The society promotes aerosol science by organising conferences, educational training and student awards. We have financially supported the attendance of a number of UK students at international conferences in order to present their work and award a scholarship annually to a post-graduate studying aerosol science at a UK or Irish University.
A recent winner was Kevin Teh of The University of Sheffield, who was awarded the Whytlaw Gray Studentship for his work on 'Sensitivity Enhancement using Hyperpolarised He gas for Lung Magnetic Resonance Imaging'.
THE AEROSOL SOCIETY - NEW RESEARCH GRANT
The United Kingdom and Ireland Aerosol Society are pleased to announce the inaugural round of a small research grant scheme. The Committee have decided to make available a total value of £17,500 (including VAT and banking charges) in 2012 to support research projects in the aerosol sciences and education. Funding may be used to support the purchase of equipment, services not currently available to the applicant (e.g. microscopy), travel in support of research, consumables and specialist software. The award may not be used to support salaries. The award scheme will be open to members only working in academia and private SMEs to support a specific project. The application forms and full rules will be available in the members’ area of the website on 5th Jan 2012. The deadline for applications will be 5pm on 31st Jan 2012. Full details of the award and an outline of the application criteria are available here. To download the application form please click here.
THE C N DAVIES AWARD
The Aerosol Society intends to award a Scholarship annually to a new graduate undertaking a course of study leading to a Doctorate at a United Kingdom or Irish University. It is hoped that this Scholarship will encourage a young science graduate to undertake postgraduate training in the field of aerosol science, and at the same time gain some experience in the presentation of work to a scientific audience. For full details please click here
View the Award Winners and see their Presentations here
STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS
Awards in the form of bursaries of agreed specified amounts are available to Student members of the Aerosol Society to attend the Overseas Conferences Eligible students must meet the following criteria:
1. Be a full time undergraduate or graduate student member registered for a PhD at a UK or Irish Uinversity at the time of the Conference.
2. Present a poster or oral paper at the Conference, describing a research effort to which they made a significant contribution.
3. Clearly benefit from the availability of travel funds in order to attend the Conference.
4. Provide a detailed Budget of expected costs to attend a Conference.
5. Provide an A4 Summary of the contribution made to the Conference to The Aerosol Society.
6. Send your request by Email to Sheila Coates at admin@aerosol-soc.org.uk
For full details please click here