British Federation of Women Graduates North West travel bursary competition

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BRITISH FEDERATION OF WOMEN GRADUATES
North West

Travel Bursary 2020 BFWG North West offers a bursary by competition of £500 to enable a woman postgraduate student to attend a conference relevant to her studies or research in 2020 and free introductory membership of BFWG for a year.
Applicant
* Must be a woman postgraduate studying at an Institution of Higher Education in North West England or North Wales and resident in the United Kingdom at the time of the Academic Presentation Day in October of that year .

* Must apply in type on A4 giving:
– Her name, address, telephone number and email address.
– The name of her institution of Higher Education.
– The title, date, venue and organiser of the conference.
– A title to the research so that the topic is immediately obvious.
– Not less than 100 words of clear information on the present research and its validity.
– A supporting statement clearly describing why the bursary is relevant to her studies.

* Must include written support of the application signed by her professor, supervisor or head of department.

Applications
* Should be addressed to:
BFWG North West, 28 Ferguson Avenue, GREASBY, Wirral, CH49 1RP
and marked North West Travel Bursary in the top left hand corner of the envelope.
* Must reach that address by Tuesday 17 December 2019.

All Applicants
* Will be informed of the result in early January 2020.
* The winner will be invited to speak about the conference and her studies at an Academic Presentation Day in October 2020.
* All Bursary competitors will be asked if they would be prepared to competeif asked at an Academic Presentation Day for prizes.
* Certificates of attendance will be given to any student who attends the Day, whether competing or not.

Criteria
Preference will be given to applications which offer:
* Good presentation with typed application.
* Explain clearly and simply the topic of research so that anyone can understand its purpose.
* Explain the importance of the conference to the research.
* State whether a paper or poster is to be presented to the conference or not.
* Give the date and venue of the conference.
* Enclose a good supporting letter from the applicant’s professor, supervisor or head of department.
* Give a description and level of previous degree(s).
* Describe financial help from other sources although this does not affect the North West decision.
* State whether the applicant has previously been awarded or applied for a BFWG North West Travel Bursary.
* Express willingness to speak to a regional meeting about the research and conference within 2020.

Contact: 0151-678-1620 or email ecdyslex@hotmail.com for further details

For more information about British Federation of Women Graduates: www.bfwg.org.uk See also the Commentary on Travel Bursary Entries on the website

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