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R appointment, or creative writers and visual or performing artists with a record of significant accomplishment and equivalent professional RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN experience. Special eligibility requirements apply to creative artists. Level of Study: Postdoctorate, Research, See application for degree P.O. Box 9102, 6500 HC Nijmegen, Netherlands requirements, which vary by academic area and discipline Tel: (31) 24 361 6161 Type: Fellowship Fax: (31) 24 356 4606 Value: Up to US$75,000 for 1 year Website: www.ru.nl/english Frequency: Annual Study Establishment: Harvard University Radboud University is a student-oriented research university that Country of Study: United States of America aspires to be one of the best in Europe. The goal is for all research Application Procedure: Applicants must visit the website www. programmes to be rated ‘very good’ and for degree programmes to radcliffe.harvard.edu/fellowship-program rank among the top 25 per cent of Dutch universities. Closing Date: September 2017 for Humanists and Social Scientists and October, 2017 for Natural Scientists Radboud Scholarships Programme for Masters No. of awards given last year: 50 Students No. of applicants last year: 1,000 approx Purpose: The Radboud Scholarship Programme offers a select Additional Information: See application for degree requirements, number of talented prospective non-EEA students the opportunity to which vary by academic area and discipline. receive a scholarship to pursue a complete English-taught Master’s degree programme at Radboud University Nijmegen. Eligibility: Applicants will be eligible to obtain a Radboud Scholarship RADIO TELEVISION DIGITAL NEWS if they hold a non-EU/EEA passport; are not eligible for the lower EEA tuition fee for other reasons; have been fully admitted to the English- FOUNDATION (RTDNF) taught Master’s degree programme as stated in the formal letter of 529, 14th Street, NW, Suite 1240, Washington, DC, 20045, admission; are able to comply with the conditions for obtaining a visa United States of America for the Netherlands; are enrolled at Radboud University as a full-time Tel: (1) 202 659 6510 student for the academic year and Master’s degree programme for Fax: (1) 202 223 4007 which the scholarship will be awarded. Email: [email protected] Type: Scholarship Website: www.rtdna.org Value: The scholarship consists of a partial tuition waiver. The tuition Contact: Jon Wafalosky fee will be waived to the level of an EEA student. In addition the Radboud Scholarship also covers costs such as those for visa, The mission of the Radio Television Digital News Foundation residence permit, health insurance and liability insurance. This (RTDNF) is to promote excellence in electronic journalism through amounts to about h700. For detailed information, please visit research, education and professional training in four principal www.ru.nl/english/education/master’s-programmes/financial-matters/ programme areas: journalistic ethics and practices, the impact of scholarships-grants/read_more/rsprogramme/ technological change on electronic journalism, the role of electronic Country of Study: Netherlands news in politics and public policy and cultural diversity in the electronic No. of awards offered: 10 journalism profession. Application Procedure: The application for admission and the application for the scholarship is fully integrated, there is no separate procedure for the scholarship. Applicants must apply for a Radboud RTDNF Fellowships Scholarship by indicating during their application for admission that Subjects: Electronic journalism. they wish to apply for a Radboud Scholarship. Applicants will then be Eligibility: To support young journalists in radio or television with up requested to upload three additional documents including two to 10 years of experience. recommendation letters and a curriculum vitae. Applicants also must Level of Study: Postgraduate, Professional development have finalized their request for admission before the deadline. Type: Fellowship Closing Date: April 1st Value: Up to US$2,500 Additional Information: For more information about the scholarship Frequency: Annual programme, contact the International Office on [email protected]. Country of Study: United States of America No. of awards offered: 4 Application Procedure: Applicants must download the application THE RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE FOR form from www.RTDNA.org. ADVANCED STUDY Closing Date: May 13th Funding: Private Byerly Hall, 8 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, Additional Information: The awards include: the Michele Clark United States of America Fellowship for Minority News Professionals, the Jacque I Minotte Tel: (1) 617 495 8212 Health Reporting Fellowship, the Vada and Barney Oldfield National Fax: (1) 617 495 8136 Security Fellowship and NS Bienstock Fellowship for Minority Email: [email protected] Journalists. Website: www.radcliffe.edu Contact: Administrator of Fellowships RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of AMERICA, INC. (RSNA) academic disciplines, professions and creative arts. Within this broad purpose, the Radcliffe Institute sustains a continuing commitment to 820 Jorie Boulevard, Oak Brook, IL, 60523 2251, the study of women, gender and society. United States of America Tel: (1) 630 571 2670 Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship Fax: (1) 630 571 7837 Email: [email protected] Program Website: www.rsna.org/foundation Subjects: All subjects. Contact: Mr Scott Walter, Assistant Director, Grant Administration Purpose: To support women and men of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment, who wish to pursue independent The Research and Education Foundation of the Radiological Society work. of North America (RSNA) provides grant support to medical students, Eligibility: Open to female and male scholars in any field who gained residents, Fellows and full-time faculty members of departments of a doctorate or appropriate terminal degree at least 2 years prior to radiology, radiation oncology and nuclear medicine.

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RSNA Education Scholar Grant Program Frequency: Annual Subjects: Radiology or related disciplines. No. of awards offered: 1 Purpose: To provide funding opportunities for individuals with an Application Procedure: Scholar applicants must be nominated by active interest in radiologic education. their host institution. Applicants must complete an application form Eligibility: Applications are accepted from individuals throughout the available from the website http://rsna.org/foundation. world. Closing Date: January 15th Level of Study: Unrestricted Funding: Foundation Type: Grant Contributor: Individuals, private practice, corporate Value: Up to US$75,000 per year for up to 2 years (US$150,000 maximum) to be used as salary support for the Scholar RSNA Research Seed Grant Program Length of Study: Up to 2 years Subjects: Diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear Frequency: Annual medicine. No. of awards offered: 1 Purpose: To assist investigators in defining objectives and testing Application Procedure: Candidates must complete an application hypotheses before they apply for major grants from corporations, form, available from the website http://rsna.org/foundation. foundations or government agencies. Closing Date: January 15th Eligibility: Applications are accepted from any country. Applicants Funding: Foundation must hold a full-time faculty position in an educational institution at the Contributor: Individuals, private practice, corporate time the award commences and be in a department of diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology or nuclear medicine, having completed RSNA Medical Student Grant Program all advanced training. Subjects: Radiology and related disciplines. Level of Study: Doctorate, Postdoctorate Purpose: To make radiology research opportunities available for Type: Research grant medical students early in their training and encourage them to Value: Up to US$40,000 for a 1-year project to support the preliminary consider academic radiology as a career option. or pilot phase of scientific projects Eligibility: Open to full-time medical students at an accredited North Length of Study: 1 year American medical school. Frequency: Annual Level of Study: Research Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Type: Grant form, available from the website http://rsna.org/foundation. Value: US$3,000 for an 10-week (minimum) research project, to be Closing Date: January 15th matched by the sponsoring department (US$6,000 total), as a stipend Funding: Foundation for the medical student Contributor: Individuals, private practice, corporate Length of Study: 1 year Frequency: Annual Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application RCN FOUNDATION form available from the website http://rsna.org/foundation. 20 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0RN, England Closing Date: February 1st Tel: (44) 020 7647 3645 Funding: Foundation Email: [email protected] Contributor: Individuals, private practice, corporate Website: www.rcnfoundation.org.uk Contact: Ms Grants Officer Awards Officer RSNA Research Resident/Fellow Program Subjects: Radiology or related disciplines. The RCN Foundation is an independent charity supporting nursing to Purpose: To provide young investigators not yet professionally improve the health and well-being of the public. established in the radiological sciences an opportunity to gain further insight into scientific investigation and to develop competence in Mary Seacole Leadership and Development Awards research techniques and methods. Subjects: Nursing, midwifery and health visiting including public Eligibility: Applicants must be a resident or fellow in a department of health, health policy, and health education. radiology, radiation oncology or nuclear medicine within a North Purpose: To provide funding for a project, or other educational/ American educational institutions at the time of application. development activity that benefits the health needs of people from Level of Study: Doctorate, Postdoctorate black and minority ethnic communities. Type: Fellowship Eligibility: Open to nurses, midwives and health visitors in England. Value: US$30,000 for a 1-year Research Resident project or Level of Study: Doctorate, Graduate, Postdoctorate, Postgraduate, US$50,000 for a 1-year Research Fellow project, to be used for salary Predoctorate, Professional development, Research and/or non-personnel research expenses Type: Award Length of Study: 1 year Value: UK d12,500, Development award UK d6,250 Frequency: Annual Length of Study: Unrestricted No. of awards offered: 1 Frequency: Annual Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Study Establishment: Unrestricted form, available from the website http://rsna.org/foundation. Country of Study: England Closing Date: January 15th No. of awards offered: 6 Funding: Foundation Application Procedure: Applicants must send a stamped addressed Contributor: Individuals, private practice, corporate envelope to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to obtain details and an application form. RSNA Research Scholar Grant Program Closing Date: May 1st Subjects: Medical sciences. Funding: Government Purpose: To support junior clinical faculty members and Contributor: Department of Health allow them to gain experience in research early in their academic No. of awards given last year: 6 careers. No. of applicants last year: 16 Eligibility: Applicants must be within 5 years of initial faculty appointment in a department of radiology, radiation oncology or RCN Foundation Margaret Parkinson Scholarships nuclear medicine within a North American institution. Subjects: Nursing and midwifery. Level of Study: Doctorate, Postdoctorate Purpose: To encourage graduates with a non-nursing degree to Type: Award qualify as a nurse. Value: US$75,000 per year for 2 years (US$150,000 total), payable to Eligibility: Open to graduates who have not yet started nurse training. the institution, to be used exclusively as a stipend for the scholar Level of Study: Postgraduate Length of Study: 2 years Type: Scholarship

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Value: Up to UKd2,500 each per year REBECCA SKELTON FUND Length of Study: Unrestricted Frequency: Annual Dance Department Administrator, University of Chichester, Study Establishment: Universities Bishop Otter Campus, College Lane, Chichester, Country of Study: United Kingdom Sussex, PO19 6PE, England No. of awards offered: Varies Tel: (44) 01243 816485 Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Fax: (44) 01243 816080 form available from www.rcnfoundation.org.uk. Email: [email protected] Closing Date: September 1st Website: www.rebeccaskeltonfund.org Funding: Private Contact: The Rebecca Skelton Fund Administrator Contributor: Margaret Parkinson Scholarship Fund The fund provides financial assistance towards the cost of post- No. of awards given last year: 10 graduate dance study in experiential/creative work to include dance No. of applicants last year: 120 improvization and those training methods such as Skinner Releasing Additional Information: These scholarships now come under the Technique, Alignment Therapy, Feldenkrais Technique, Alexander RCN Foundation. Please see attached organization profile. Technique and other body-mind practices that focus on an inner For further information contact: awareness and use the proprioceptive communication system or an inner sensory mode. Margaret Parkinson Scholarships, RCN Foundation, 20 Cavendish square, London, W1G 0RN The Rebecca Skelton Scholarship Contact: Awards Officer Subjects: Music and performing arts. Purpose: To assist students to pursue a course of specific or advanced performance studies or an appropriate dance research and RCN Foundation Professional Bursary Scheme performance. Subjects: The RCN Foundation is offering bursaries of up to d5,000 Eligibility: Open to anyone pursuing dance studies at postgraduate to support individuals in learning and development activities that level. contribute to their professional development. For example, post- Level of Study: Doctorate, Postdoctorate, Postgraduate, Profes- graduate university study or professional short-courses. The learning sional development, Research from these activities should also enhance patient care and future Type: Scholarships and fellowships practice. Value: UKd500 Purpose: To support individuals in learning and development Frequency: Annual activities that contribute to their professional development. Country of Study: United Kingdom Eligibility: Nurses and Midwives registered in the UK. Health care No. of awards offered: 1–4 assistants and assistant practitioners based in the UK. Application Procedure: Application form on request. Level of Study: Doctorate, Graduate, Postdoctorate, Postgraduate, Closing Date: January 12th Predoctorate, Professional development Funding: Foundation Type: Bursary Contributor: The Rebecca Skelton Fund Value: Up to d5,000 No. of awards given last year: 5 Frequency: twice a year No. of applicants last year: 9 Country of Study: United Kingdom No. of awards offered: Varies For further information contact: Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application form available from www.rcnfoundation.org.uk. Email: [email protected] Closing Date: April and October Funding: Foundation REES JEFFREYS ROAD FUND Contributor: RCN Foundation No. of awards given last year: 78 Merriewood, Horsell Park, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4LW, England No. of applicants last year: 127 Tel: (44) 1483 750 758 Fax: (44) 1483 750 758 Email: [email protected] RCN Foundation Worshipful Company of Needlemakers Website: www.reesjeffreys.org Subjects: Nursing, midwifery, and health visiting. Contact: Mr Brian Smith, Secretary Purpose: To assist with funding individual nurses with their learning and development activities. The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund makes grants for courses or research Eligibility: Nurses and midwives currently registered in the connected with roads and transportation. Within those subjects, it UK who will be implementing their learning and development in endows university teaching posts, pays bursaries for postgraduate the UK. students, sponsors research and contributes to research projects. It Level of Study: Doctorate, Graduate, Postdoctorate, Postgraduate, has a small budget for the provision of roadside rests and improving Predoctorate, Professional development roadside environment. Type: Grant Value: Up to UKd1,000 each Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Bursaries Length of Study: Unrestricted Subjects: Transport scholarship and research that will lead to a better Frequency: Annual understanding of transport issues and offer the prospect of new Study Establishment: Unrestricted thinking and ideas for dealing with contemporary transport issues. Country of Study: United Kingdom Purpose: To facilitate postgraduate study or research into transport. No. of awards offered: Varies Eligibility: Open to candidates of any nationality who hold at least an Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Upper Second Class (Honours) Degree at a U.K. university. form available from www.rcnfoundation.org.uk. Level of Study: Doctorate, Postgraduate Closing Date: January Value: Bursaries of d10,000 Funding: Foundation Length of Study: 1–2 years Contributor: Worshipful Company of Needlemakers Frequency: Annual No. of awards given last year: 12 Study Establishment: Universities and research institutions No. of applicants last year: 38 Country of Study: United Kingdom For further information contact: No. of awards offered: Approx. 9 Application Procedure: Applicants must be recommended by the Fitwise Drumcross Hall, Bathgate, EH48 4JT, Scotland intended institution of study and submitted by that institution. Tel: (44) 01506 811077 Closing Date: July 1st for MSc courses

