Description
One-off Meeting Sponsorship Purpose: Sponsorship of genetic research meetings not organised by the Genetics Society. The Genetics Society receives several requests from members each year to sponsor meetings in the field of genetics. These meetings are usually one-off meetings with an ad hoc organising committee and may be partly sponsored by another Society. The guidelines below indicate a review process for applications and the conditions that must be met for the award of Genetics Society sponsorship. Please note: these grants are to be used towards the organisation of a meeting and not towards the attendance of a meeting. If you are an organisation requesting sponsorship please contact The Team directly. Review of applications 1) Members may make applications at any time. Please click here to apply for a Genetics Society Grant. 2) The application will be circulated to the full committee for review. The review will cover suitability of the meeting for Genetics Society sponsorship and level of support requested. 3) The committee will be asked to respond within two weeks and the Society aims to respond to requests within four weeks. Conditions of sponsorship 4) Several levels of sponsorship are possible. We can sponsor a specific Genetics Society lecture for a few hundred pounds for a Genetics Society session for up to about £1,000. As major sponsor of an entire meeting we can potentially sponsor several thousand pounds but the costs need to be well justified. The major sponsorship levels for the last 12 months have been between £1,000 and £2,000. The committee judges all applications and even if approved, may not agree to fund the full amount applied for. 5) A brief statement, indicating how you have addressed the diversity guidelines or explain why you could not conform to the guidelines will be required. Diversity guidelines: Appropriate representation of women as invited Speakers is required, and will be monitored by the Society. Organizers must: • Ensure a good balance between established and new investigators on the Speaker list. • Ensure that there is an attempt for broad geographical representation where possible. 6) The sponsorship of the Genetics Society must be mentioned in all pre-meeting publicity (e.g. posters, flyers, website) and in the meeting programme. If the Genetics Society is the major sponsor the meeting should be advertised as a “Genetics Society-sponsored meeting”. 7) Details of the programme of the meeting and registration forms should be sent as far in advance as possible to [email protected], for inclusion in the Society’s newsletter and on the website. 8) A short report on a meeting that receives sponsorship of £1000 or more, for possible publication in the newsletter and on the website, should be sent to [email protected] within one month of the conference taking place. 9) Genetics Society sponsorship may be used at the organiser’s discretion, but budget travel and accommodation options should normally be insisted upon. Any unused grant should be returned to the Genetics Society. The Society will not be responsible for any losses incurred by the meeting organisers. 10) An invoice for the grant awarded should be submitted to [email protected]. The grant may be claimed in advance of the meeting and no longer than one month after the meeting. 11) The meeting organisers agree to make details of how to apply for Genetics Society membership available to non-members attending the sponsored meeting. Meetings that receive maximum sponsorship will be expected to offer a discounted registration fee to Genetics Society members, to encourage non-members to join the Society at the same time. New members may then attend at the discounted rate, once confirmation of their application for membership of the Genetics Society has been received from the Society’s Office.Period | 22 May 2015 |
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