Bursaries

Symposium Mammographicum offers three types of bursary:

Bursary A

To facilitate study by an observational or clinical attachment in a specialist training centre in the United Kingdom over a period of one or two weeks.

Bursary B

To facilitate attendance at the Symposium Mammographicum biennial conference. Invitations are welcome for the next event, which is scheduled to take place at the the summer of 2027, in the UK; details of which will be confirmed by September 2025.

Bursary C

To facilitate travel to countries with less well-developed breast screening and imaging services than the UK, to deliver education or consultancy to support the development of such services.

For more information and eligibility to apply, please click on the criteria below.

In all cases proof of purchase of travel tickets and confirmation of hotel or other accommodation booked will be required. In the case of Bursary A proof of training fees will also be required. The bursaries will not be paid into the successful applicant’s bank account until either the course is completed or the conference has taken place. You must therefore be able to provide the necessary funds to support yourself while in the United Kingdom and bursary fees will only be transferred into a recognised bank account on presentation of receipts.

The closing date for bursaries with regard to the 2027 conference will be 01 November 2026.  The charity has received a high degree of interest for previous events. Applications, therefore,  for the 2027 conference received after the 01 November 2026 will not be considered.

As funding is a limited all applications will be welcomed for the 2027 conference, Trustees will consider all application in one batch at its December 2026 meeting to ensure all applications can be considered as fairly as possible. The closing for applications is the 01 November 2026.

The maximum value of the bursary that Trustees will award  is £1650.00 (pounds sterling). This amount would be used towards the delegate fee, accommodation for upto three nights in the hotel used by the Trustees and Speakers** Visas, return travel (economy class airfare, standard class railfare)

** bursary recipients are welcome to book their own accommodation; costs will be covered up to the same rate as the hotel used by the Trustees and Speakers

Information correct as at 07 January 2025

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The bursary scheme has been running now for several years which has helped clinicians from around the world to further their professional careers as well as spread best practice and clinical approach in this specialised field. The charity has supported health care professionals from Nepal to Nigeria, Gaza to Australia and Kenya to Jordan. Click here to read their stories.