Conference Grants

Individuals within the eligible categories must hold a contract of employment with Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust or UCL at the time the conference is attended.

To see if you can proceed to submit an application, please refer to the full-size download of the eligibility flowchart and criteria below.

• Medical and non medical research fellows can apply for a Conference Grant if they are presenting research derived from Moorfields work at national or international meetings.
• Speciality trainees can apply for a Conference Grant if they are presenting research derived from Moorfields work at international meetings. Registration fees will be expected to normally be paid for via deanery funding. National meetings will not be considered.
• Non-medical research active Moorfields staff can apply for a Conference Grant if they are presenting research derived from Moorfields’ work at national or international meetings. Eligible staff will normally hold a full time or substantial contract of employment with Moorfields.
• Honorary staff can only apply where the individual is a medical graduate and appears on a relevant clinical profile in Moorfields at the time of application and the conference. For avoidance of doubt we expect these individuals to be part of a clinical service at Moorfields and as such are seeing patients in a capacity unrelated to research.
• MEC Springboard award holders or named researchers can apply if they are presenting work derived from our grant held at UCL at national or international meetings. Eligible staff will have a contract with UCL at the time of conference.
• PhD students on a Moorfields Eye Charity funded PhD Studentship grant awarded from 1st December 2024 can apply if they are presenting work derived from their PhD.

For full details of all eligibility criteria please refer to the programme guidelines.

Our Conference Grant supports the cost of the conference registration fees, travel, accommodation and contribution to the cost of poster printing. For virtual attendance, only the registration fee is considered.

A budget is not required for the application form but you should be aware that if you do not adhere to the grant conditions and any conditions included in the award letter, payment of expenses will not be forthcoming.

Applicants are advised to read the funding programme guidelines carefully ahead of submitting an application to ensure they are fully aware of the allowed and disallowed costs.

Please ensure that you have read the following:

Applications should be submitted via our grant management system, Flexigrant.

Applicants who have previously held or applied for a Moorfields Eye Charity grant will already have an account set up on Flexigrant. Please follow the guidance on our Advice for Applicants webpage for details on activating your account.

For applicants who have not applied for a Moorfields Eye Charity grant, please visit Flexigrant and click register to create an account.

Please refer to our application guidance for further information on completing an application.

Applicants must comply with the instructions and eligibility criteria outlined in the grant guidance.