This is the application form for the Royal Society of Chemistry Accessibility Grants.
Before completing your application, make sure you have read our eligibility criteria and guidelines on our website.
You can apply for up to a maximum of £1200/year to assist with additional financial costs that you incur for specific assistance required to enable your attendance at a chemistry related meeting, conference or workshop or a professional development event.
We understand that needs are wide and varied and so each application will be individually considered, examples of applications that we will consider include:
- paying for travel expenses for someone to support or assist you
- paying for equipment or assistance to enable your attendance
- paying for additional travel expenses that you incur to enable your attendance
It is expected that you have already approached your employer or institution regarding your accessibility needs. This grant is not intended to replace the responsibility of your employer, institution, venues or event organisers to make their events accessible to all attendees. Venues and event organisers have a legal duty to make reasonable adjustments to enable access to all attendees.
Documentary evidence of your disability, health condition or impairment may be requested.
We will ask you to upload PDF documents including a full breakdown of the associated costs and proof of participation from the event organiser in the application form.
We are unable to fund retrospective applications. Make sure that you allow at least 6 weeks between the submission of your application form and the event date.
These grants have been supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemists’ Community Fund.
If you have any questions about completing this form please get in touch with us at diversity@rsc.org
The application form may take 15 minutes to complete. You can save a partially completed application form and return to it later. Once you have submitted your application you will not have any further opportunities to amend it. You should expect to hear the outcome within 6 weeks of your application.