2025 IRMS Conference Bursaries
IRMS Conference Bursary Information
In line with our commitment to making the IRMS Conference as inclusive as possible, we are offering 2 fully-funded bursary places for IRMS25 in Birmingham on 18-20 May 2025.
Bursary Types
New Generation
Open to anyone aged 30 or under at the start of the conference on 18 May 2025
Diversity & Inclusion
Offered to an information professional or student from an ethnic minority background, or who has a disability (or both)
Each bursary provides 1 fully-funded place at the whole event, including all conference sessions, food and refreshments, evening social events, and two nights’ B&B accommodation at the conference venue, the Hilton Birmingham (NEC) hotel. Please note, we are unable to cover any travel costs.
How to Apply
To be eligible for a free bursary place, you must meet the requirements stated in the ‘Criteria’ section below. If you do, then to apply, all you have to do is tell us:
- Your name, location, organisation, email address and phone number. Location could be a town, region, or country if overseas; organisation could be your employer or your academic institution if you’re a student.
- The bursary you want to apply for and how you are eligible. For example your age, your ethnic background or disability, or overseas location, as appropriate.
- Why you would like to attend the IRMS Conference and how you will benefit from attending. In other words, tell us why you should be the lucky winner of a free place!
- Which speakers or topics you are most interested in or excited about and why?
- How you would promote or write about your attendance via the bursary. We kindly ask you to write an article or blog, post on social media, record a podcast… whatever you prefer, in return for your free place at the conference.
Click ‘Apply for a bursary’ below to submit your application via the online form.
You haven’t got long – the deadline for applications is Friday 28th February 2025. The IRMS Conference team will then validate and consider all applications and decide who has been successful no later than the end of March 2025. Everyone who submits an application will receive a response from the Conference Director by the end of March. If you have any questions or if you’re not sure whether to apply, please contact Paulina Jedwabska via email for an informal conversation.
Criteria
- You must not have attended any of the last three IRMS Conferences (2022, 2023, 2024).
- You must not have previously received financial assistance to attend the IRMS Conference.
New Generation
You must be aged 30 or under as at the start date of the Conference – 18 May 2025. You may be asked to provide proof of your date of birth in order to validate your application.
Diversity & Inclusion
You must identify as an ethnicity other than the white British or white Irish ethnic groups, and/or have a disability that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. You may be asked to provide proof of either of these characteristics in order to validate your application.