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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.

Guidance

Applications from PhD students in their first, or even second year of FTE study are often declined. The EPS takes the view that study visits are most useful and beneficial when a student has already established relevant training and experience in their research career. When a study visit can demonstrably complement a postgraduate training experience already acquired, it is more likely to be successful.
Applications that do not demonstrate how the study visit will be distinct and separate from a PhD programme are much less likely to be successful. We encourage applicants to make the relationship between their research programme and the study visit clear.
Applications that do not demonstrate why particular research training or facilities cannot be accessed at their home institution are less likely to be successful. We encourage applicants to make the case for the novelty of the visit they propose, especially for visits to international institutions.
Applicants are welcome to document any relevant plans for open science practices involved in the work.
The start date of the study visit should be listed as two months after the submission date (e.g. 1st May, 1st August, 1st November or 1st February) at the earliest.

AI Based Application Success Predictor

1. Strong experimental psychology relevance

The most competitive applications directly address:

cognition,
perception,
learning and memory,
psycholinguistics,
attention,
decision making,
behavioral neuroscience,
experimental social cognition,
cognitive development.

Projects must clearly align with experimental psychology research priorities.

2. Rigorous experimental methodology

EPS strongly favors applications with:

well-controlled experimental designs,
justified sample sizes,
strong statistical planning,
reproducibility,
clear hypothesis-driven methodology.

Weak power calculations or vague methods are common reviewer concerns.

3. Feasible small-scale project design

EPS Small Grants are specifically intended for:

focused empirical studies,
manageable timelines,
practical budgets,
clearly achievable aims,
realistic recruitment strategies.

Overly ambitious projects tend to score poorly.

4. Early-career researcher advantage

One of the clearest EPS-specific predictors is preference for:

first-time applicants,
PhD students,
postdoctoral researchers,
early-career investigators,
applicants without major existing grant funding.

EPS funding schemes are designed to help researchers establish independent research trajectories.

5. Strong theoretical contribution

Successful applications usually demonstrate:

a clear conceptual framework,
experimentally testable hypotheses,
meaningful contribution to cognitive or behavioral theory,
relevance to current psychological debates.

Purely descriptive projects are less competitive.

6. Strong feasibility or pilot evidence

Competitive proposals often include:

pilot behavioral data,
validated paradigms,
preliminary experiments,
prior related publications,
evidence that procedures are workable.

Even modest preliminary evidence substantially improves reviewer confidence.

7. Alignment with EPS membership and community

EPS explicitly prioritizes member engagement. Competitive applicants often demonstrate:

active EPS membership,
attendance at EPS meetings,
collaboration with EPS members,
supervision by EPS-affiliated researchers.

8. Open science and transparency practices

EPS has publicly encouraged:

preregistration,
transparent reporting,
reproducibility practices,
open-science framing in grant proposals.

Applications discussing reproducibility may gain a competitive advantage.

9. Strong workshop or collaboration rationale

For EPS workshop and study-visit schemes, reviewers strongly value:

knowledge exchange,
collaborative training,
networking value,
interdisciplinary discussion,
unique methodological expertise.

10. Appropriate budgeting and ethical participant support

EPS guidance specifically emphasizes:

fair participant compensation,
realistic research assistance costs,
ethical staffing practices,
justified expenditure requests.

Common Reasons for Rejection

Frequent reviewer concerns include:

weak experimental rigor,
inadequate statistical justification,
unclear theoretical importance,
unrealistic project scope,
insufficient feasibility evidence,
poor alignment with EPS remit,
weak methodological detail,
overlap with already-funded work.

Specialties

Psychology

Eligibility Requirements

Applications from PhD students in their first, or even second year of FTE study are often declined. The EPS takes the view that study visits are most useful and beneficial when a student has already established relevant training and experience in their research career. When a study visit can demonstrably complement a postgraduate training experience already acquired, it is more likely to be successful.
Applications that do not demonstrate how the study visit will be distinct and separate from a PhD programme are much less likely to be successful. We encourage applicants to make the relationship between their research programme and the study visit clear.
Applications that do not demonstrate why particular research training or facilities cannot be accessed at their home institution are less likely to be successful. We encourage applicants to make the case for the novelty of the visit they propose, especially for visits to international institutions.
Applicants are welcome to document any relevant plans for open science practices involved in the work.
The start date of the study visit should be listed as two months after the submission date (e.g. 1st May, 1st August, 1st November or 1st February) at the earliest.

Sponsor Details

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: Experimental Psychology Society

Sponsor Type: Corporate/Non-Profit

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

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