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Funding: Private Frequency: Annual No. of awards given last year: 9 Study Establishment: Regents Business School London No. of applicants last year: 24 Country of Study: United Kingdom Additional Information: Bursaries for MSc (transport) students; No. of awards offered: 5–10 per year annual contributions to PhD research students. Application Procedure: Apply online and submit a 500-word statement for the attention of the scholarship committee. Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Research Grants Closing Date: There is no application deadline Subjects: Transport. Funding: International Office Purpose: To facilitate research projects into roads and transportation. No. of awards given last year: 5 Level of Study: Research No. of applicants last year: 10 Value: Up to d30,000 Additional Information: Scholarship holders are required to work a Frequency: Annual specified number of hours per week (normally 10 hours, up to a Study Establishment: Universities and research institutions maximum of 20 hours) during term time. Please contact the External Country of Study: United Kingdom Relations Office for further information. No. of awards offered: Approx. 10 per year For further information contact: Application Procedure: No application form required. Closing Date: There is no fixed deadline. Applications will be Regents Business School Candow (Admissions), External Relations, considered by the Trustees at 1 of the 5 meetings each year London, Regents College, Inner Circle, Regents Park, NW1 4NS, Funding: Private United Kingdom No. of awards given last year: 12 No. of applicants last year: 30 REGENT’S UNIVERSITY LONDON REGENT’S BUSINESS SCHOOL LONDON Inner Circle, London, NW1 4NS, United Kingdom (RBS LONDON) Contact: Regent’s University London Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS, United Kingdom Regent’s University London is a private non-profit university located Tel: (44) 020 7487 7700 in London, United Kingdom. Regent’s University is only the second Fax: (44) 020 7487 7425 institution in the UK that was granted the status of a private Email: [email protected] university. Website: www.rbslondon.ac.uk

Regent’s Business School London (RBS London) is one of the fastest The Dean of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences growing business schools in the UK and follows an innovative Excellence Scholarship postgraduate curriculum. Central to RBS London’s ethos is a Level of Study: Postgraduate practitioner’s focus. Industry level analysis and face to face interaction Value: The scholarship award will cover a quarter of the tuition fees with managers in the international business community bring a for the selected course practical dimension to your learning. No. of awards offered: 3 scholarships Application Procedure: Applications must be emailed to: RBS London Academic Excellence Scholarships [email protected]. Subjects: Global management, global management (marketing) and Closing Date: May 31st global management (finance). Additional Information: For any queries, please contact: Eligibility: These merit awards are awarded to students with strong Regent’s University London, Tel: +44 020 7487 7505, Email: academic achievements and potential. [email protected]. Level of Study: Foundation programme, Graduate, Postgraduate Type: Scholarship Value: Up to 50 per cent of tuition fees is paid in the form of Pakistan Fashion Journalism Scholarship scholarship Subjects: Fashion Journalism. Length of Study: 1 year Purpose: An offer for students entering into MA programme. Frequency: Annual Eligibility: Pakistani students are eligible to apply for this scholarship. Study Establishment: Regents Business School London Scholarship can be taken in the UK. Country of Study: United Kingdom Level of Study: Postgraduate No. of awards offered: 10 Value: d4,000 towards fees for one standard programme duration Application Procedure: Applicants must contact the school, or apply Country of Study: United Kingdom online and submit a 500-word statement for the attention of the Application Procedure: For more details, visit https://www.regents. scholarship committee stating why they should be considered for the ac.uk/study/scholarships-funding-and-bursaries/ok-pakistan-fashion- award and what contribution they can make to the school. journalism-scholarship. Closing Date: There is no application deadline Closing Date: June 30th Funding: International Office Contributor: Individuals No. of awards given last year: 7 PhD Scholarships No. of applicants last year: 30 Subjects: Business, management, psychology, psychotherapy and Additional Information: Please contact the admission office for social sciences. further information. Level of Study: Doctorate Type: Scholarship RBS London Work-Study Scholarships Value: d5,000 per year for PhD candidates Subjects: Business and management studies. Length of Study: 3 years Purpose: To provide financial support to the students in need. No. of awards offered: 6 scholarships Eligibility: These merit awards are awarded to students with strong Closing Date: March 12th academic achievements and potential, who can combine study and work without interfering with their academic progress. Level of Study: Foundation programme, Postgraduate, Professional Robert McKee International Screenwriting Scholarships development Level of Study: Postgraduate Type: Scholarships and fellowships Type: Scholarship Value: Partial remission of tuition fees Value: d7,000 Length of Study: 1 year Closing Date: June 30th

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THE REID TRUST FOR THE HIGHER Director will email an application form to be completed. Completed EDUCATION OF WOMEN applications are sent to independent referees for peer review. The Trustees normally make awards twice a year in June and November. 1 Riverside Court, Collecton Crescent, Exeter, Closing Date: Applications are accepted at any time EX2 4BZ, England Funding: Private, trusts Website: www.reidtrust.org.uk Contributor: Trusts, companies and individuals Contact: Mrs Elena Isayev, Honorary Treasurer No. of awards given last year: 6 No. of applicants last year: 40 The Reid Trust for the Higher Education of Women was founded in Additional Information: Grants will not be awarded for course fees, 1868 in connection with Bedford College for Women for the promotion administration and university overheads. Trustees have decided to and improvement of women’s education. It is administered by a small reduce the number of awards, but substantially increase the size of committee of voluntary trustees. the grants. For further information contact: Reid Trust for the Higher Education of Women Subjects: All subjects. REMEDI, 14 Crondace Road, London, SW6 4BB Purpose: To promote the education of women. Eligibility: Open to women educated in the United Kingdom who have appropriate academic qualifications and who wish to undertake further REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR training or research in the UK. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Level of Study: Unrestricted Type: Grant 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100, Arlington, VA 22209, h Value: 250–1,000 each United States of America Length of Study: Unrestricted Tel: (1) 703 807 2100 Frequency: Annual Fax: (1) 703 807 2109 Country of Study: United Kingdom Email: [email protected] No. of awards offered: Usually 10–12 Website: www.rcfp.org Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Contact: Ms Michele McMohan, Office Manager form, obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope with a request or download a form from www.reidtrust.org.uk. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is a voluntary, Closing Date: May 31st unincorporated association of reporters and editors, dedicated to Funding: Private protecting the First Amendment interests of the news media. From its No. of awards given last year: 12 office in Arlington, Virginia, the Reporters Committee staff provide cost No. of applicants last year: 60 free legal defence and research services to journalists and their attorneys throughout the US and also operate the FOI service centre For further information contact: to assist the news media with federal and state open records and open Amory Building, University of Exeter, EX4 4RJ meetings issues. Contact: Elena Isayev Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Legal Fellowship Subjects: Media law. REMEDI Purpose: To financially support a recent law school graduate to pursue a postgraduate study. Winterflood Securities Ltd, The Atrium Building, Cannon Bridge, Eligibility: Candidates must have received a law degree no later than 25 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2GA, United Kingdom August and should plan to take a bar examination in any state by Tel: (44) 0207 384 2929 August. Strong legal research and writing skills are required and a Fax: (44) 0207 731 8240 background in news reporting is very strongly preferred. Email: [email protected] Level of Study: Postgraduate, Professional development Website: www.remedi.org.uk Type: Fellowship Contact: R J Wait Value: US$40,000 plus fully paid health benefits REMEDI, founded in 1973, supports pioneering research into all Length of Study: 1 year, September to August aspects of disability and disease to improve the quality of life. Frequency: Annual Country of Study: United States of America No. of awards offered: 1 REMEDI Research Grants Application Procedure: There is no application form, but the Subjects: Diabetes, amputees, childhood eczema, osteoporosis, applicants should submit a covering letter, contact details of three rehabilitation of the elderly, speech therapy, stroke, autism, and head referees, a short legal writing sample and new clips or one non-legal injury. writing sample may be submitted in lieu of news clips. Email Purpose: To support pioneering research into all aspects of disability applications will not be accepted. Applications must be sent to Lucy and disease. The Trustees are particularly interested in funding or part Daglish, Executive Director. funding initial grants where applicants find it difficult to obtain funding Closing Date: December 10th through larger organizations. Funding: Private Eligibility: Open to English-speaking applicants living and working in No. of awards given last year: 1 the UK. No. of applicants last year: 40 Level of Study: Doctorate, Graduate, MBA, Postdoctorate, Post- Additional Information: Legal fellows monitor significant develop- graduate, Predoctorate, Professional development, Research, ments in first amendment media law, assist with legal defense Unrestricted requests from reporters, prepare legal memoranda, amicus briefs and Type: Research grant other special projects. They write for the Committee’s publications, the Value: d1,000–60,000 as well as one major project award of up to quarterly magazine, The News Media and The Law and the bi-weekly d200,000 newsletter, News Media Update. Length of Study: 1–4 years Frequency: Twice a year Study Establishment: A hospital or university Jack Nelson Legal Fellowship Country of Study: United Kingdom Subjects: Media law. No. of awards offered: Varies Purpose: To financially support a recent law school graduate to Application Procedure: Applicants must email the Director with a pursue a postgraduate study. summary, including costs and start date on one side of A4-size paper. Eligibility: To be eligible for the programme, candidates must have If the Chairman considers the research project to be of interest the been granted a law degree no later than August. Significant

612 RESEARCH CORPORATION FOR SCIENCE ADVANCEMENT experience in print or electronic news reporting and strong legal Fellowship of the Flemish Community research and writing skills are required. Subjects: Study or research at universities conservatories of music, Level of Study: Postgraduate, Professional development art, music, humanities, social and political sciences, law, economics, Type: Fellowship sciences and medicine. Value: US$40,000 plus fully paid health benefits Purpose: To enable students to continue their education in Flanders, Length of Study: 1 year (September to August) Belgium. Frequency: Annual Eligibility: Citizens of the US who are already studying for a first or Country of Study: United States of America doctoral degree. Candidates cannot be older than 35 years at the time No. of awards offered: 1 of the application’s deadline. Fellowship students cannot have other Application Procedure: There is no application form. Applicants Belgian sources of income. must submit a covering letter, curriculum vitae, contact details of three Level of Study: Doctorate, Graduate, Postdoctorate, Postgraduate, referees, news clips and a short legal writing sample to the attention of Predoctorate Lucy Daglish, Executive Director. Type: Fellowship Closing Date: December 10th Value: A monthly stipend of approx. h770 at a Flemish institution, Funding: Private reimbursement of tuition fees, health insurance and public liability No. of awards given last year: 1 insurance in accordance with Belgian law. There is no reimbursement No. of applicants last year: 40 of travel expenses Additional Information: The Fellow will monitor significant develop- Length of Study: 10 months ments in first amendment media law, assist with legal defense Frequency: Annual requirements from reporters, prepare legal memoranda, amicus briefs Study Establishment: Recognized institutes in Flanders and other special projects. He or she will also write for The Reporter’s Country of Study: Belgium Committee’s publications, the quarterly magazine, The News Media No. of awards offered: 5 and The Law and the bi-weekly newsletter, News Media Update. Application Procedure: Applicants must download an application form from the website or obtain one from the Cultural Officer at the Robert R McCormick Tribune Foundation Legal Belgian Embassy in Washington DC. Closing Date: January 31st Fellowship Funding: Government Subjects: Media law. Additional Information: The decision to grant a fellowship is made Purpose: To financially support a law school graduate to pursue a by the Ministry of the Flemish community after consultation with the postgraduate study. prospective host institution. Eligibility: Candidates must possess a law degree and be admitted to the Bar of any state. They must have a minimum of 2 or 3 years of postgraduate legal experience in a law firm, public interest group, RESEARCH CORPORATION FOR government agency or judicial clerkship. Substantial experience in appellate brief writing is mandatory and strong legal research and SCIENCE ADVANCEMENT writing skills is required. A background in news reporting is strongly 4703 E Camp Lowell Drive, Suite 201, Tucson, AZ, 85712, preferred. United States of America Level of Study: Postgraduate, Professional development Tel: (1) 520 571 1111 Type: Fellowship Fax: (1) 520 571 1119 Value: US$50,000 plus fully paid health benefits Email: [email protected] Length of Study: 1 year (September to August) Website: www.rescorp.org Frequency: Annual Contact: Editor, Science Advancement Programme Country of Study: United States of America No. of awards offered: 1 The Research Corporation (USA) was one of the first U.S. founda- Application Procedure: There is no application form. Applicants tions, and is the only one wholly devoted to the advancement of must submit a covering letter, curriculum vitae and contact details of academic science. An endowed organization, it makes grants totalling three referees, a sample appellate brief and news clips or another US$5,000,000–7,000,000 annually for independently proposed re- short non-legal writing sample to Lucy Daglish, Executive Director. search in chemistry, physics and astronomy at U.S. and Canadian Closing Date: December 10th colleges and universities. Funding: Foundation, private Contributor: Robert R McCormick Tribune Foundation No. of awards given last year: 1 Cottrell College Science Awards No. of applicants last year: 10 Subjects: Physics, chemistry and astronomy. Additional Information: The Fellow will be expected to draft approx. Purpose: To support significant research that contributes to the six appellate amicus briefs in significant cases involving First advancement of science. Amendment media law issues during the fellowship. The legal Fellow Eligibility: Open to faculty members at public and private Institutes of will also monitor significant developments in media law, assist with Higher Education in the US or Canada. The principal investigator must responding to legal defence requests from reporters, prepare legal have an appointment in a department of astronomy, chemistry or memoranda and other special projects. In addition, the legal Fellow physics and the department must offer at least baccalaureate, but will write for the Committee’s publications, the quarterly magazine The not doctoral degrees. The institution must demonstrate its commit- News Media and The Law and the bi-weekly newsletter, News Media ment by providing facilities and opportunities for faculty and student Update. research. Level of Study: Doctorate Type: Research award REPRESENTATION OF THE FLEMISH Value: $100,000 for the entire project. Budgets are not required; GOVERNMENT hence, there is no budget page in the proposal Length of Study: Up to 5 years, possibly renewable Embassy of Belgium, 3330 Garfield Street NW, Washington, Study Establishment: Public and private universities with non-PhD- DC, 20008, United States of America granting departments of astronomy, chemistry or physics Tel: (1) 202 333 6900 Country of Study: United States of America or Canada Fax: (1) 202 338 4960 No. of awards offered: 100+ Email: [email protected] Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Website: www.diplobel.us form and should visit the website for guidelines and application Contact: Bernard Geenen, Walloon Trade Commissioner request forms. Closing Date: August 1st The Government of Flanders offers bursaries to permit students to Funding: Private continue their studies in Flanders. Contributor: Foundation endowment

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No. of awards given last year: 93 Resources for the Future (RFF) is a non-profit and non-partisan think No. of applicants last year: 262 tank located in Washington, DC that conducts independent research Additional Information: Please check the website for more details. rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences on environ- mental and natural resource issues. Cottrell Scholar Awards Subjects: Physics, chemistry and astronomy. Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Purpose: To promote and support the university scholar model. Subjects: Social and policy sciences, environmental studies, energy Eligibility: Open to faculty in the 3rd year of a first tenure-track position. and natural resources. Level of Study: Doctorate Purpose: To enable postdoctoral researchers to spend a year in Type: Award residence conducting research in the social or policy sciences in areas Value: $100,000 for the entire project. Budgets are not required; related to the environment, energy or natural resources. hence, there is no budget page in the proposal Eligibility: A strong economics background, or closely related Frequency: Annual discipline in the social or policy sciences, is required. Applicants must Study Establishment: Universities with PhD-granting departments of be postdoctorates. physics, chemistry and astronomy Level of Study: Postdoctorate Country of Study: United States of America or Canada Type: Fellowship No. of awards offered: Varies Value: Stipend based upon the current salary and an allowance of up Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application to $1,000 form and should visit the website for guidelines and application Length of Study: 11 months request forms. Frequency: Annual Closing Date: August 1st Country of Study: United States of America Funding: Private No. of awards offered: 1 Contributor: Foundation endowment Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a covering letter and No. of awards given last year: 12 curriculum vitae with a proposal relating to budget and three letters of No. of applicants last year: 122 recommendation. No application form is required. Application forms Additional Information: Candidates must provide both a research sent by fax or email will not be accepted. and teaching plan for peer review. Closing Date: February 19th No. of awards given last year: 1 THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND Additional Information: Please refer to the website www.rff.org/ about_rff/pages/fellowships_internships.aspx. 2 The Terrace, PO Box 2498, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand Tel: (64) 4 472 2029 Joseph L. Fisher Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships Fax: (64) 4 473 8554 Subjects: Economics, policy sciences, environment and natural Email: [email protected] resources. Website: www.rbnz.govt.nz Purpose: To support PhD students in their last year of dissertation research in economics or other policy sciences on issues related to The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is New Zealand’s central bank. the environment, energy or natural resources. They promote a sound and dynamic monetary and financial system. Eligibility: Open to all nationalities, but applicants must be eligible to They work towards our vision by operating monetary policy to achieve work in the United States. Students must be in the final year of and maintain price stability, assisting the functioning of a sound and dissertation research or writing. efficient financial system, meeting the currency needs of the public, Level of Study: Doctorate overseeing and operating effective payments systems and providing Type: Award effective support services to the Bank. Value: US$18,000 Length of Study: 1 year Reserve Bank of New Zealand Scholarships for Frequency: Annual International Students Country of Study: Any country Subjects: Economics, finance and banking. No. of awards offered: Varies Purpose: Scholarships are available for pursuing honours, master’s Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a letter of applica- or final year of PhD degree level at a New Zealand University. tion, a curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, a one-page abstract of Eligibility: Applicants must be studying full time at a New Zealand the dissertation, a technical summary of the dissertation, a letter from University and be legally entitled to work in New Zealand. Students the department chair and two letters of recommendation. Applications must have attained at least B+ average and be studying full time over sent by fax or email will not be accepted. the academic year (February to November). Applicants must have Closing Date: February 22nd majoring in Economics, Finance or Banking and they should be No. of awards given last year: 5 entering their honours, Master’s or final year of PhD study. Additional Information: Please refer to the website www.rff.org/ Type: Scholarship about_rff/pages/fellowships_internships.aspx. Value: The value of each scholarship will be $10,000 Country of Study: New Zealand RFF Fellowships in Environmental Regulatory No. of awards offered: 2 Implementation Application Procedure: The mode of applying is by email. Subjects: Environmental studies and natural resources. Closing Date: January 15th Purpose: To support research that documents the implementation Contributor: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand and outcomes of environmental regulations. Additional Information: Successful applicants will be asked to attend Eligibility: Open to scholars from universities and research estab- a half day interview process at the Bank in Wellington. This typically lishments who have a doctorate or equivalent degree or professional takes place in the beginning of February. research experience. Level of Study: Postdoctorate RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE (RFF) Type: Fellowship Value: Minimum award amount: $50,000. Maximum award amount: Resources for the Future, 1616 P Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, $80,000 DC, 20036, United States of America Length of Study: 1–2 years Tel: (1) 202 328 5000 Frequency: Annual Fax: (1) 202 939 3460 Country of Study: United States of America Email: [email protected] No. of awards offered: 2 Website: www.rff.org Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a preproposal no Contact: Roberton Williams, Director of Academic Affairs longer than two pages, single spaced, with 11-point or larger font and

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1-inch margins, containing full details of the proposed project. Eligibility: Open to research Fellows carrying out work in a suitable Applicants whose preproposals are selected for further review will venue in the UK. But must be resident in UK. then be invited to submit final proposals. These are limited to ten Level of Study: Unrestricted pages and are to follow a similar format. They must include all of the Type: Grant information contained in the preproposal but should offer further Value: Basic salary level including National Insurance and Super- detailed description of the proposed research, anticipated contribution annuation contributions. The salary would be at the appropriate point of the project and the importance of the results. Applicants must also on the applicant’s salary scale include a curriculum vitae with the applicant’s educational back- Length of Study: 6–12 months ground, professional experience, a list of most relevant publications Frequency: Dependent on funds available and honours and awards received. In addition, final proposals must Country of Study: United Kingdom include three letters of recommendation from fellow faculty members Application Procedure: Applicants should visit the website or colleagues. Applications sent by fax or email will not be accepted. www.resus.org.uk for application procedures. Closing Date: January 4th Closing Date: May 30th Funding: Private Funding: Private No. of awards given last year: 3 Contributor: The Resuscitation Council (UK) No. of awards given last year: 6 No. of applicants last year: 13 RESUSCITATION COUNCIL (UK) Additional Information: Only electronic applications are accepted. Please check website for more details. 5th Floor, Tavistock House North, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HR, England Tel: (44) 020 7388 4678 RHEUMATOLOGY RESEARCH Fax: (44) 020 7383 0773 FOUNDATION Email: [email protected] Website: www.resus.org.uk 2200 Lake Boulevard NE, Atlanta, GA, 30319, Contact: Dr Sara Harris, Assistant Director United States of America The Resuscitation Council (UK) is the expert advisory body on the Tel: (1) 404 633 3777 training and practice of resuscitation in the UK. It also actively pursues Fax: (1) 404 633 1870 and promotes research in the field of resuscitation medicine. Email: [email protected] Website: www.rheumatology.org Contact: Sarah Barksdale, Senior Specialist, Awards and Grants Resuscitation Council (UK) Research & Development Grant The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is the professional Subjects: All aspects of the science practice and teaching of organization of rheumatologists and associated health professionals resuscitation techniques. who share a dedication to healing, preventing disability and curing Purpose: To provide grants up to a maximum of d20,000 for capital more than 100 types of arthritis and related disabling and sometimes costs, data analysis and administrative support for research into the fatal disorders of the joints, muscles and bones. science and practice of resuscitation medicine. Type: Grant Clinician Scholars Educator Award Frequency: Annual Subjects: Rheumatology. Closing Date: May 30th Purpose: To recognize and support rheumatologists dedicated No. of awards given last year: 5 to providing high-quality clinical educational experience to No. of applicants last year: 13 trainees. Eligibility: Candidates must be ACR members with experience in the training of medical students, residents and fellows in rheumatology. Resuscitation Council (UK) Research and Development Candidates must be affiliated with an LCCME-accredited school or an Grant ACGME-accredited training programme in internal medicine, pedia- Subjects: All aspects of the science, practice and teaching of trics or rheumatology. A faculty appointment is not essential. If the resuscitation techniques. candidate is not a citizen or non-citizen national of the United States of Purpose: To provide grants for capital cost, data analysis and America, the candidate must provide evidence that he or she is administrative support for research into the science and practice of eligible to remain in the United States of America throughout the resuscitation medicine. period of the award. Eligibility: Applicants must be based in UK. Level of Study: Doctorate, Professional development Level of Study: Unrestricted Type: Award Type: Grant Value: Total: US$180,000 = $60,000 per year Value: Up to UKd20,000 Length of Study: 3 years Length of Study: 6–12 months Frequency: Annual Frequency: Dependent on funds available Country of Study: United States of America Country of Study: United Kingdom No. of awards offered: 6 Application Procedure: Applicants should visit the website: www. Application Procedure: www.rheumresearch.org/education-and- resus.org.uk for application details. training-awards#CSE Closing Date: No closing dates. Applications are considered on a Closing Date: May 1st rolling basis Funding: Foundation Funding: Private Contributor: Rheumatology Research Foundation Contributor: The Resuscitation Council, UK No. of awards given last year: 3 No. of awards given last year: 5 No. of applicants last year: 9 No. of applicants last year: 13 Additional Information: This is a Career Development Award. Additional Information: Only electronic applications are accepted. Ephraim P. Engleman Endowed Resident Research Resuscitation Council (UK) Research and Development Preceptorship Grant Subjects: Rheumatology. Subjects: All aspects of the science, practice and teaching of Purpose: To introduce residents to the speciality of rheumatology by resuscitation. supporting a full-time research experience. Purpose: To fund the salaries of research fellows based in the UK to Eligibility: Candidates currently enrolled in ACGME-accredited conduct research into the science and practice of resuscitation training programmes in internal medicine, paediatrics, or med/paeds medicine. are eligible. Candidates may apply during any year of their residency;

