TSG Master’s Student Bursary

The TSG Master’s Student Bursary aims to support Master’s students (Research, Taught, or MSci/ MGeol) specialising in Structural Geology or a related discipline to attend and present their Master’s research project (as a talk or poster) at the annual TSG meeting. TSG will cover the costs of the conference registration, conference dinner, and fieldtrip (if applicable) for the Bursary winner, and provide up to £400 bursary to cover travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs related to attending the conference.

1 full Master’s student bursary will be awarded each year.

We also offer up to 3 bursaries that cover only the costs of the conference registration, dinner, and fieldtrip of Master’s students attending who can cover their own travel and accommodation expenses (e.g. Master’s students local to the Host institution).

Information for applicants

The application deadline is 9th October. Applications are welcome any time before these dates (see how to apply below).

This bursary is for students currently undertaking their Master’s Research Project. We also offer the TSG Travel Bursary for current PhD and postgrad students to apply to.

The TSG secretary will notify you of the committee’s decision within 4 weeks of the deadline.

How to apply

To apply, please complete the Master’s Student Bursary Application Form and send to the TSG Secretary.

We encourage Master’s students to submit an abstract to present their Master’s or Undergraduate project ideas, and any results to date but an abstract is not a requirement for the bursary award.

Preference will be given to applicants who:

  • Have not previously attended a conference
  • Are undertaking exciting research relevant to tectonics and structural geology
  • Ambitions for future involvement in the geoscience community
  • Do not have other funding mechanisms to support conference attendance

Conditions of the award

  • Financial support will be withdrawn, or returned to TSG, if the applicant withdraws from the conference
  • We ask bursary award winners to prepare a short article for the TSG website about their experience at the conference. The article should be sent to the TSG Secretary within 4 weeks attending.