The Society grant will offer financial support for workshops in experimental psychology. A maximum of £4,500 may be awarded to any individual proposal. Awards may be used to contribute towards the maintenance of workshop participants and other basic costs (eg printing) as specified in the budget. EPS Grindley Grants can be used to support travel and accommodation to EPS Research Workshops, subject to the limits of that scheme.
The lead applicant must be an EPS Ordinary or Postgraduate member, co-applicants do not need to be members of the Society. The date(s) of the proposed research workshop cannot conflict with those of EPS scientific meetings.
Research Workshop grants can be used to support events that bring together researchers at all stages of their career (from postgraduate, PhDs, postdocs and academics), or can be focused on early career researcher training. In considering proposals the Committee will give preference to workshops which could not normally be included in the format of regular EPS meetings, and which have not previously received an EPS grant. The Society will also favour workshops for which it can be recognised as a major supporter, rather than large scale meetings for which EPS support would constitute only a minor contribution. Workshops which are open to all EPS members and postgraduate students studying experimental psychology are more likely to be supported than are closed workshops. Similarly workshops within the UK which are easily accessible to EPS members and postgraduates are more likely to be supported than overseas workshops that would incur substantial travel costs.
In the evaluation of workshop proposals, the committee encourages applicants to clearly explain why the workshop is timely (i.e. why now?) and develop a speaker programme that appropriately represents the diversity of the research community. In any cover letter, the applicant may wish to address how this was attempted. We would encourage applicants to consider whether there would be any appropriate impacts or outputs from their workshop, i.e. a linked methods paper. The application form will ask applicants to provide details of speakers approached, or to be approached, for the workshop and why they have been selected.
Presentations made at workshops do not count as presentations to the Society to fulfil the eligibility requirement for ordinary membership.
Only one application should be submitted in any given 12-month period (i.e. an unsuccessful application for a Research Workshop for the December deadline means the applicant should not submit another Research Workshop application until the next December deadline at the earliest). Furthermore, only one application can be submitted by an applicant, to any scheme, in a single round (i.e. an applicant cannot apply for both a Research Workshop and a Study Visit in the same round).
The procedure for applications is as follows:
- A completed application form.
- Proposals should include a brief outline of the purpose and budget of the workshop, and an estimate of the likely number of participants.
The completed documents should be sent by email at expsychsoc@kent.ac.uk.
There are 4 submission deadlines per year – 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 December. Proposals should be sent to the EPS administrator at least six months before the planned date of the workshop. The proposals will be circulated to committee members with the Agenda for the next Committee Meeting. The proposed date of the Research Workshop should be at least 8 weeks after the funding deadline date. Retrospective applications will not be considered.
For Successful Applications
Successful applicants should submit a brief (c. 1000 word) report of the workshop together with an account of all expenditure within eight weeks of its completion. The final report form should include an invoice with full details of the award holder (please note that invoices should not be sent to the EPS separate to the final report). The Society’s assistance should be acknowledged on any printed material arising from the workshop.
Research Workshop Report Form – Word
Payment is normally made in arrears. Any requests to release agreed funding in advance should be stated at the point of application.