615 RHEUMATOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION however preference is given to 1st and 2nd year residents. Preceptors No. of awards given last year: 3 are responsible for approving the research plan and must be members No. of applicants last year: 12 of the ACR. Candidates must be citizen or non-citizen national of the Additional Information: www.rheumresearch.org United States of America or be in lawful possession of a permanent resident card. Individuals on temporary (J1, H1) or student visas are not eligible. Lawren H. Daltroy Health Professional Preceptorship Level of Study: Doctorate, Postdoctorate, Research Subjects: Rheumatology. Type: Scholarship Purpose: A full-time mentorship with an established rheumatology Value: Up to US$15,000 professional focused on training, career development and/or research Length of Study: 3 months that will ultimately impact personal patient–clinician interactions or the Frequency: Annual broader field of patient communications. Country of Study: United States of America Eligibility: Preceptee must meet citizenship requirements outlined by No. of awards offered: 1 the Rheumatology Research Foundation Awards and Grants policies. Application Procedure: Application forms are available on website. Preceptee must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United www.rheumresearch.org/preceptorships#ResidentPrecep States or in lawful possession of a permanent resident card. Other Closing Date: 4 cycles – February 1st, May 2nd, August 1st, individuals on temporary (J1, H1) or student visas are not eligible. November 1st Preceptor must be an ARHP member. This award is not intended for Funding: Foundation, individuals, private physicians. Contributor: Funding for this award is made possible through an Level of Study: Graduate, Postgraduate, Professional development endowment from Dr Ephraim P. Engleman Type: Scholarship No. of awards given last year: 0 Value: Up to $12,000 for 1 year No. of applicants last year: 5 Length of Study: 1 year Additional Information: www.rheumresearch.org Frequency: Annual Country of Study: United States of America No. of awards offered: 1 Fellowship Training Award Application Procedure: https://www.rheumresearch.org/ Subjects: Rheumatic diseases. preceptorships#DaltroyPrecep. Purpose: The purpose of this award is to provide support to fellows in Closing Date: 2 Cycles – November 1st and February 1st rheumatology to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained Funding: Corporation workforce is available to provide competent care to those affected by Contributor: Funding for this award is made possible through an rheumatic diseases. endowment by Rheuminations, Inc Eligibility: Only training directors at ACGME-accredited institutions in No. of awards given last year: 1 good standing may apply. The rheumatology fellowship training No. of applicants last year: 3 programme director at the institution will be responsible for the Additional Information: Please check website selection and appointment of trainees. Award applicant must be a www.rheumresearch.org. citizen or non-citizen national of the United States of America, or be in lawful possession of a permanent resident card. Individuals on temporary (J1, H1) or student visas are not eligible. Marshall J. Schiff, MD, Memorial Fellow Research Award Level of Study: Doctorate Subjects: Rheumatology. Type: Fellowship Purpose: The purpose is to recognize outstanding scholarship in the Value: Recipients will receive $50,000 to support the salary of field of rheumatology and provide fellows-in-training who are authors any fellow. The award is paid directly to the sponsoring institution in or co-authors of abstracts submitted to the ACR/ARHP Annual 2 equal installments in July and January Scientific Meeting an opportunity to attend the meeting to present their Length of Study: 1 year abstract. Frequency: Annual Eligibility: Candidates must be a rheumatology fellows-in-training Country of Study: United States of America enrolled in an adult or pediatric rheumatology training program at an No. of awards offered: 40 ACGME-accredited institution. Candidates must also be the author co- Application Procedure: https://www.rheumresearch.org/education- author of a submitted abstract of the current year to the abstract and-training-awards#AmgenFTA submission portal. Closing Date: May 1st Level of Study: Doctorate, Research Funding: Corporation, foundation Type: Research award Contributor: Amgen, Inc. Value: $1,500, plus awardees will be given one year ACR/ARHP No. of awards given last year: 23 membership and complimentary registration for the 2016 ACR/ARHP No. of applicants last year: 39 Annual Meeting as well as up to $1,000 for travel expenses (including air fare, hotel and meals) to attend Length of Study: 1 year Investigator Award Frequency: Annual Subjects: Rheumatic diseases. Country of Study: United States of America Purpose: To provide support for basic science and clinical investi- No. of awards offered: 2 gators engaged in research relevant to the rheumatic diseases and to Application Procedure: www.rheumresearch.org/annual-meeting- support junior investigators during the period that they are developing awards#SchiffAward a project that will be competitive for NIH funding. Closing Date: August 1st Eligibility: Applicants must be members of the ACR or ARHP, have a Funding: Individuals, private doctoral degree and must be clinician scientists. Contributor: Marshall J. Schiff Family Level of Study: Doctorate, Postdoctorate, Professional development, No. of awards given last year: 2 Research No. of applicants last year: 21 Type: Research award Additional Information: Please check www.rheumresearch.org Value: US$375,000 = $125,000 per year Length of Study: 3 years Frequency: Annual Medical and Graduate Student Preceptonship Country of Study: United States of America Subjects: Rheumatology. No. of awards offered: 6 Eligibility: Students enroled in LOME or AOA COCA accredited Application Procedure: https://www.rheumresearch.org/career- medical schools, undergraduate students who have been accepted development-research-awards#IA into medical school, students enroled in an accredited graduate Closing Date: July 1st school, or undergraduate students who have been accepted into Funding: Foundation graduate school, are eligible to apply. Contributor: Rheumatology Research Foundation Level of Study: Graduate, Postdoctorate, Postgraduate, Research

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Value: $2,000–4,000 plus complimentary registration and up to Contributor: The Dr Paula de Merieux estate $1,000 in travel expenses to attend the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting No. of awards given last year: 1 Length of Study: 1 academic year No. of applicants last year: 39 Frequency: Annual Country of Study: United States of America Pediatric Research Award No. of awards offered: Up to 30 Subjects: Rheumatology. Application Procedure: Only completed applications submitted Purpose: Motivate residents and fellows to pursue subspeciality online by the deadline will be accepted. training in pediatric rheumatology. Closing Date: 4 Cycles – February 1st, May 2nd, August 1st, Eligibility: Candidates must be trainees enrolled in a recognized November 1st ACGME-accredited pediatric rheumatology programme or a related Funding: Foundation research laboratory. Trainees must be preparing for a career in Contributor: Rheumatology Research Foundation pediatric rheumatology. In addition, candidates must submit an No. of awards given last year: Up to 30 abstract to the upcoming ACR Annual Scientific Meeting. He/She must be a citizen of non-citizen national of the United States of Medical and Pediatric Resident Research Award America, or be in lawful possession of a permanent resident card. Subjects: Rheumatology. Individuals on temporary (J1, H1) or student visas are not eligible. Purpose: To motivate outstanding residents to pursue subspecialty Level of Study: Postdoctorate, Doctorate, Research training in rheumatology by providing an opportunity to attend the ACR Type: Award annual scientific meeting. Value: US$1,000 cash award, waiver of registration fees and $1,000 Eligibility: A candidate must be a resident enrolled in an ACGME- to cover travel and hotel expenses for the ACR Annual Scientific accredited pediatric, medicine or combined medicine/pediatric resi- Meeting dency programme who is interested in rheumatology. The candidate Length of Study: 1 year must be an author or co-author of an abstract submitted to the Frequency: Annual upcoming ACR annual meeting. He must be a citizen or non-citizen Country of Study: United States of America national of the United States of America, or be in lawful possession of No. of awards offered: 3 a permanent resident card. Individuals on temporary (J1, H1) or Application Procedure: Application forms are available online at student visas are not eligible. www.rheumatology.org Level of Study: Research, Doctorate Closing Date: August 1st Type: Research award Funding: Corporation, foundation Value: $750, plus awardees will be given one year ACR or ARHP Contributor: Amgen Inc. membership and complimentary registration for the ACR/ARHP No. of awards given last year: 3 Annual Meeting, as well as up to $1,000 for travel expenses (including No. of applicants last year: 5 air fare, hotel and meals) to attend Additional Information: Please check website for further information Length of Study: 1 year www.rheumresearch.org Frequency: Annual Country of Study: United States of America Scientist Development Award No. of awards offered: 6 Subjects: Rheumatology. Application Procedure: www.rheumresearch.org/annual-meeting- Purpose: To provide a training programme to rheumatology fellows or awards#ResidentResearch rheumatologists in the early stages of their career on aspects of Closing Date: August 1st clinical investigations through a structured, formal training Funding: Corporation, foundation programme. Contributor: Abbott Endowment for Rheumatology Eligibility: Applicant must meet citizenship requirements outlined by No. of awards given last year: 4 the Rheumatology Research Foundations Awards and Grant policies, No. of applicants last year: 5 be an active member of the ACR or ARHP at the time of submission, Additional Information: Please check website for further information have a doctoral level degree, and be affiliated with an accredited www.rheumresearch.org graduate or medical school. Applicant must be able to commit at least 75 per cent full-time professional effort to research, career develop- Paula De Merieux Rheumatology Fellowship Award ment and other scholarly activities. Candidates may not spend more Subjects: Rheumatic diseases. than 25 per cent effort in clinical and/or teaching activities. Former or Purpose: The purpose of this award is to provide support to fellows in current principal investigators of research grants (at the K level or rheumatology to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained higher, including institutional K) and past awardees of this or workforce is available to provide competent care to those affected by equivalent Foundation grants are NOT eligible to apply. rheumatic diseases. Level of Study: Postdoctorate, Research, Doctorate, Professional Eligibility: Only training directors at ACGME-accredited institutions development in good standing may apply. The trainee must be an under- Type: Award represented minority or a woman, i.e., either Black American, Native Value: US$50,000 for first year, $75,000 for second year and American (American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian), $100,000 for third year Mexican American, Puerto Rican or any other minority category. Length of Study: Up to 2 years Award applicant must be a citizen or non-citizen national of the Frequency: Annual United States of America, or be in lawful possession of a permanent Country of Study: United States of America resident card. Individuals on temporary (J1, H1) or student visas No. of awards offered: 12 are not eligible. Application Procedure: www.rheumresearch.org/career- Level of Study: Doctorate development-research-awards#SDA Type: Training award Closing Date: July 1st Value: Recipients will receive $50,000 to support the salary of any Funding: Foundation fellow. The award is paid directly to the sponsoring institution in two Contributor: Rheumatology Research Foundation equal installments in July and January No. of awards given last year: 8 Length of Study: 1 year No. of applicants last year: 36 Frequency: Annual Additional Information: www.rheumresearch.org Country of Study: United States of America No. of awards offered: 1 Student Achievement Award Application Procedure: Applications forms are available on website. Subjects: Rheumatology. www.rheumresearch.org/education-and-training-awards#AmgenFTA Purpose: To recognize outstanding medical and graduate students Closing Date: August 1st for significant work in the field of rheumatology and provide an Funding: Foundation, private opportunity to attend the ACR annual scientific meeting.

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Eligibility: Medical student candidates must be enrolled in an LCME- Type: Scholarship accredited medical school; graduate student candidates must be Value: The program provides stipends, language training, and enrolled in an accredited institution. In addition, students must submit individualized professional placement in Asia an abstract to the annual scientific meeting. The student must have Length of Study: 1 year made a significant contribution to the work submitted in order to be Frequency: Annual considered for the award. Award applicant must be a citizen or non- Country of Study: Asia citizen national of the United States of America, or be in lawful No. of awards offered: 15 possession of a permanent resident card. Individuals on temporary Application Procedure: Requests for responsive or project grants (J1, H1) or student visas are not eligible. should be submitted. Level of Study: Graduate, Doctorate, Postgraduate Closing Date: Early October (Internal deadline) Type: Award Funding: Foundation Value: US$750 cash award, waiver of registration fees and up to Contributor: Henry Luce Foundation $1,000 to cover hotel and travel expenses for the ACR Annual Scientific Meeting For further information contact: Length of Study: 1 year The Henry Luce Foundation 111 West 50th street, New York, 10020 Frequency: Annual Tel: 212 489 7700 No. of awards offered: 13 Website: www.hluce.org Application Procedure: Application forms are available at www. rheumresearch.org/annual-meeting-awards#StudentAchievement Closing Date: August 1st Truman Scholarships Funding: Foundation, corporation Subjects: All subject. Contributor: Abbott Endowment for Rheumatology Development Purpose: To support college juniors preparing for leadership in public No. of awards given last year: 15 service. No. of applicants last year: 24 Eligibility: Candidates should be U.S. citizens and full-time students Additional Information: www.rheumresearch.org pursuing a Bachelor’s degree. Value: US$26,000 Frequency: Annual RHODES COLLEGE Study Establishment: Rhodes College Country of Study: United States of America 2000 North Parkway, Memphis, TN, 38112-1690, No. of awards offered: 75–80 from 600 applications United States of America Application Procedure: Download application from the website. Tel: (1) 901 843 3000 Closing Date: Early December (Internal deadline) Email: [email protected] Funding: Foundation Website: www.rhodes.edu Contributor: Truman Scholarship Foundation Rhodes, founded in 1848, seeks to graduate students with a lifelong Additional Information: Please see website for more details. passion for learning, a compassion for others, and the ability to For further information contact: translate academic study and personal concern into effective leader- ship and action in their communities and the world. 712 Jackson Place NW, Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 395 4831 Jacob K. Jarits Fellowships Fax: (202) 395 6995 Subjects: Humanities, arts and social sciences. Purpose: Support for higher students in the areas of humanities, arts Watson Fellowship and social sciences. Subjects: All subjects. Eligibility: Open to candidates who are U.S. citizens, permanent Purpose: To offer college graduates a year of independent study and residents of the US or citizens of any one of the freely associated travel outside the US. states. Eligibility: Candidates must be graduating seniors to apply; U.S. Type: Fellowship citizenship NOT required. Value: US$30,000 per year, and the institutional payment is estimated Type: Fellowship to be $13,755 Value: US$25,000 Length of Study: Up to 4 years Length of Study: 1 year Frequency: Annual Frequency: Annual Study Establishment: Rhodes College No. of awards offered: Up to 40 Country of Study: United States of America Application Procedure: A fellowship form along with a project No. of awards offered: 48 application proposal and details in not more than 5 pages should be Application Procedure: Submit applications to the Rhodes Faculty submitted electronically. post graduate scholarship committee 1 month prior to deadline. Closing Date: Early October (Internal deadline) Closing Date: September 15th (Internal deadline) Contributor: Thomas J. Watson Foundation Funding: Government Contributor: The U.S. Department of Education For further information contact: For further information contact: Watson Fellowship Program, 293 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02903 US Department of Education, DPE Teacher and student Development Tel: 401 274 1952 Programs Service Jacob K. Jarits Fellowships Program 1990 k street, Fax: 401 274 1954 N.W., 6th floor, Washington, DC 20006-8524 Email: [email protected] Tel: (202) 502 7542 Contact: Thomas J Fax: (202) 502 7859 Website: www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjarits RHODES UNIVERSITY Luce Scholars Program Subjects: All subjects. PO Box 94, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa Purpose: To develop better cultural exchange between Asia and Tel: (27) 046 603 8055 the US. Fax: (27) 046 622 8822 Eligibility: Open to U.S. citizens with BA or equivalent degree, under Email: [email protected] 29 years of age with no significant exposure to Asia culture or study. Website: www.ru.ac.za/research Level of Study: Postgraduate Contact: John Gillam, Manager

