The Genetics Society: Heredity Fieldwork Grant

The Genetics Society: Heredity Fieldwork Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Genetics Society UK
Amount: Up to £2,000
Last Updated: January 07, 2026

Summary

The Genetics Society offers the Heredity Fieldwork Grant, providing up to £2,000 for travel and accommodation costs associated with field-based genetic research in the UK. Open to all Genetics Society members, including students, this grant supports projects expected to yield results suitable for publication in the Society's journal, Heredity. The Society promotes equality and diversity, welcoming applications from all community sectors. This initiative aims to advance genetic research while ensuring accessibility for all qualified applicants.

Overview

About Us The Genetics Society is a registered charity and was founded in 1919 as the world’s first society devoted to the study of the mechanisms of inheritance. It is also one of the world's oldest "learned societies". Famous founder members included Edith Rebecca Saunders, William Bateson, JBS Haldane and AW Sutton. The Society is run by an elected committee comprising entirely volunteers from the scientific community. Genetics Society Membership includes over 2,000 of the UK's active professional geneticists, including teachers, researchers and students and is open to anyone with an interest in genetic research or teaching, or in the practical breeding of plants and animals. Heredity Fieldwork Grant The Genetics Society has made awards up to £2,000 available to cover travel and accommodation costs associated with a field-based genetic research project. The Heredity Fieldwork Grant is funded by income from the Society’s journal Heredity. The research should produce results that would typically be suitable for publication in Heredity.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. All members of the Genetics Society can apply, as long as you are studying or working in the UK, or you intend to carry out your fieldwork in the UK. Students can apply as soon as they become Society members. Others should be a Society member for at least one year.The Genetics Society is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity. We welcome applications for the Heredity Fieldwork Grant from all sections of the community regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, caring responsibilities, age, religion, or belief.We will support costs directly associated with the field component of a research project, including:TravelAccommodationSubsistence (e.g., food if you are self-catering, or while travelling)Consumables for pre-processing (e.g., sample collection, storage, RNA extraction)Travel, accommodation, and subsistence for a field assistant if they are essential for practical or health and safety reasons, but they must also be a Society memberEquipment essential for the gathering of data in the field may be eligible but should not total more than one third of the funds applied forOther conditions:You must either live or work in the UK or intend to carry out your fieldwork in the UKIf you are a student, a supporting letter from your supervisor is requiredYour supervisor must also be a member of The Genetics SocietyYou must be completing your fieldwork yourselfWe can only fund one application per research group in twelve-month periodYou can only claim one Heredity Fieldwork Grant in any two year periodWe need to know why your student funding does not cover the fieldwork you intend to carry out You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. PhD students are eligible to apply for this grant as soon as they join the Genetics Society. Other applicants (i.e. PI's) must have been members of the Genetics Society for at least one year.

The membership application process requires a Nominator who is a current full member of the Genetics Society.

Ineligibility

Costs that will not be covered:Fieldwork that is an essential part of your study and already budgeted for in your fundingAnything associated with lab procedures, e.g., downstream molecular analysis or equipmentSalary for anyone engaged in the fieldworkFieldwork taking place outside the UK if you do not work or study in the UKAttendance at conferences (you should apply for a Junior Conference Grant)