applicants. 

 
Society for Endocrinology affiliated Patient Support Groups are each eligible for up to £500 annually to cover attendance at Society events. These groups should not submit a grant application through this process but instead contact the Society office. Affiliated Patient Support Groups are encouraged to apply for the Outreach grant, either alone, jointly with another affiliated Patient Support Group or in collaboration with Society members. 

 Awardee requirements

Successful travel grant awardees will be required to:

• Submit all receipts following the event
• Submit evidence of accepted abstract
• Submit a report (details of the timeline will be provided in the award letter).