Grants

SRC Bursary for Library and Information Science – Search Solutions 2025

Funded Event: Search Solutions 2025 (26th November 2025) or one of its tutorials (25th November 2025)

Conference: https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2025/november/search-solutions-2025

Tutorials: https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2025/november/search-solutions-tutorials/

Mode: In-Person Only

Funder: Systematic Review Consultants LTD (SRC)

Fund Coverage:  SRC would pay the registration fee for Search Solutions 2025 or one of its tutorials (not both). The fund will NOT cover accommodation, travel, visa, or food.

Recipients: Professionals and Students – 2 Library and Information Science Students and 2 Library and Information Science Professionals

Purpose: Search Solutions is a multi-disciplinary platform for search (information retrieval) experts where information scientists from a broad range (from computer science to library science) meet and discuss the most recent developments in the field. There is also a recent shift in information resources to equip their products with Semantic Vector Search alongside Lexical Boolean Search. To prepare the community of practice, we need LIS professionals and the next generation (students) to lead the community’s embrace of recent changes. This is possible through mutual collaboration between library science and computer science, and by bridging the gap between the development and user fronts.

Criteria: No CV/Resume is needed. Write a 500-word letter to say who you are, why you should get this fund, and how you are going to transfer what you learned from this conference or its tutorial to the community of practice.

Application and Selection Process:

  • Use your organisational email address to email app@SystematicReview.info with the subject heading: SS2025 Fund.
  • Attach a single text file (Open Office, MS Office, or txt file) containing: Your full name, your affiliations, your role in your organisation, your email address, links to your social media account, your supporting statement (500 words), and a specification if you want the conference or tutorial (if tutorial, add the its title).
  • The in-house team at SRC will conduct the selection process as soon as we receive the application.

Deadline: First Come, First Served. The tutorial/conference is in 6-7 days.

Terms and Conditions: Your name, role, and affiliation will be published on SystematicReview.info website as one of the recipients. We will register you for the conference. You will attend the conference or tutorial. You agree to openly, freely, and publicly share your learning from this conference/tutorial (even though we can’t force you) on the web and or social media in the forms of text, image, and/or video. You have no obligation to mention or thank SRC or the funder in your sharing or attendance.