Meetings Current/future meetings Proceedings of past meetings Propose a BES-sponsored INTECOL symposium Propose a BES Symposium meeting Propose a Specialist Group meeting Become a Local Organiser for the Annual Meeting Propose a Thematic Topic session at the Annual Meeting Judging of student presentations Grants to run a meeting Grants to attend a meeting Field visit safety

How to get a grant to attend a meeting

The Society focuses its resources on ensuring its own meetings are as accessible as possible.

Student support for attendance at BES meetings
The Society is prepared to offer a substantial, but not unlimited, number of grants to students and unemployed postdocs attending its Annual  Meeting, Annual Symposium and Special Symposium. Meetings organised by the Society's Specialist Groups are also covered by this grant. Attendance at other meetings of the Society may also be supported at the discretion of the Meetings Committee and the availability of such support will normally be advertised in the Bulletin. Applications are not restricted to students resident in the United Kingdom.

Travel grants for ecologists from developing countries to attend BES meetings

The Society makes a limited number of travel and subsistence grants available to ecologists from the Developing World (see below), so that they may attend Society Annual Meetings and Symposia (including those run jointly with other Societies etc) within the UK, and develop robust and productive contact with UK-based specialists in their chosen field of study.

BES/NORDECOL student support for attendance at the Society's Winter Meeting
The Society works together with NORDECOL to offer a limited number of grants to students from Nordic countries to attend the BES Winter Meeting. NORDECOL contributes to the travel costs whilst the BES provides funds for the registration fee, meals and accommodation. NORDECOL administers the scheme and details are available from

Professor Pehr H. Enckell (Secretary),
Dept. of Ecology,
Lund University,
SE-22362 Lund,
Sweden,
email Oikos@ekol.lu.se

Teachers attendance at BES meetings
The Society will make grants to support teachers in primary and secondary education (including field centre staff and others in non-school employment) to attend meetings and courses organised by the British Ecological Society in cases where the applicant can show that the grant aid has been refused by the employer.

Attendance at conferences, symposia, workshops and courses
Support is offered to ecologists (including students) to attend events that are co-sponsored by the BES or for which the Society has elected to provide support. Grants are normally made towards travel, subsistence and/or registration costs. Occasionally, grants are made to support key or plenary speakers. Events that are typically supported include the European Ecological Congress and the INTECOL Congress, as well as one-off events organised by individuals or other academic societies. Awards may be administered either through the event organiser or may be made directly to delegates, on application to the BES. In all cases, details of events to be supported and methods of application (amounts of money available, closing dates, etc.) are advertised in the Bulletin.

Specialist Course Grants
The Society set up this grant initiative in 1997 to help undergraduates, post-graduates and recent graduates not in full-time employment to meet the costs of specialist field courses. There are a limited number of grants, which are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Courses covered by the grant run from May to October and full details are published in the Bulletin and this website

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