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Early Career Workshop 2026

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All applicants will be contacted shortly

SRF Early Career Pre-Fertility 2026 Workshop information:

Join the SRF Early Career Representatives for the fourth Pre-Fertility 2026 Conference workshop, and make the most of your time at the conference. This half-day workshop is open to BSc, MSc, PhD, and Post Doc researchers who are SRF Early Career members and attending Fertility 2026 in Edinburgh, UK.

Join us at the 2026 Early Career Workshop where Naomi McNulty, a People Development Adviser from the University of Sheffield, will be discussing with us the importance of resilience.

The workshop will cover topics including:

– What is resilience?
– What factors impact our resilience?

– How to adapt, recover and grow in the face of adversity.

– How can we build our personal resilience?

Important Information:

This event is open to all SRF Early Career members from BSc to PostDoc who are already planning to attend the Fertility 2026 conference

BSc, MSc and first-year PhD students must have paid for 2025 membership to apply.

PostDocs and second year onwards PhD students must have paid for at least 2 membership years (i.e. must have paid for 2024 and 2025 membership prior to application).

If you’re unsure if you are eligible, please email srf@conferencecollective.co.uk or contact one of your Early Career Reps: https://srf-reproduction.org/early-career-representatives/

Accommodation: If your application is successful you will receive a budget of £50 for your accommodation, which you will be able to claim after the conference with your SRF bursary expenses.

Lunch: You are invited to join the ECRs for lunch after the workshop, please indicate on the application form if you would like to join.

SRF Social: You are invited to the SRF Social event, please indicate on your bursary application if you would like to join.

SRF Membership: Membership must have been paid prior to submitting an application.

Deposit: A fully refundable deposit of £50 will be requested to secure your place once you have been accepted.  This will be refunded with your bursary claim after the workshop, this deposit will be forfeited if you fail to attend the workshop.

Timeline:

Applications close at 9.00am (GMT) on Monday 17 November 2025

Confirmation will be sent to applicants by Monday 24 November 2025

Applicants must have confirmed and paid by Friday 12 December 2025

Friday 2 of December 2025: Applicants must have confirmed and paid a deposit. Failure to confirm and pay the stated deposit will result in withdrawal of the workshop offer.