The 25th edition of the International Reid Bioanalytical Forum (REID) was held at the Cambridge Belfry (Cambourne, UK) between 4 and 7 September 2023 and hosted approximately 100 delegates, the majority of whom were attending the event for their first time.REID encourages early-career researchers to present their work and have a bursary program to help provide them support. At the 2023 event, REID welcomed 15 bursary winners to provide them with the opportunity to participate in their first international meeting, network with their peers and make their first oral, or poster presentation. The bursary winners also had the opportunity to interview with the Bioanalysis journal and their responses to the interview questions are transcribed below in this second part of two.