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Study Visit Grants

Experimental Psychology Society

This scheme aims to help finance postgraduate and postdoctoral research in experimental psychology (as defined by the content of The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology).

Awards will pay for travel to and accommodation at another institution outside an individual’s academic base. The purpose of the visit is to develop the applicant’s research skills, and may involve learning at first hand about experimental procedures employed in the host laboratory, or designing and running studies that cannot already be carried out in the applicant’s home department. Awards will not be granted for work which forms an integral part of an existing PhD research project, nor for work which would normally be funded by other bodies (e.g. the applicant’s award-granting body or home institution).

To be eligible to apply for an EPS Study Visit, you must be an EPS postgraduate member or a postdoctoral worker who received their PhD within the last five years. Applicants may be of any nationality. It is a further condition of the award that either the researcher’s home institution or the institution to be visited, or both, must be in the UK. Preference will be given to applicants supervised by an EPS member, or whose visit involves a project with an EPS member.

Applicants who are funded by a Research Council, departmental or other studentship, or a research grant, are expected to seek funding towards the visit from these sources before applying to EPS, or to explain why they are not able to do so.

Grants will be for a maximum of £3,500 to any individual. The Society will, on receipt of an invoice at the end of the period of the bursary, reimburse the applicants home institution for the award. In addition, the Society will, on receipt of appropriate invoices, reimburse the institution visited by the student for actual costs incurred as a consequence of the visit up to a maximum of £100.

The EPS will reimburse:

The cost of travel to and from your residence / home institution (for the duration of the visit) by the cheapest reasonable means. It is expected that in considering travel costs, applicants will use standard class public transport, including standard flight costs, standard class rail travel or fuel costs for transport within the UK. Travelling by car within the UK can be approved if you provide additional evidence that the cost is no greater than public transport. Mileage can be reimbursed based on a rate of 45p per mile, with the total reimbursed based upon fuel receipts provided in the expense form. The EPS will not reimburse first, business or premium economy class tickets. Reimbursement for taxi travel (including Uber) will only be considered in exceptional circumstances (e.g. for accessibility or safety reasons), this should be approved in advance when possible. A justification for all taxi travel should be provided with the final invoice.

Essential visa costs will be supported up to £150.

Accommodation for the duration of the visit only.

The EPS will not reimburse:

The cost of subsistence during your visit.

Any conference fees during your visit.

Poster printing or any other associated costs.

If applicants or grant awardees have any other queries about accessibility needs not covered elsewhere on the application details, then they are encouraged to contact the EPS Administrator at expsychsoc@kent.ac.uk to discuss any such unavoidable or other costs, ideally ahead of their application.

Submission Process

Only one application should be submitted in any given 12-month period (i.e. an unsuccessful application for a Study Visit for the September deadline means the applicant should not submit another Study Visit application until the next September deadline at the earliest). Furthermore, only one application can be submitted by an applicant, to any scheme, in a single round (i.e. an applicant cannot apply for both a Study Visit and a Research Workshop grant in the same round).

The completed documents should be sent to the Honorary Secretary by email at expsychsoc@kent.ac.uk.

These should be sent prior to one of four submission dates 1st March, 1st June, 1st September and 1st December. The proposals will be circulated to Committee members for consideration. Retrospective applications will not be considered and study visits cannot start until applicants have been notified of the decision (which can be up to 3 months after the submission dates).

AI Based Application Success Predictor

From a reviewer’s perspective, successful EPS applications typically demonstrate:

✔ 1. Strong Experimental Design

EPS places heavy emphasis on:

Clear hypotheses

Well-justified paradigms

Appropriate controls and analyses

Methodological rigour often outweighs project scale.

✔ 2. Clear Fit With Experimental Psychology

Projects should clearly align with:

Cognitive, perceptual, learning, decision-making, or behavioural science

Experimental or quantitative methodology

Purely clinical, qualitative, or survey-only work is less competitive.

✔ 3. Feasible, Focused Aims

Because EPS grants are small:

One or two tightly defined aims are ideal

Overly ambitious projects are downgraded

✔ 4. Early-Career Development Value

Reviewers favour applications that:

Enable skill development

Generate pilot data for ESRC/UKRI/NIHR bids

Support PhD or postdoc progression

✔ 5. Clear Budget Justification

Strong applications explain:

Why each cost is essential

Why EPS support is critical to project completion

🛠 Practical Application Tips

✔ Emphasise hypotheses and design, not just topic interest
✔ Clearly state sample size rationale
✔ Highlight methodological innovation or rigour
✔ Keep the project modest and realistic
✔ Link outcomes to future funding or publications

📌 Summary: Experimental Psychology Society Funding

Support Type	Target	Focus	Typical Support
Research Grants	EPS members	Pilot experimental studies	~£500–£3,000
Postgraduate Bursaries	PhD students	Small experimental work	≤£1,000
Travel Grants	Students & ECRs	Conference attendance	Partial/full support
Workshop Support	Organisers	Methodological/scientific meetings	Variable

Specialties

Psychology

Eligibility Requirements

Sponsor Details

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: Experimental Psychology Society

Sponsor Type: Corporate/Non-Profit

Address: School of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NP

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