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Rhodes University is a small university campus in Grahamstown candidates willing to accept appointments for at least 4 months. with one of the highest research outputs per capita in South Africa. Applicants must be English speakers. The University offers excellent undergraduate and postgraduate Level of Study: Postdoctorate, Research education, and fosters personal development and leadership as Type: Fellowship well as team, social and communication skills amongst its diverse Value: Currently under review, but a package of approx. Rand 70,000. student body. If the Fellow accepts an appointment for at least 4 months and is accompanied by a spouse, the spouse’s air or rail fares will also be paid. University accommodation will be provided free of charge, but Allan Gray Senior Scholarship the provision of a telephone if available at the place of residence will Subjects: Commerce (accounting, economics, management and be for the Fellow’s personal account. information systems). Length of Study: Up to 1 year Purpose: To encourage and enable previously disadvantaged South Frequency: Annual Africans to pursue their studies at Honours and Master’s levels. Study Establishment: Rhodes University, Grahamstown Eligibility: Open to previously disadvantaged South African students Country of Study: South Africa with the appropriate qualifications. No. of awards offered: 1 Level of Study: Postgraduate Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Type: Scholarship form, available from the Research Office website or email: research- Value: South African Rand 40,000 for Honour’s and Rand 50,000 for [email protected] Master’s Closing Date: July 31st of the year preceding the award Length of Study: 1 year, renewable upon reapplication for Master’s Funding: Private Frequency: Annual Contributor: Donor and investments Study Establishment: Rhodes University, Grahamstown No. of awards given last year: 1 Country of Study: South Africa No. of applicants last year: N/A No. of awards offered: 16 Additional Information: The Fellow will be required to present a Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a curriculum vitae concise report on the work completed at the conclusion of the term and a full academic record and a covering letter of invitation indicating of the fellowship. proposed degree and subject to be studied. Closing Date: July 1st in the year preceding registration Funding: Private Hugh Le May Fellowship Contributor: Donor and investments Subjects: Humanities. No. of awards given last year: 4 Purpose: To enable senior scholars of standing in the humanities to No. of applicants last year: Approx. 35 per year devote themselves to advanced work. Additional Information: Postgraduate scholars must assist with Eligibility: Open to scholars from the humanities with a well teaching and/or research duties up to a maximum of 6 hours a week in established research output record. Applicants must be English their department of study, without additional remuneration. Awards are speaking. for full-time study in attendance at Rhodes University only. Level of Study: Postgraduate, Research Type: Fellowship Value: A return economy class air ticket from the Fellow’s place of Henderson Postgraduate Scholarships residence, furnished University accommodation and a small monthly Subjects: Mathematical, physical, earth, life and pharmaceutical cash stipend, free use of the University Library and sports facilities. sciences, accountancy and information systems. Length of Study: 3–4 months, extended by mutual agreement and Purpose: To encourage and enable students to pursue their studies subject to the availability of funds. at the Master’s and doctoral levels, and to enhance recipients’ Frequency: Every 2 years research abilities and produce internationally competitive graduates Study Establishment: Rhodes University, Grahamstown with an innovative, analytical, articulate and well-rounded desire Country of Study: South Africa to learn. Application Procedure: Application forms to be completed, available Eligibility: Open to South African citizens with appropriate from the Research Office or the website. qualifications. Closing Date: July 31st Level of Study: Doctorate, Postgraduate Funding: Private Type: Scholarship Contributor: Donor and investments Value: South African Rand 40,000 for Master’s level and Rand 60,000 No. of awards given last year: 1 for Doctoral level No. of applicants last year: N/A Length of Study: 1 year, renewable upon reapplication Additional Information: The Fellow will not be expected to undertake Frequency: Annual any teaching studies but will be required to present a report upon the Study Establishment: Rhodes University, Grahamstown work undertaken at the conclusion of the term of the Fellowship. Country of Study: South Africa No. of awards offered: 14 Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a curriculum vitae Patrick and Margaret Flanagan Scholarship and a full academic record and a covering letter indicating proposed Subjects: All subjects. degree and subject to be studied. Purpose: To enable South African women graduates to attend a Closing Date: July 1st in the year preceding university in the United Kingdom in order to obtain a higher Funding: Private postgraduate qualification. Contributor: Donor and investments Eligibility: Open to women graduates, preferably those who are No. of awards given last year: 5 English-speaking applicants of South African descent. Selection is No. of applicants last year: Approx. 180 based initially on academic merit, as well as broader qualities of Additional Information: Scholars must assist with teaching and/or intellect and character. research duties up to a maximum of 6 hours a week in their Level of Study: Postgraduate department of study, without additional remuneration. Awards are for Type: Scholarship full-time study in attendance at Rhodes University only. Value: South African Rand 350,000 per year Length of Study: 2 years Frequency: Annual Hugh Kelly Fellowship Study Establishment: Rhodes University, Grahamstown Subjects: All areas of science. Country of Study: United Kingdom Purpose: To enable senior scientists to devote themselves to No. of awards offered: 3 advanced work. Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a curriculum vitae Eligibility: Open to suitable senior postdoctoral scientists with a very and full academic record. 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Closing Date: August 1st of the year prior to registration abroad social questions, and links knowledge and politics and scholarship and Funding: Private action. Contributor: Donor and investments Eligibility: For Masters or PhD study and black South African or No. of awards given last year: 1 Mozambican women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. No. of applicants last year: Approx. 120 Level of Study: Doctorate, Postgraduate Type: Scholarship Rhodes University Postdoctoral Fellowship Value: South African 120,000 (PhD); Rand 90,000 per year (Master’s) Subjects: All subjects (Rhodes University Postdoctoral Fellowship). Frequency: Annual Purpose: To enable scholars to devote themselves to advanced work, Study Establishment: Rhodes University, Grahamsdown that will closely complement existing programmes in the host department. Country of Study: South Africa Eligibility: Open to any postdoctoral scholars of standing, with No. of awards offered: 2 research publications to their credit and of exceptional merit. Application Procedure: Applicants to submit a letter of motivation Applicants must be English speakers. (2 pages or more) as to why they would be a potentially suitable Level of Study: Postdoctorate candidate for this award and how their proposed research will be Type: Fellowship within the spirit of Ruth First’s work. In addition, an academic Value: South African Rand 180,000 per year with an additional transcript, academic curriculum vitae and a copy of an identity allocation of Rand 20,000 for conference attendance. document is required. Length of Study: 1 year, but may be extended by mutual agreement, Closing Date: August 31st subject to the availability of funds. Funding: Private Frequency: Annual Contributor: Donor and Investments Study Establishment: Rhodes University, Grahamstown No. of awards given last year: 1 Country of Study: South Africa No. of applicants last year: 126 No. of awards offered: 20 For further information contact: Application Procedure: Applicants must be nominated. Nominations should be made through heads of departments and directors of Tel: 046 603 8755 research institutes at Rhodes University. Nominations must include a Email: [email protected] full curriculum vitae, research proposal and the name of three referees Website: www.ru.ac.za/research/postgraduates/funding who may be consulted. Further information may be obtained from the Research Office or from the website. Closing Date: July 31st of the year preceding the award RICHARD III SOCIETY, AMERICAN Funding: Private BRANCH Contributor: Donor and investments No. of awards given last year: 20 for Rhodes University Postdoctoral 2041 Christian Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19146, Fellowship United States of America No. of applicants last year: N/A Email: [email protected] Additional Information: Fellows are not expected to undertake Website: www.r3.org teaching duties. Contact: Ms Laura Blanchard, Schallek Fellowships The Richard III Society was founded in 1924 in England as The Rhodes University Postgraduate Scholarship Fellowship of the White Boar and was renamed the Richard III Society Subjects: Humanities, commerce, education, law, pharmacy, and in 1959. The American Branch was founded in 1961. Today, the science. Society has more than 4,000 members worldwide, and American Purpose: To encourage and enable students to pursue their studies Branch membership is more than 800. at the Master’s and doctoral levels and enhance the recipients research abilities. Eligibility: Open to students with the appropriate qualifications. William B Schallek Memorial Graduate Fellowship Award Academic merit will override eligibility criteria. Subjects: Medieval history. Level of Study: Doctorate, Postgraduate Purpose: To support graduate study of 15th-century English history Type: Scholarship and culture. Value: South African Rand 40,000 for Master’s levels and Rand Eligibility: Applicants must be citizens of the US, have made an 60,000 for doctoral levels application for first citizenship papers or be permanent resident Length of Study: 1 year, renewable upon reapplication immigrants enrolled at a recognized educational institution. Frequency: Annual Level of Study: Doctorate Study Establishment: Rhodes University, Grahamstown Type: Fellowship Country of Study: South Africa Value: Dissertation awards of $2,000 each and dissertation fellowship No. of awards offered: 15 of $30,000 annually Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a curriculum vitae Length of Study: 1 year, renewals will be considered and a full academic record and a covering letter indicating degree and Frequency: Annual subject to be studied. Study Establishment: Recognized and accredited degree-granting Closing Date: July 1st in the year preceding registration institutions Funding: Private Country of Study: Any country Contributor: Donor and investments No. of awards offered: 5 No. of awards given last year: 12 Application Procedure: Applicants must visit the website for guide- No. of applicants last year: Approx. 150 lines, lists of past awards, their topics and application forms. Additional Information: Scholars must assist with teaching and/or Closing Date: Please check with the website research duties up to a maximum of 6 hours per week in their No. of awards given last year: 3 department of study, without additional remuneration. Awards are for No. of applicants last year: 7 full-time study in attendance at Rhodes University only. RICS EDUCATION TRUST Ruth First Scholarship Subjects: Humanities, social science students whose fields of study are Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, RICS, Parliament Square, politics, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, economics, social policy, London, SW1P 3AD, England democracystudies,developmentstudies, mediastudies,orstudiesincog Tel: (44) 24 7686 8555 rate disciplines with a strong social and human rights orientation. Fax: (44) 20 7334 3811 Purpose: The scholarship is intended to support candidates whose Email: [email protected] research is in the spirit of Ruth First’s life and work, poses difficult Website: www.rics-educationtrust.org

