Bursaries and Grants for your Elective - Part Two

Royal College of Radiologists Essay Prizes

Essays should be no more than 4000 words.

Clinical radiology

Steven Carstairs Research Prize: £400 for personal research on a clinical radiology topic.

Steven Carstairs Essay Prize: £200 for an essay either on a topic relevant to clinical radiology or describing personal experience of working in a department of clinical radiology during an elective period or vacation.

Clinical oncology

Edinburgh EAR Congress Research Prize: £400 for personal research on a clinical oncology topic.

Edinburgh EAR Congress Essay Prize: £200 for an essay either on a topic relevant to clinical oncology or describing personal experience of working in a department of clinical oncology during an elective period or vacation.

Deadline: 9th April 2010

For more information to apply go to:

www.rcr.ac.uk/content.aspx?PageID=1592

The Renal Association

The Renal Association provides 8 bursaries of £250 each to medical students undertaking electives which include a significant renal component, either clinical or research. They require an essay of around 2500 words describing the experience within 3 months of your return. Awards are usually made in January and applications can be made at any time.

Deadline: 15th January

www.renal.org/PrizesAwards/Prizes.html

Pathological Society Award

The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland is offering a number of bursaries to enable undergraduate medics to work in departments of pathology either in universities, medical schools, NHS laboratories or research institutes. These are open to students working in the UK and overseas and who are undertaking either electives or vacation work.

You must apply online submitting details of the project that you propose to work on and the perceived benefits.

 Deadline: 31st October

See the website for more details and to download an application form

www.pathsoc.org/

The Daiwa Foundation

Grants of £1000 to £5000 to support travel, subsistence and research for collaborative projects between British and Japanese researchers in the field of science. They are funded by the Foundation and administered by The Royal Society.

Deadline: 30th March

www.dajf.org.uk 

The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland Elective Bursary

The AAGBI offer elective grants of up to £750 to medical students in the UK who have successfully completed two years of clinical work.

Preference will be given to those applicants who can show that their intended elective has an anaesthetic, intensive care or pain relief interest.

Deadline: 11th January

For more information go to www.aagbi.org

The Gen Foundation
Provides funding for projects to support the research and study of natural sciences and the arts. Grants are in the region of £3000. Preferential consideration for projects or students with a link to Japan but not essential.
www.genfoundation.org.uk

The Society for General Microbiology

Offers awards of up to £1500 for travel, accommodation and subsistence for 6 – 10 weeks, for students to work on microbiological research projects during their elective.
For more information go to www.sgm.ac.uk/grants/elect.cfm

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The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists offers awards of £500 each to medical students in the UK and Ireland undertaking overseas electives in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Applications are especially encouraged from students undertaking electives in resource poor countries. The College like well presented applications outlining detailed and well-planned projects. A word processed report of between 500 and 1000 words must be submitted within eight weeks of completing the elective.

Applications must include a letter of support from the centre where the elective will be taking place, confirming appropriate supervision of the project.