Early Career Collaboration Award
Early career collaboration awards, of up to £2000 each, are available for early career researchers (ECR) who are members of UKSBM. The aim of the UKSBM ECN collaboration award is to:
- Provide members of UKSBM the opportunity to collaborate and work towards a larger project related to the field of behavioural medicine.
- Provide ECRs with the opportunity to form a collaboration with someone outside of their immediate research group.
- Provide ECRs with an opportunity to broaden their network.
- Provide ECRs with the opportunity to prepare and lead a funding application, to enhance their CVs.
- Offer benefits to UKSBM as a whole by reinvesting into the society and its ECR membership.
The proposed collaboration must be based on aims to pursue a specific project or activity. All projects must be related to the field of behavioural medicine, and must be feasible to complete within one year. Collaborations can take a variety of formats, e.g., with other academics or research groups, with clinicians, or with partners from industry. Example activities could include undertaking a research visit to a proposed mentor, development work for a fellowship or grant for the ECR (that the proposed collaborator would be involved with), learning about a specific method that the collaborator has expertise in. Both the ECR and collaborator should be invested in the proposed activities, and it should be clearly explained how the collaborator will support the ECR and how this collaboration will benefit the ECR, as well as how the collaboration will be sustained beyond the duration of the award.
All applications must demonstrate how their collaboration will be of wider benefit to UKSBM via a clear outcome, beyond submitting an abstract to the annual conference. This could take many forms dependent on the project. For example, the applicant may deliver a workshop on the methods that they used or learnt about during the award, organise a webinar or panel discussion, or create a short training video series/ practical guide or resource.
Open for applications.
Deadline for applications, midnight 11th December 2026.
Early-Career Collaboration Award application scope and guidance
For queries and to submit your application, email our UKSBM Early Career Network Co-Chairs Liz Travis e.a.travis@leeds.ac.uk and Ella Howes umelh@leeds.ac.uk
Mid-Career International Collaboration award
UKSBM mid-career members can apply for up to £3,000 to develop or strengthen a collaboration with an international partner. The award can support activities such as an international research visit, pilot or scoping work, methodological or interdisciplinary development, knowledge exchange, or preparation for a future collaborative funding application.
Proposals should demonstrate clear strategic value for the applicant’s mid-career development, mutual benefit for both partners, and potential for a sustained international collaboration.
Open for applications.
Deadline for applications, midnight 11th December 2026.
Mid-Career Collaboration Award application scope and guidance
For queries and to submit your application, email Samantha van Beurden, UKSBM Career Development Officer, s.b.vanbeurden@exeter.ac.uk
Previous winners
Kelly Lloyd 2025 winner of the UK Society of Behavioural Medicine Early Career Network Collaborative Award
Hear from Kelly:
“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 (𝘊𝘈𝘗𝘊) 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘮𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘳𝘉𝘢𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢. 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦.”