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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is the profes- Additional Information: Preference will be given to students who are sional institution for the surveying profession. current or former refugees (hold/held a Permanent Humanitarian Visa). Previous recipients are encouraged to apply. RICS Education Trust Award Subjects: The theory and practice of surveying in any of its disciplines Interior Design-Masters of Arts by Research including general practice, quantity surveying, building surveying, rural Subjects: Sculpture, film, theatre, journalism, visual arts, interior practice, planning and development, land surveying or minerals design, and architecture. surveying. Purpose: To offer a space within which candidates develop and Eligibility: Open to chartered surveyors and others carrying out contribute to the knowledge and possibilities of interior design. research studies in relevant subjects. Eligibility: Open to the candidates of any country who have a First Level of Study: Unrestricted Degree of RMIT with at least a credit average in the final under- Type: Research grant graduate year or a deemed equivalent by RMIT to a First Degree of Value: Up to UKd7,500 RMIT with at least a credit average in the final undergraduate year or Frequency: Twice a year evidence of experience. Country of Study: Any country Level of Study: Postgraduate Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Length of Study: 2 years full-time (Masters) and 4 years part-time form, available to download online at www.rics-educationtrust.org. (PhD) Closing Date: September 30th or February 28th Application Procedure: Check website for further details. Funding: Commercial Closing Date: October 31st Contributor: RICS Funding: Government No. of awards given last year: 20 Contributor: Commonwealth Government No. of applicants last year: 40 Additional Information: Please check the website for more details. For further information contact: RMIT UNIVERSITY Tel: 03 9925 2819 Info Corner - Office for Prospective Students, GPO Box 2476, Email: [email protected] Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia Contact: Ms Suzie Attiwill, Research Coordinator Tel: (61) 3 9925 2260 Fax: (61) 3 9925 3070 Lightweight Vehicle Structures Research Scholarship Email: [email protected] Subjects: Scholarships are provided in the field of lightweight vehicle Website: www.rmit.edu.au structures at RMIT University. Purpose: Scholarships are available for pursuing research pro- RMIT University is one of Australia’s original and leading educational gramme at RMIT University. institutions producing some of Australia’s most employable graduates. Eligibility: Applicants must be an Australian citizen, Australian RMIT has an international reputation for excellence in work-relevant permanent resident or an international student; have completed education professional and vocational education, high quality re- 1st class honours (or equivalent); be able to commence full time in search, and engagement with the needs of industry and community. Semester 1; have experience in CAE and Finite Element analysis; enrol in a postgraduate research (PhD) degree within the School of Engineering Scholarships for Women at RMIT Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering at RMIT. Subjects: Engineering. Level of Study: Research Purpose: Scholarships are available for pursuing undergraduate Type: Scholarship degree level at RMIT in Australia. Value: The scholarship is valued at $25,000 per year (tax free) Eligibility: To be eligible for this Scholarship applicants must be for 3 years plus $10,000 to support an internship in Germany for female; be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, international the 1st year student or humanitarian visa holder; have achieved an ATAR score (or Country of Study: Australia Year 12 equivalent) of 95 or above in the current year; be commencing Application Procedure: The mode of applying is electronically. full-time studies in a Bachelor of Engineering degree in the School of Closing Date: October 31st Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at RMIT in Additional Information: Scholarship will be offered for 3 years. semester 1. For detailed information, please visit website. Type: Scholarship PhD Scholarship in Memristor Micro-Nano-Devices Value: The scholarship pays $5,000 for 1 year (1st year) Subjects: Scholarship is provided in the school of electrical and Country of Study: Australia computer engineering and the focus of the PhD is to study memristor No. of awards offered: 3 micro-nano-devices, the fourth circuit element offered by RMIT Application Procedure: The mode of applying is by post and in University in Australia. person. Eligibility: Applicants should have a degree in engineering or science Closing Date: December 13th at a Bachelor with Honours equivalent or a Master degree, have Contributor: School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing excellent written and communication skills, be able to commence full- Engineering at RMIT in Australia time in Semester 1, satisfy the university entry requirements into a PhD program within the School of Electrical and Computer En- Herbert and Inge Littauer Scholarship gineering at RMIT University and should fulfill all visa application Subjects: Scholarship is provided in the field of Nursing at RMIT in obligations in a timely manner (if an international student). Australia. Level of Study: Doctorate Purpose: Scholarship is available for pursuing diploma or bachelor Type: Scholarship degree level at RMIT in Australia. Value: The scholarship will be paid at the rate equivalent to the Eligibility: Applicants must be an Australian citizen or permanent Australian Postgraduate Award and is $24,653 and is indexed resident, or a Permanent Humanitarian Visa holder, enrolled full time annually. Exceptional international applicants will also be offered a full in an RMIT nursing program at diploma or bachelor degree level and fee-waiver must have at least 1 year of full time enrolment left of their program to Country of Study: Australia complete. Applicants should demonstrate educational disadvantage. Application Procedure: The mode of applying is by email. Applicants Postgraduate students are ineligible to apply. should submit a cover letter (maximum 1 page) detailing any relevant Type: Scholarship experience; curriculum vitae (maximum 4 pages) detailing educational Value: The scholarship provides $2,500 as a one-off payment background (with scores/GPAs), research experience, citizenship Country of Study: Australia details, and any relevant prizes, awards, and scholarships; copy of Application Procedure: The mode of applying is by post. transcripts from relevant educational degrees. Closing Date: November 15th Closing Date: September 27th

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Additional Information: Scholarship is offered for 3 years, with a Eligibility: Applicant must be an international student, not be a citizen possible extension by a further 6 months. Domestic and international or permanent resident of Australia or New Zealand; be enroling at the students (fulfill all visa application obligations in a timely manner) can RMIT School of Computer Science and IT for the first time at their apply for this scholarship. intended level of study (i.e. undergraduate or postgraduate) in Semester 1; be planning to study for at least four semesters (for undergraduate students) and three semesters (for postgraduate PhD Scholarships in Computer Science and IT students); have achieved excellent results in their previous studies; Subjects: Scholarships are available for PhD research in the following pass a minimum requirement of a GPA 3.2 or 75 per cent in previous areas: Web service design for transportation networks, multiobjective studies. For detailed information please visit website. optimization and data mining for journey planning, engineering Type: Scholarship optimization with Swarm Intelligence techniques, machine learning Value: The scholarship pays a one off payment of $5,000 towards and data mining applied to theme park game-play experience, tuition fees for first fee installment after the payment of deposit and answering real-time questions from Arabic Social Media, TRIIBE once the selected candidate have arrived and enrolled into the (Tracking indoor information behavior), sub-collection retrieval: program understanding and improving search engines, big data analytics and Country of Study: Australia big data medical analytics. Application Procedure: For detailed information please check the Eligibility: Applicants must have an honors/master degree in the area website. of Computer Science or related disciplines, meet RMIT’s PhD entry Closing Date: March 14th requirements or be studying a PhD in RMIT’s School of Computer Additional Information: Students who have accepted their offer prior Science at RMIT in Melbourne. to early September cannot apply for this scholarship. Please check the Level of Study: Doctorate website for more details. Type: Scholarship Value: 9 scholarships available valued at up to $25,000 per year for Victorian India Doctoral Scholarships (VIDS) 3 years (no extension possible). International candidates may be Subjects: Scholarships are provided to learn any of the courses eligible for a tuition waiver offered by the RMIT University. Country of Study: Australia Eligibility: Applicants should be an international student, hold an No. of awards offered: 9 Australian student visa for the term of the scholarship and comply with Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application the conditions of the visa. Applicants should have achieved excellent consisting of a one page research proposal outlining their interest and academic results and should have been offered a place in a higher suitability for the above projects; detailed curriculum vitae and the degree research program at an Australian RMIT campus commencing names; contact details of two referees. Application should be in the current year. They should have been offered a place that is not submitted via email directly to Associate Professor Xiaodong Li conditional on meeting English language requirements or provide ([email protected]). evidence of English language proficiency and meet the English Closing Date: Applications will close when a candidate is selected language requirement of the HDR program. Applicants should not Contributor: School of Computer Science and IT, RMIT University, already hold a research qualification equivalent to an Australian Australia research doctorate or research masters (if applicable) and should be willing to be an ambassador for the Research Scholarships. They RMIT PhD Scholarship in the School of Electrical and should be studying in one of RMIT’s areas of research strengths and provide details of any external funding for tuition or living expenses Computer Engineering that they have received or applied for. Eligibility: To be eligible for this scholarship you must: be enrolled in Level of Study: Doctorate a higher degree by research (HDR) at the RMIT School of Electrical Type: Scholarship and Computer Engineering; be a top ranking student using the RMIT Country of Study: Australia University Scholarships Ranking Model; awarded an APA or RMIT Application Procedure: Candidates applying for RMIT PhD Scho- PhD Scholarship and/or an RTS place; be aligned to one of the larship, may be nominated for the Victoria India Doctoral Scholarship. school’s areas of strategic focus; not previously have held any To be eligible for the scholarship applicants must have received an Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) scholarship over the past offer letter to study a PhD program at RMIT before making an online 3 years (or more); demonstrate excellent academic results and scholarship application. For detailed information please visit website. research capability. Closing Date: November 30th Type: Scholarship Additional Information: Priority for scholarships will be given to Value: $12,000 students conducting their research in one of the identified RMIT Frequency: Annual research concentration areas. Scholarships will be offered for the Country of Study: Australia duration of study. No. of awards offered: 15 Application Procedure: International applicants are expected to apply for the RMIT International PhD Scholarship. If successful, the ROB AND BESSIE WELDER WILDLIFE school may supplement the scholarship stipend. FOUNDATION Additional Information: Preference will be given to PhD students but high ranking Masters by Research students may also be eligible for PO Box 1400, Sinton, TX, 78387, United States of America the top-up scholarship. Tel: (1) 361 364 2643 For further information contact: Fax: (1) 361 364 2650 Email: [email protected] Tel: +61 3 9925 3174 Website: www.welderwildlife.org Email: [email protected] Contact: Director Contact: Laurie Clinton, Research Administrator The Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation is a private non-profit foundation whose mission is to conduct research and education in School of Computer Science and Information Technology wildlife management and closely related fields. The Welder Founda- Scholarship tion operates a wildlife refuge on a commercial ranch in the midst of an Subjects: Scholarship is provided for one of the following programs: active oil field. Bachelor of Computer Science (any stream), Bachelor of Software Engineering, Bachelor of Information Technology (any stream), Welder Wildlife Foundation Fellowship Bachelor of Technology (Computing Studies), Master of Computer Subjects: Wildlife ecology and management. Science and Master of Information Technology. Purpose: To provide support to individual graduate student research. Purpose: Scholarship is available for pursuing undergraduate or Eligibility: Open to citizens of the US or legal immigrants registered postgraduate degree level. at a United States of America university for a graduate degree. Priority

622 ROBERTA SYKES INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION is given to students who wish to work at the Welder Foundation Community (EEC) and NATO headquarters in Brussels, a group visit Refuge or in the Coastal Bend Region of Texas. to France for an overview of the political, economic and cultural Level of Study: Doctorate, Graduate perspective of another European country and a final programme Type: Fellowship evaluation in Stuttgart. All activities are conducted in German. Value: Stipend for full-time students are $1,400 per month for M.S. candidates and $1,600 per month for PhD candidates to cover living costs, tuition, fees, and books THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON Length of Study: The duration of a graduate degree programme FOUNDATION Frequency: Annual Study Establishment: Any legitimate wildlife management or wildlife Route 1 & College Road East, PO Box 2316, Princeton, ecological department at any accredited university NJ, 08543 2316, United States of America Country of Study: United States of America Tel: (1) 877 843 7953 No. of awards offered: 10 at any given time, approx. 3 each year Email: [email protected] Application Procedure: Applicants must write for details. Website: www.rwjf.org Closing Date: October 1st for fellowships to begin in January Funding: Private Established in 1972 in memory of Robert Wood Johnson, who Contributor: Private endowment founded Johnson & Johnson. The mission of the Robert Wood No. of awards given last year: 2–3 Johnson Foundations to improve the health and healthcare of all No. of applicants last year: 15–20 Americans. Our goal is clear: to help Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need.

ROBERT BOSCH FOUNDATION The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars CDS International, Inc., 440 Park Avenue South, 2nd Floor, Program New York, NY, 10016, United States of America Subjects: A broad range of factors affecting the nation’s health. Tel: (1) 212 497 3500 Purpose: To build the nation’s capacity for research, leadership and Fax: (1) 212 497 3535 action. Email: [email protected] Eligibility: For eligibility information, please visit our website Website: www.cdsintl.org www.healthandsocietyscholars.org. Contact: Susana Lee, Assistant Program Officer Level of Study: Postdoctorate Type: Scholarship The Robert Bosch Foundation is one of the largest German industry Value: Stipend of US$80,000 annually, plus health insurance from foundations. Many of the foundation’s international exchange pro- their university site grammes are aimed at providing young people with opportunities to Length of Study: 2 years improve their knowledge of other countries and cultures and to build Frequency: Annual up networks among future leaders in Europe and the US. Study Establishment: One of six universities Country of Study: United States of America No. of awards offered: Up to 12 Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowships Application Procedure: The application for the Robert Wood Subjects: Business administration, economics, public affairs, public Johnson Health and Society Scholars program is done through policy, political science, law, journalism and mass communication. an online application system available on our website Purpose: To promote the advancement of American and German- www.healthandsocietyscholars.org. European relations, and to broaden the participants’ professional Closing Date: Please check with the website competence and cultural horizons. Funding: Private Eligibility: Open to citizens of the US between the ages of 23 and No. of awards given last year: 18 34 years with a graduate or professional degree or equivalent work experience in the above subject areas. Candidates must provide evidence of outstanding professional or academic achievement and a RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research Program in strong knowledge of the German language. For those candidates who USA are outstanding in other areas but lack sufficient knowledge of Subjects: Economics, political science, and sociology. German, the Foundation will provide language training prior to Purpose: To foster the development of a new generation of creative programme participation. thinkers in health policy research. Level of Study: Postgraduate, Professional development Level of Study: Postdoctorate Type: Fellowship Type: Postdoctoral fellowship Value: h2,000 per month stipend. Extra funding is available for family, Value: $89,000 per year German language tutoring, health insurance and all program-related No. of awards offered: 12 travel Application Procedure: For information on applying to the program, Length of Study: 9 months (September to May) please visit the National Program Office’s site at www.healthpoli- Frequency: Annual cyscholars.org/sub-apply/how_to_apply.html. Country of Study: Germany Additional Information: Scholars need not have any prior experi- No. of awards offered: 20 ence in this field and they come from the disciplines of economics, Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application political science, and sociology. form and attend a personal interview. Please visit the website www.cdsintl.org/bosch for more details. Closing Date: Mid-October ROBERTA SYKES INDIGENOUS Funding: Private EDUCATION FOUNDATION Contributor: Robert Bosch Foundation No. of awards given last year: 20 100 Botany Road, Alexandria, NSW 2015, Australia No. of applicants last year: Varies each year Tel: (61) (02) 9310 8400 Additional Information: Programme participants receive internships Contact: The Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation in German institutions such as the Federal Parliament, private corporation headquarters, mass media and other elements within the The group began by publishing an Aboriginal community newspaper, framework of government or commerce. Internships will be at a high Koori Bina, which later became AIM (Aboriginal and Islander level, closely related to senior officials. The programme will follow the Message). BWA taught students of the Aboriginal and Islander Dance following schedule: an intensive course on German language, Theatre the skills to publish a small community newspaper; literacy, political, economic and cultural affairs, work experience, a visit to reporting, creative writing, editing, lay-out and administration, which Berlin and the former East Germany, a visit to the European Economic eventually lead to the students taking over its publication. Over time,

