• Vocational relevance. The course/conference must be related to your current role in a Midlands Innovation University.  You must demonstrate that the knowledge and skills you gain from the course/conference will assist in helping you successfully carry out your role.  The application form requires you to specifically identify these job-related gains.

• Support from line manager. It is important that you have support for the planned activity from your line manager who agrees that there is a job-related gain and is prepared, where appropriate, to ensure that you are given the time to attend the course/conference.  

• Details of proposed activity. In your application, you must provide full details of the conference or skills course you are planning to attend.  This must include details of the cost of the conference or skills course and associated travel expenses. 

Over the course of the 4-year TALENT project, we will aim to fund 150 applications.

In return for the funding, a short report about the conference/skills training and your learning outcomes is required.