Bursaries and Grants for Electives - Part Four

MDDUS

The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland offers free membership to UK medical students. As a student MDDUS member you’ll be eligible for:

Elective scholarships are available through the British Medical and Dental Students Trust (BMDST), a charitable organisation. MDDUS members can apply for awards of £100 and £1000. The MDDUS is an independent organisation offering legal advice and professional indemnity for doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals.

Deadline: 31st January (for electives taking place between April and September)

www.mddus.com/student/electives/elective-travel-scholarship.aspx

Epidemiology & Public Health Section Brooke Bursary Award

Two awards of £800 each are being offered to students planning an elective abroad in the area of public health or epidemiology.

Applications should be no longer than 750 words and will be assessed on the basis of public health relevance, methodology and supervisory input.

Deadline: 24 November 2008

For more information and to download an application form go to: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/awardsstudents.php  

CoScan Travel Awards

Dr Brita Green, 103 Long Ridge Lane, Nether Poppleton, York, YO26 6LW
Tel: 01904 794 438

Grants of between £75 - 150 towards travel, fees and accommodation for people aged 15 – 25 undertaking a project of a broadly educational nature involving travel between UK and Scandinavia.

Apply on application form (available from above address) by 31 March

The British Nutrition Foundation

The Foundation operates the Denis Burkett Study Awards.
Up to 10 awards of £750 each are offered to students undertaking elective projects in developing countries. The projects must centre on food and nutrition and its relationship to health and disease.

An Application Form must be submitted electronically accompanied by your CV and a letter from your Head of Department or supervisor confirming that the arrangements for the elective have been agreed both in the UK and in the country to be visited. 

Download an application form at:

www.britishnutrition.org.uk/home.asp?siteId=43&sectionId=361&subSectionId=353&parentSection=299&which=1 

The Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society

The Society provides bursaries to medical students in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Students must be undertaking an elective at a mission hospital in a developing country.  Students with an active Christian testimony are preferred.

Awards are made based on applicant’s desires to experience healthcare in a "mission" context.

Applications can be submitted any time and take about 6 to 8 weeks to assess. They must be supported by two referees. Email info@emms.org for an application form.

More details can be found at:

www.emms.org/grants/article.php?articleID=104

Lady Allen of Hurtwood Memorial Trust

Mrs Caroline Richards, Hon Secretary, 89 Thurleigh Rd, London, SW12 8TY
Grants of up to £1000 for special travel projects to help gain specific knowledge and experience to enhance the quality and nature of work with young children (particularly those who are deprived or disabled). Apply on application form by February