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BWA broadened its work and funded a number of small enterprises Contributor: Roberta Sykes Harvard Club that were established by Aboriginal women. Additional Information: For more information on the club and its programs, please visit www.harvardclub.org.au. The Annual Aurora Indigenous Scholars International Study Tour Roberta Sykes Scholarship Purpose: The Study Tour not only offers invaluable opportunities for Purpose: The Roberta Sykes Scholarship provides partial funding to students to gain insight into the realities of undertaking postgraduate Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander postgraduate students who study at these leading institutions but also provides the opportunity to wish to undertake studies at recognized overseas universities. travel with a group of like-minded students. The Study Tour involves Eligibility: For eligibility details, please visit http://www.robertasy- meetings with key academics and administrators at each university, kesfoundation.com/roberta-sykes-scholarships.html. as well as current students in the areas of the participants’ interest. Type: Scholarship Level of Study: Postgraduate Value: The value of the scholarship is up to $30,000 per year Type: Scholarship Country of Study: Australia Value: Costs associated with travel, accommodation and meals are Closing Date: March 28th; June 6th; July 25th; November 28th covered Additional Information: If you require further information or wish to Country of Study: Australia discuss your application before submitting please contact in http:// Closing Date: June 12th www.robertasykesfoundation.com/contact.html. Additional Information: For further information on the Study Tour, please please visit the Aurora Education Foundation website. ROBERTO LONGHI FOUNDATION

Roberta Sykes Bursary Fondazione Roberto Longhi, Via Benedetto Fortini 30, Purpose: The Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation I-50125 Florence, Italy provides partial funding for Indigenous Australians to undertake short, Tel: (39) 55 658 0794 executive education courses at leading overseas academic Fax: (39) 55 658 0794 institutions. Email: [email protected] Eligibility: For eligibility and application details, please visit http:// Website: www.fondazionelonghi.it www.robertasykesfoundation.com/roberta-sykes-bursary.html. Contact: Procuratore Type: Bursary Value: The value of the Bursary is up to $20,000 The aim of the Roberto Longhi Foundation is to advance art historical Country of Study: Australia studies. Applications are accepted annually from prospective Fellows Closing Date: June 6th; July 25th; November 28th who hold an advanced degree in art history. Fellows pursue individual and group research projects using the library and photo archive, participate in seminars and lectures by distinguished scholars at the Roberta Sykes Chief Executive Women Scholarship Foundation and visit galleries, restorations and exhibitions. Purpose: The scholarships are designed to support women at different stages of their careers by giving applicants the choice of three course at Harvard Kennedy School and INSEAD Singapore. Fondazione Roberto Longhi Value: The scholarships includes tuition, economy class flights, Subjects: History of art. accommodation, and most meals Purpose: To aid those who want to seriously dedicate themselves to Closing Date: April 3rd research in the history of art. Additional Information: For more information, contact Eligibility: Open to citizens of Italy who possess a degree from an [email protected]. To apply for the scholarship, Italian university with a thesis in the history of art and to non-Italian please visit the CEW website. citizens who have fulfilled the preliminary requirements for a doctoral degree in the history of art at an accredited university or an institution of equal standing. Students who have reached their 32nd birthday Roberta Sykes Fellowship before the application deadline are not eligible. Purpose: To undertake research, at a leading overseas Level of Study: Doctorate, Postgraduate academic institution, as part of their Australian postgraduate Type: Fellowship study program. Value: h600 per month Eligibility: For eligibility details, please visit http://www.robertasy- Length of Study: 9 months kesfoundation.com/roberta-sykes-fellowship.html. Frequency: Annual Level of Study: Postgraduate Study Establishment: The Foundation Type: Fellowship Country of Study: Italy Value: The value of the Scholarship is up to AU$20,000, depending No. of awards offered: Up to 10 or 12 on the period of study Application Procedure: Applicants must submit an application Length of Study: 1 year containing their biographical data including place and date of birth, Country of Study: Australia domicile, citizenship, transcript of undergraduate and graduate Additional Information: If you require further information or wish to records, a copy of the degree thesis and of other original works, a discuss your application before submitting please contact in http:// curriculum vitae including knowledge of foreign languages both www.robertasykesfoundation.com/contact.html. spoken and written, letters of reference from at least two persons of academic standing who are acquainted with the applicant’s work, the The Roberta Sykes Harvard Club Scholarship subject of the research proposed and two passport size photographs. Purpose: The purpose of the award is to promote fellowship amongst Closing Date: May 15th alumni and to assist Australians wishing to study at Harvard. Funding: Private Eligibility: For eligibility details, please visit http://www.robertasy- Contributor: Private funds and capital endowment kesfoundation.com/roberta-sykes-harvard-club-scholarship.html. No. of awards given last year: 9 Level of Study: Postgraduate No. of applicants last year: 16 Value: The value of the scholarship is up to $80,000 per annum to be Additional Information: Successful candidates must give an assur- paid over the course of the Scholar’s study ance that they will dedicate their full time to the research for which the Country of Study: Australia fellowship is assigned. They may not enter into any connection with No. of awards offered: 1 other institutions, they must live in Florence for the duration of the Application Procedure: Before applying, prospective applicants fellowship, excepting for travel required for their research. They may should check the Harvard website (http://www.harvard.edu/ not exceed the periods of vacations fixed by the Institute and are admissions-aid) to clarify all deadlines and the exact requirements required to attend seminars, lectures and other activities arranged by for admission to their chosen degree programme. the Institute. The Fellows must, in addition, submit a written report at Closing Date: Applications are still open the end of their stay in Florence relating the findings of their individual

624 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL research undertaken at the Longhi Foundation. Once approved by the Eligibility: Open to the citizens of the UK and Commonwealth, scientific committee the Fellows research must be published only in including former Commonwealth countries, for instrumentalists and the Foundations annual journal Proporzioni. Non-compliance with the singers up to and including the age of 30 as at the date of the final above conditions will be considered sufficient grounds for the concert. cancellation of a fellowship. Further information is available on Level of Study: Professional development request. Type: Competition Value: Over UKd60,000 in prizes, including a UKd10,000 gold medal and first prize and UKd10,000 for ensembles RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE Frequency: Annual CHARITIES Country of Study: Any country No. of awards offered: Varies One Kroc Drive, Oak Brook, IL, 60523, Application Procedure: Applicants must see the website: www. United States of America roslarts.org.uk. Tel: (1) 630 623 7048 Closing Date: January 15th Fax: (1) 630 623 7488 Funding: Commercial, individuals, private, trusts Email: [email protected] No. of awards given last year: 19 Website: www.rmhc.org No. of applicants last year: 500 The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and ROTARY INTERNATIONAL wellbeing of children. Guiding us in our mission are our core values: focusing on the critical needs of children; celebrating the diversity of One Rotary Center. 1560 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, the programs we offer and the staff, volunteers and donors who make IL, 60201-3698, United States of America them possible; staying true to our heritage of responsible stewardship Tel: (1) 847 866 3000 and operating with accountability and transparency. Fax: (1) 847 328 8554 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rotary.org RMHC U.S. Scholarships Contact: Administrative Assistant Purpose: Scholarships are for students in the US living in areas where there are participating local RMHC Chapters. Four types of Rotary unites leaders from all continents, cultures, and occupations to scholarships are available including RMHC/Scholars, RMHC/Asia, exchange ideas and take action in communities around the world. RMHC/African-American Future Achievers and RMHC/HACER. There are 1,200,000 Rotarians in 34,000 clubs doing good all over the Eligibility: To apply for an RMHC scholarship, a student must be a world. high school senior; be younger than 21 years old; be eligible to attend a 2- or 4-year college, university or technical school with a full course Global Grant Scholarships of study; be a legal U.S. resident; live in a participating RMHC Subjects: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease preven- Chapter’s geographic area; meet any additional eligibility require- tion and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, ments outlined by each scholarship program. Applicants must submit basic education and literacy, and economic and community a complete application and all required documentation by the deadline development. of the application and provide verification of enrollment each year at Purpose: Provide scholarships to support graduate-level study for respective accredited post-secondary institution. 1–4 years in one of Rotary’s areas of focus, mentioned in the subject Type: Scholarship category. Country of Study: United States of America Eligibility: Please visit www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/take-action/apply- Application Procedure: The mode of application is online. For grants/global-grants for more information. detailed information, please contact: International Scholarship and Type: Scholarship Tuition Services, Inc. (ISTS) via email at [email protected] Value: $30,000 minimum (Subject Line: RMHC) or toll free 855 670 4787. Length of Study: 1–4 years Closing Date: January 21st No. of awards offered: Varies Additional Information: Graduating high school seniors may only Application Procedure: Contact local Rotary club for more apply for one of the four scholarships. Applicants will be notified of information. scholarship award status by June 30th. All mailed back-up documents Additional Information: All Rotary countries are eligible. must be postmarked by the deadline. Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Program ROSL (ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE) Subjects: All subjects. Purpose: To develop a sense of purpose as ambassadors of goodwill ARTS and to further international understanding and world peace. Eligibility: Open to applicants who are citizens of a country in which Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James’s Street, there are Rotary clubs. Initial application must be made through a London, SW1A 1LR, England Rotary club in the applicant’s legal or permanent residence or place of Tel: (44) 020 7408 0214 ext 219 full-time study or employment. Applicant must be proficient in the Fax: (44) 020 7499 6738 language of the proposed host country. Email: [email protected] Level of Study: Postgraduate Website: www.rosl.org.uk Type: Scholarships Contact: Mandy Murphy, Administrative Assistant Value: Up to US$27,000. Covers round-trip transportation, 1 month of The principal aim of the ROSL (Royal Over-Seas League) ARTS is to intensive language training, room and boarding and some educational provide performance and exhibition opportunities for prize-winning supplies artists and musicians early in their careers, bringing their work to the Length of Study: 1 academic year of full-time graduate study attention of the professional arts community, the media and the Frequency: Annual general public. Country of Study: Any country in which there is a Rotary Club Application Procedure: Applications for the scholarship programme must be made through a Rotary Club. Every Club is eligible to submit ROSL Annual Music Competition Ambassadorial Scholar applications to the District. Subjects: Musical performance, in four solo classes such as strings Closing Date: As early as March 1st or as late as August 15th (including the harp and guitar), wind and percussion, keyboard, Additional Information: The scholarships are not appropriate for singers and to ensemble classes. students seeking to continue studies already begun at a foreign Purpose: To support and promote young Commonwealth musicians. institution.

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Rotary Peace Fellowship Panasonic Trust Awards Purpose: Rotary Peace Fellowships enable individuals to pursue a Subjects: Engineering, particularly new engineering developments graduate degree in international relations, peace, conflict resolution, and new technologies. and related subjects, or a professional development certificate in Purpose: To encourage the technical updating and continuous peace and conflict studies at one of the six Rotary Peace Centers. professional development of qualified engineers through courses Eligibility: A candidate should have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent provided by U.K. Institutes of Higher Education at the Master’s level. for a master’s degree program, a strong academic background for a Eligibility: Open to U.K. citizens who are qualified at the degree level professional certificate program; work or service experience in in engineering or a related discipline. HND, HNC, OND, ONC or City relevant fields; English proficiency for both programs, and knowledge and Guilds Full Technological Certificate qualifications are acceptable of a second language for master’s degree; a demonstrated commit- as a minimum. Applicants must be members, at any grade, of an ment to peace and international understanding. engineering institution, working at the professional level in engineering Level of Study: Graduate in the UK and have several years of experience working at this level. Type: Fellowship Preference is given to those undertaking part-time modular Master’s Value: Varies. Fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, courses. The intended course of study must be relevant to the round-trip transportation, and all internship/field study expenses applicant’s current or future career plans. Length of Study: Varies Level of Study: Professional development Frequency: Annual Type: Award No. of awards offered: Approx. 100 Value: d8,000 Application Procedure: Visit www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships for Length of Study: The duration of the course application information. Frequency: Dependent on funds available Additional Information: Two types of peace fellowships are Country of Study: United Kingdom available: Master’s Degree and Professional Development Certificate. No. of awards offered: Varies Application Procedure: Applicants must write to the main address for application instructions, the application form and guidelines for THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF employers and course co-ordinators. ENGINEERING Closing Date: July 25th Funding: Private 3 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5DG, England Additional Information: Employers are expected to support an Tel: (44) 020 7766 0600 application in writing. The Trustees hope that the employer, once Fax: (44) 020 7930 1549 approached, might pay the full fees for the course. However, if this is Email: [email protected] not possible, a contribution from the employer is desirable. Applica- Website: www.raeng.org.uk tions must be supported by the course director or co-ordinator and Contact: Dr Mark Bambury, Scheme Manager confirm that the applicant is suitable for the course. Applications for grants of less than UKd1,000 should be submitted at least 4 weeks The Royal Academy of Engineering’s objectives may be summarized before the start of the course. Applications for larger grants should be as the pursuit, encouragement and maintenance of excellence in the submitted at least 6 weeks before the start of the course. Please see whole field of engineering in order to promote the advancement of the the website for further details www.panasonictrust.net/fellowships/ science, art and the practice of engineering for the benefit of the public. default.aspx.

