# Major Donor Special Interest Group offers three bursaries for 2012

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/03/15/major-donor-special-interest-group-offers-three-bursaries-2012/
- Published: 2012-03-15T10:15:19+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Major Donor Special Interest Group (MDSIG) of the Institute of Fundraising is
offering three bursaries to its members this year, covering the Institute of Fundraising
National Convention and other training and professional development.

## Institute of Fundraising National Convention 2012

The group is offering two bursaries, each worth up to £1,800, to attend all three
days of the IoF National Convention (2- 4 July 2012). If the recipient’s organisation
is unable to pay for their travel, they can also claim up to £200 in travel costs.

If the applicant is not a member of the Institute of Fundraising the bursary will
include one year’s membership.

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The deadline for applying for these bursaries is 09.00 on 5 April 2012.

## Training and professional development

A bursary of up to £1,200 will pay for a member of the group to undertake any training
or professional development course up to the value of £1,000. If the recipient’s
organisation is unable to pay for their travel, they can also claim travel up to
the value of £200.

The deadline for applying is 09.00 on 20 April 2012.

Applicants must fill in an application form and submit their applications via email
only. Applications must be submitted by email to [Caroline Stewart](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/mailto:cs******@****************rg.uk).

The details and application forms can be found in the files section of the MDSIG
Yahoo Group website.

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/mgsig/

## Other bursaries available

Other [regional and special interest groups of the Institute of Fundraising](http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/groups)
also provide bursaries to help with professional development.

 * **[Training bursary offered to major donor fundraisers](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/08/08/training-bursary-offered-major-donor-fundraisers/)**(
   8 August 2012)
 * **[Two bursaries for fundraisers](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/07/16/two-bursaries-for-fundraisers/)**(
   16 July 2015)
 * **[Details of IoF Northern Ireland conference announced](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/10/07/details-of-iof-northern-ireland-conference-announced/)**(
   7 October 2015)