The Society has three annual awards for outstanding contributions to mycology by young scientists, the Berkeley Award, the Microscopy Award and the Howard Eggins Award. Young members of the Society are also eligible for grants to support attendance at meetings of the Society. The Benefactors' Medal is awarded to those persons who have given outstanding service. Applications may be made to the Society for small grants, up to £300 to support all aspects of mycology.

Undergraduate Student Bursaries are awarded annually to support short (maximum of 10 weeks) research projects during the summer vacation.

Application forms are collected together in the RESOURCES section of this website.

Nominations are invited for the Berkeley Award which commemorates the contributions of the Rev. M. J. Berkeley (1803-1889) to mycology. Candidates should be under 35 years of age on 1st January in the year of nomination and should be a Member of the Society on receipt of the Award. The Award will be based on appropriate evidence of an outstanding original scientific contribution to mycology which may be supported by published papers, or typescripts of papers accepted for publication. Candidates shall, with their approval, be proposed and seconded by two Members and the closing date for nominations is July 1 in any year.

Full details of the Award and procedure for nomination are available from:

Dr G. D. Robson
BMS General Secretary
1.800 Stopford Building
Faculty of Life Sciences
The University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PT

E-mail: admin@britmycolsoc.info

This award is given for the best paper presented by a postgraduate student on an aspect of mycology at a meeting of the Society.

This award is made from a benefaction to the Society in memory of Dr Howard Eggins who served the Society for many years first as Hon. General Secretary and then as Treasurer. This award is given to a young scientist who presents the most outstanding paper at a one day annual meeting at which members are invited to contribute offered papers.

The British Mycological Society offers a number of Undergraduate Student Bursaries to give experience of research in any branch of mycology.

The awards will provide support for the student at a rate of £150 per week (£160 per week in London), normally for a period of between 4 and 10 weeks in the summer vacation prior to their final year of study. Overheads will not be paid but a sum of up to £250 is available to the host institution as a contribution to consumable costs of the research if funds are not available from other sources and the expenditure can be validated. No other payments will be made.

Supervisors at universities and research institutions within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland are eligible to apply. Only one application will be considered from each supervisor.

Students must be registered for a degree course at an institution within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Awards will not be made for projects that are a required part of degree work, or expeditions, or for work outside the British Isles.

Students must take up the bursary during the summer vacation before their final year. Applications on behalf of students in their final year will not be considered.

The application, original and one copy, must be made by the person who will supervise the research and not by the student. Supervisors are expected to discuss the project in detail with the nominated student and the student is expected to contribute to the project design. A one-page curriculum vitae for the nominated student will be required, together with a list of the supervisor's recent references. If the application is successful, the Awards will be paid to the institution by cheque in advance. The institution is expected to administer the award. Awards are made on the understanding that the institution ensures that the investigation complies with all relevant safety, regulatory and ethical requirements.

The closing date for applications is 31st March in any year and decisions will be announced before the end of May.

Enquiries and requests for application forms should be addressed to the General Secretary:

Dr G. D. Robson
BMS General Secretary
1.800 Stopford Building
Faculty of Life Sciences
The University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PT

E-mail: admin@britmycolsoc.info

BMS seminar grants are available to support speakers at university seminar programmes. The topic must be on an aspect of fungal biology and the university must provide evidence of teaching and research programmes in mycology. The maximum grant available is £100.

Full details of these Awards and Grants (including procedure for nomination) and application forms are available from:

Dr G. D. Robson
BMS General Secretary
1.800 Stopford Building
Faculty of Life Sciences
The University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PT

E-mail: admin@britmycolsoc.info

The Benefactors' medal is given to those persons who have given outstanding service to the Society. Nominations may be made and submitted to Council for consideration by any member of the Society.

The awards take the form of a voucher giving discount on the accommodation and other charges set out on any booking form for a meeting or foray of the British Mycological Society. Travel expenses will not be met and normally only a single award will be made to an applicant in any one calendar year. Applications must be received at least two clear months before the meeting to which they refer and maybe submitted prior to the publication of a booking form.

• to travel to meetings
• with fieldwork or research projects
• to buy books or scientific equipment
• to hire meeting rooms or attend forays
• to support the cost of preparing applications to the Heritage Lottery Fund for mycological projects.

These Grants are open to all categories of members of the Society. They should not be used to support travel and/or accommodation at BMS-organised scientific meetings. Awards will not be made to supplement existing undergraduate awards or replace institutional funding for undergraduate or postgraduate research. Support for attendance at meetings will be considered only if: other supporting funds are available; the applicant is presenting a poster or paper; the application is submitted normally at least four months prior to the meeting. Normally only one person will be supported from any one group to attend a meeting. Applications based on hardship will be considered sympathetically (and, of course, confidentially). The basic criterion is that the award is used to promote mycology. Retrospective application will not normally be considered.

Deadlines for applications are:
March 20; July 20; September 20 and December 20 in each year

Forms for application are available from the General Secretary:

Dr G. D. Robson
BMS General Secretary
1.800 Stopford Building
Faculty of Life Sciences
The University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PT

E-mail: admin@britmycolsoc.info