ExxonMobil Excellence in Teaching Awards Royal Academy Engineering Professional Development Subjects: Chemical, petroleum and mechanical engineering, geology. Subjects: Engineering. Purpose: To encourage able young engineering and Earth science Purpose: To ensure that the stills and knowledge of employees reflect lecturers to remain in the education sector in their early years. the very latest in technological advances. Eligibility: Open to well-qualified graduates, preferably with industrial Eligibility: Open to U.K. citizens with a degree or HND/HNC in experience and full-time lecturing posts at Institutes of Higher engineering or a closely allied subject. OND/ONC or City and Guilds Education in the UK. Applicants should have been in their current Full Technological Certificate or NVQ level III qualifications are posts for at least 1 year. The post must include the teaching of acceptable provided the individual has substantial industrial chemical, petroleum or mechanical engineering to undergraduates experience. through courses that are accredited for registration with professional Level of Study: Professional development bodies for qualifications such as chartered engineer. For applicants Type: Grant whose career path has been graduation at the age of 22, followed by Value: d10,000 and d5,000 and prospective applicants should academic or industrial posts, the age limit is generally 32 years (at the indicate for which level of award they are applying closing date). Older candidates who have taken time out, e.g. for Length of Study: 1 year industrial experience, parenthood or voluntary service, will also be Frequency: Annual considered. Applicants should preferably be chartered engineers, or of Country of Study: United Kingdom equivalent professional status, or should be making progress towards Application Procedure: For further information please contact the this qualification. scheme manager lan Bowbrick at the Academy. Level of Study: Postdoctorate Closing Date: October 24th Type: Fellowship Additional Information: Please see the website for further details. Value: A range of benefits in addition to the d10,000 prize Length of Study: 12 months For further information contact: Frequency: Annual Study Establishment: The applicant’s current university in the UK Email: [email protected] Country of Study: United Kingdom Website: www.raeng.org.uk/education/professional/profdev/default. No. of awards offered: Up to 6 htm Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application form. Royal Academy Executive Engineering Programme Closing Date: October 31st Subjects: Engineering. Funding: Commercial Purpose: To ensure that top engineering graduates continue to Contributor: Exxon Mobile develop as professional engineers in order to provide U.K. industry Additional Information: A brochure is available on request. En- with the high caliber technical and commercial managers required by quiries about Exxon mobile university contacts should be sent via world class enterprises. email and please see the website for further details. Eligibility: Open to permanent members of U.K. Institutes of Higher For further information contact: Education with an approved engineering qualification. Level of Study: Postgraduate Email: [email protected] Type: Scholarship

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Value: All training programme fees Funding: Private Length of Study: 1 year No. of awards given last year: 1 Frequency: Annual Additional Information: Please see the website for further details Study Establishment: An industrial or commercial company www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/macrobert/default.htm. Country of Study: United Kingdom Application Procedure: Visit the programme website. For further information contact: Closing Date: Offered all year round (check the website) Tel: 20 7766 0648 Funding: Foundation Contact: Sylvia Hampartumian Contributor: Gatsby Charitable Foundation Additional Information: Please see the website for further details Royal Academy Sir Angus Paton Bursary www.raeng.org.uk/events/list-of-events/2014/september/executive- Subjects: Engineering for development and water and environmental engineers-programme. management. For further information contact: Purpose: To study water and environmental management. Eligibility: The bursary supports a suitably qualified engineer study a Contact: Sandra Palmer full-time Masters’ degree course specifically related to water re- sources engineering or some other environmental technology. Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Secondment Level of Study: Postgraduate Scheme Type: Bursary d Subjects: All fields of engineering. Value: UK 8,000 Purpose: To provide financial support for the secondment of Length of Study: 1 year academic engineering staff to industrial companies within the UK. Frequency: Annual Eligibility: Open to permanent members of U.K. Institutes of Higher Country of Study: United Kingdom Education with an approved engineering qualification, teaching some No. of awards offered: 1 aspects of engineering. Preference may be given to junior staff without Application Procedure: For further information please contact the previous industrial experience or to more senior members whose scheme manager Ian Bowbrick at the Academy. industrial experience may have taken place some years earlier. Closing Date: Offered all year round (check with website) Level of Study: Unrestricted Funding: Private Type: Grant Contributor: Sir Angus Paton d Value: A maximum of 30,000 towards the salary costs (excluding For further information contact: overheads) Length of Study: 6 months (full-time) or 12 months (part time) Email: [email protected] Frequency: Dependent on funds available Website: www.raeng.org.uk/education/professional/paton/default.htm Study Establishment: An industrial or commercial company Contact: Ian Bowbrick Country of Study: United Kingdom No. of awards offered: Varies Royal Academy Visiting Professors Scheme Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a completed Subjects: Principles of engineering design, engineering design for application form with a curriculum vitae, personal statement outlining sustainable development, integrated system design. the nature and objectives of the proposed secondment, letter of Purpose: To help universities to teach engineering design support from the applicant’s head of department, statement from the to undergraduates in a way that relates to real professional applicant’s employer detailing the financial aspects of the application, practice. statement from the host company confirming the agreed work Level of Study: Doctorate, Postdoctorate, Research programme and defining the benefits of the secondment to the Type: Fellowship company and detailing any contribution costs that the company may Value: d10,000 wish to make. Application forms are available from the main address. Length of Study: 1 year Closing Date: Check the website www.raeng.org.uk/grants-and- Frequency: Annual prizes/support-for-education-and-study/industrial-secondment- Country of Study: United Kingdom scheme No. of awards offered: 3 Funding: Government Application Procedure: Further information is available from the No. of awards given last year: 18 scheme manager Ian Bowbrick at the Academy. No. of applicants last year: 26 Closing Date: Check the website Additional Information: The main objective is to obtain up-to-date Additional Information: Please see the website for further details industrial experience, to improve teaching capabilities and generally to www.raeng.org.uk/education/vps/systemdesign/background.htm. foster academic industrial links. Contact Dr Imren Markes for further information. Please see the website for further details www.raeng.org. Sainsbury Management Fellowships uk/research/univ/secondment/default.htm. Subjects: Engineering. Purpose: To enable young chartered engineers of the highest Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award career potential to undertake MBA courses at European business Subjects: The successful development of innovation in engineering or schools. the other physical sciences. Eligibility: Open to U.K. citizens, who hold a First or Upper Second Purpose: To recognize and reward outstanding contributions relating Class (Honours) Degree in engineering or a closely allied subject, to innovation in engineering. have chartered engineer status or are making substantial progress Eligibility: Open to individuals, independent teams and teams towards it, have the potential and ambition to achieve senior working for a firm, organization or laboratory. There should be no management responsibility at an early age and be aged 26–34 years more than five members in a team. at the commencement of the proposed MBA course. Level of Study: Unrestricted Level of Study: MBA, Postgraduate, Professional development Type: Award Type: Fellowship Value: UKd50,000 and a gold medal Value: Up to d30,000 Frequency: Annual Length of Study: 1 year Country of Study: United Kingdom Frequency: Annual No. of awards offered: 1 Study Establishment: Awards are normally tenable at the following Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a 200–500 word business schools: North America–Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Wharton, summary of the engineering achievement, supported by 15 copies of Columbia, Kellogg, University of Chicago; Europe–INSEAD (France), relevant technical documentation. Further details and rules and IMD (Switzerland), Erasmus (The Netherlands), IESE (Spain), SDA conditions are available from the Royal Academy of Engineering. Bocconi (Italy) Closing Date: January 31st Country of Study: Any country

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No. of awards offered: 10 ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application form, please contact the office for details. 4 Hamilton Place, London, W1J 7BQ, England Closing Date: Applications are accepted at any time Tel: (44) 020 7670 4300 Funding: Private Fax: (44) 020 7670 4309 Contributor: The Gatsby Charitable Foundation Email: [email protected] No. of awards given last year: 10 Website: www.aerosociety.com No. of applicants last year: 46 Contact: Careers Centre Manager Additional Information: Please see the website for further details. The Royal Aeronautical Society was founded in 1866 and is the only For further information contact: professional institution that covers all aspects of the aerospace industry including research, manufacture, operations and mainte- Tel: 20 7766 0600 nance. Society membership unlocks a host of benefits for both the Website: www.raeng.org.uk/education/professional/sainsbury/ individual and organizations. Membership is open to anyone with an default.htm association or interest in aerospace. Contact: Ian Bowbrick Royal Aeronautical Society Centennial Scholarship Sainsbury Management Fellowships in the Life Award Sciences Subjects: Aeronautics and aerospace-related subjects such as Subjects: Life science. aerospace engineering, safety, human factors, air transport Purpose: To support young scientists of high career potential management. to undertake activities related to their Personal Development Purpose: To encourage the next generation of aerospace pioneers Plans. in the study of aeronautics and aerospace-related subjects and Eligibility: Open to U.K. citizens with a PhD in a bio-related subject, support of relevant projects to encourage young people into the following a career compatible with the scheme’s objectives in the UK. field. The applicants should be aged between 25 and 38 years. Eligibility: Open to students studying aerospace-related (e.g. Level of Study: Postgraduate aviation, aeronautical engineering, aeronautic-related) studies, and Type: Fellowship key organizations and research groups whose projects meet the aims Value: The award covers the cost of activities related to an individuals and objectives of the fund. personal development plan, subject to approval Level of Study: Graduate, Doctorate, Research, Postdoctorate, Frequency: Annual Postgraduate, Relevant projects of national reach that meet the aims Country of Study: Any country and objectives of the fund Application Procedure: For further information please contact the Type: Scholarship d scheme manager lan Bowbrick at the Academy. Value: As a guide, UK 500–5,000 Closing Date: Offered all year round (check with website) Length of Study: Most have already completed 1–2 years of relevant Funding: Private study Contributor: Gatsby Charitable Foundation Frequency: Twice per year Additional Information: Please contact [email protected] Study Establishment: Not specified for further details. Country of Study: Any country No. of awards offered: Varies Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC form, available on request and provide all documentation specified in the form and accompanying guidelines. Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5HT, England Closing Date: May 31st Tel: (44) 020 7873 7373 Funding: Commercial, individuals Fax: (44) 020 7873 7394 Contributor: A number of corporate, private and individual donors Email: [email protected] No. of awards given last year: 32 Website: www.ram.ac.uk No. of applicants last year: Approx. 55 Contact: Philip White, Awards & Project Manager For further information contact: The Royal Academy of Music is a music college offering courses in Tel: 020 7670 4325 music at postgraduate level. The Academy is part of the University of Email: [email protected] London. Website: http://aerosociety.com/Careers-Education/centennial Contact: Rosalind Azouzi, Careers and Education Manager

Royal Academy of Music General Bursary Awards Subjects: All relevant branches of music education and training. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Purpose: To help defray tuition fees and general living expenses for study at the Royal Academy of Music. Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Eligibility: Open to any student offered a place at the Academy. GL7 6JS, United Kingdom Level of Study: Postgraduate Tel: (44) +(0) 1285 652531 Type: Scholarship/Bursary Fax: (44) +(0) 1285 650219 Value: According to need and availability of funds Website: https://www.rau.ac.uk/ Length of Study: Normally for a complete academic year. Individual The Royal Agricultural University has always been at the forefront of requirements may be imposed agricultural education since 1845. Frequency: Annual Study Establishment: The Royal Academy of Music Country of Study: United Kingdom Africa’s Land and Food Master’s Fellowship No. of awards offered: Varies Programme Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Subjects: This funding is provided for leadership training; the form, which is sent automatically to all postgraduate students who are development of professional networks and supporting industrial offered places. experience, together with study opportunities on Master’s pro- Closing Date: January 31st grammes in agriculture, agri-business, food and rural development at Funding: Commercial, individuals, private, trusts the Royal Agricultural University. No. of awards given last year: 74 Eligibility: Fellowships are open to Africans from Sub-Saharan No. of applicants last year: 493 Africa who have experience in agriculture, agri-business, food or

628 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC natural resource management; an interest in land reform; and a Level of Study: Research, Professional development, