Financial Support Available
ACTF Summer Studentships
Financial support for 6-8 week long summer studentships in the UK, to provide undergraduate students the opportunity to learn new analytical science skills.
DEADLINE: Call for 2024 closed.
CAMS Fellowships
To assist early career analytical chemists within 5 years of their first full-time junior academic appointment at a UK or Irish HEI to establish their own independent analytical science research.
DEADLINE: Closed. Re-opens in summer 2024
Overseas Conference Travel Grants
These grants are designed to assist postgraduate PhD students who are engaged in analytical research projects to attend and actively participate in overseas scientific conferences.
DEADLINE: OPEN (Reviewed monthly)
Food Analytics Conference Travel Grant
Up to £500 to help PhD students and early career researchers attend the Food Analytics Conference held in Copenhagen, for travel and subsistence costs.
DEADLINE: Closed. Re-opens summer 2024
Low/Middle Income Economy Scholarships
Project sponsorship for international scholars to travel to the United Kingdom to learn analytical skills, for up to 3 months, before returning to their home country to share what they have learned.
DEADLINE: Call open (7th June 2024)
Outreach Scholarships
To provide the opportunity for analytical scientists that are citizens of the UK or RoI, to visit a Host Institution in a Developing World country to disseminate new analytical science knowledge.
DEADLINE: OPEN (Reviewed quarterly)
Ad-Hoc Applications
The ACTF will consider ad-hoc applications for funding for small projects (<£500) throughout the year, that support analytical scientists in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
DEADLINE: OPEN (Reviewed quarterly)
Study Leave Grant Scheme
For Analytical Scientists who are employed in university, industrial or public service sectors i to visit a Host Institute to acquire new analytical science knowledge, or experience of analytical science teaching, learning or training methods, which would be applied on return to normal employment.
DEADLINE: Open. (7th June 2024)
Case Studies
The funding provided by the ACTF allows us to run the Emerging Analytical Professionals (EAP) conference, which is a forum for fostering and promoting networking opportunities as well as gaining experience in the delivery of poster pitches and presentations. The conference also furthers the delegates analytical knowledge by hearing from early career scientists, as well as invited speakers from academia and research backgrounds. The event provides valuable learning opportunities in a relaxed and supportive environment, which allow the attendees to gain experience that they can take forward through their career and future conference attendance. The ACTF’s funding is invaluable, and we are incredibly appreciative of their continued contributions and support towards the ASN.
-Harriet Pembroke, ASN Chair
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Supported Projects/Previously Funded
Schools’ Analyst Competition
The Schools’ Analyst Competition enables school students to demonstrate and expand on their existing chemistry knowledge, skills and aptitude for analytical science through practical analytical experiments based on relevant societal or industrial problems.
The Analytical Science Network
The Analytical Science Network, is designed to foster the careers of present and prospective early career analytical scientists in the UK, including running their flagship conference “Emerging Analytical Professionals”, which typically takes place in annually in May.
CAMS
The ACTF has provided significant financial investment in the Community for Analytical Measurement Science (CAMS), including secretariat support, and fellowship funding.
Covid-19 Disruption Grants
An ACTF initiative, the Covid-19 disruption grants were established to help PhD students struggling financially and whose studies had been impacted due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. During 2021 and 2022, ACTF provided grants of £500 per individual.
The Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund 