Fund expenses for attending the conferences becomes a difficult issue as many scientists and researchers think rustling up their funds by spending a few thousand dollars will make it easy. But a small amount money even becomes difficult to secure. Usually people start up hunting the money before six months of the conference and it mostly happens in a 12 month cycle. Eventually, these conferences are very useful in attending as it helps us to gather huge bags of knowledge about day to day work and even a glimpse of other people’s work. It recharges the intellectual capacity and help to find a space in the ongoing research field happening.

Eventually the conferences that we find interesting occurs “over there” that is somewhere else in the world that costs a huge amount of money or fund. The main requirement of funding is necessary for the project and the project work which is usually being done at the conference. Even funding necessary for long distance travelling to the site of the conference. Networking to be done absolutely with a certain learning and dissemination of results if it is being presented. Aimed towards working with colleague overseas and integrate your conference travel as a part of a larger research program.  After all, if you are travelling half way around the world you should make use of all the opportunities while you stay there and a bit more attached to work and attending the conference would be a bonus gain.

Several other way-outs include taking sabbatical whereas universities provide several student leave or research leave where it will able to approach the overseas colleague and even matching funding with the organization can be set up by this method. Another way-out may be doing work with the colleagues and granting of workshops and lectures in one or two universities may cover up the expense of the conference. The grand tour wherein exposure to research activities worldwide is being provided and they may fund to key people to visit specific country or region or even cover the cost of a study tour to multiple site. Putting in the budget where the main target to be kept in mind is the dissemination strategy which is the integral part of the research project. Funding it yourself which has the most flexibility to travel, but just keep in mind about the taxation as like most grant rounds on an annual basis there will be a long lag until your refund. This is last but not the least way where you can pay on your own and claim it back on your tax.