Sources of Bursaries and Grants for Electives - Part Five

British Medical and Dental Students' Trust

BDA Elective Awards are now available to dental students as part of the BMDST, which provides awards for overseas electives. Applications are judged twice a year with closing dates in January and July.

For more information please contact the BMDST on 0141 221 5858

www.bda.org/students/awards%2Dcompetitions/

Deadline: 31st January 2010

LEPRA (British Leprosy Relief Association)

LEPRA are awarding prizes of up to £1000 for undergraduate essays from UK medical undergraduates.

Entrants have a choice of two essay titles:"The emergence of drug resistance threatens the future of both leprosy treatment and leprosy control - discuss."

"Do the recent falls in the numbers of new cases of leprosy in world over the last 5 years mean the transmission of leprosy has now been interrupted?"

Entries are especially encouraged from those in the junior years of medical school. Candidates are expected to summarise published work and review it critically, recording their own comments in the form of a discussion. Essays should be no more than 10,000 words.

Deadline: 30th April 2009

For more information and to apply go to: http://www.lepra.org.uk/electives.asp

Society for General Microbiology

Grants available for undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects during their electives.

Application deadline: 26th September 2008

www.sgm.ac.uk/grants/elect.cfm

Awards of up to £1000 for personal expenses and £600 for research expenses are available to undergraduates planning to conduct a specified research project under supervision. This may be in any discipline and can be held in any established research laboratory in the UK or abroad.

Projects must last for at least four weeks. A report of at least 1500 words, containing valid scientific data, should be submitted to the Trust within eight weeks of completing the elective.

Applications are made through your medical school who are asked to nominate one candidate for each award and one reserve candidate. If you wish to apply for this award please contact the dean of your medical school.

Deans are asked to submit all the nominations from their school at the same time, at any time between November and May. Contact your medical school to check you can still make a submission.

For more information go to:

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/index.htm

The St. Francis Leprosy Guild

The St. Francis Leprosy Guild also provides funding for elective students. Contact them for more information:

St Francis Leprosy Guild, 73 St Charles Square, LONDON, W10 6EJ - Tel: 020 8969 1345

Applications should be submitted six months before the elective period.

The British Society for Haematology

The Society are offering Student Scholarships of up to £600 to support undergraduates undertaking electives in the field of Haematology.

Applications should include details of the project, approximate costs, a copy of your CV, a letter of support from the Dean or Clinical Tutor and a letter from the person supervising the project.

Applications can be submitted at any time and should be sent to:

Professor Ken Mills, BSH Scientific Secretary info@b-s-h.org.uk.

British Geriatrics Society

A limited number of grants of up to £500 are offered to enable medical students to make use of their elective or holiday period for a project concerned with health or health care in old age - either in the UK or abroad.
The grants are available to medical undergraduates entering their penultimate or final year of study in the next academic year. Projects must last 6 weeks and a report of around 1000 must be submitted after completion.
Applications can be made throughout the year. Decisions are usually made within 5 to 6 weeks.

Download an application form at : www.bgs.org.uk/Grants/grant-msvg.htm

The Nurses Association of Jamaica (UK)

Mrs Celia Grandison-Markey, PO Box 652, 43b High St, Sherington, Newport Pagnell, Bucks, MK16 9ZY  Tel: 01908 613 775
One-off grants of £50 – 300 for students of health education or sciences, primarily from black and minority groups, especially African-Caribbean. Preferences given to those living in Birmingham area, Nottingham, London and internationally. Apply on application form in February or August

The Southdown Trust

John G Wyatt, Secretary, Holmbush, 64 High St, Findon, West Sussex, BN14 0SY
Grants to support individual ventures of general educational benefit. Applications should be made in April and November. Enclose an SAE

The McKenna Charitable Trust

The Trustees, c/o Buzzacoat, 12 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1AG
Grants for individuals in need in England and Wales with particular emphasis on educational needs and provision of support for people with disabilities

The Richard Newitt Fund

Chris Gilbert, Kleinwort Benson Trustees Ltd, PO Box 191, 10 Fenchurch St, London, EC3M 3LB
Grants to students aged 24 – 45 who intend to live and work in Britain