Geoffrey J. Burton Memorial Award

The Geoffrey J. Burton Memorial Fund was established in 1986 with the aim of providing financial assistance to students (postgraduates studying for a higher degree or first-year postdoctoral junior scientists) based in the UK travelling to any conferences or meetings at which they will be presenting a paper or poster. The Fund was renamed in 2002 to the Vision Scientists Memorial Fund so that more awards could be developed. The Geoffrey J. Burton Memorial Travel Award will continue as before. Donations to the fund can be directed to the AVA secretariat and cheques etc. should be made payable to "The Vision Scientists Memorial Fund".

The maximum award to any one individual is 750 UK pounds.

A number of awards will be made once a year. The closing date for the award this year is 28th February, 2010 and it will be for conferences held from 1st March, 2010 to 28th February, 2011 (i.e. there will not be retrospective awards). The award is specifically to cover transport, registration, accommodation and up to £20 per day subsistence at a conference.  Applicants do not have to be presenting at an AVA conference. The recipient of the award is required to write a report of the conference they attended which will be included on the AVA website.

Applicants must:

• Be AVA members
• Be PhD students, or post-docs within 1 year of achieving their PhD
• Should have attended at least one AVA meeting in the last 18 months

To apply for an award you need to complete an application form which must be sent by email together with a letter of support from your supervisor to:

Tom.Troscianko@bristol.ac.uk

An application form can be downloaded from the website here or obtained by e-mailing the AVA Secretariat on: Gillian.Porter@bristol.ac.uk

Completed application forms must be sent as an email attachment to the AVA Secretariat at one of the above e-mail addresses.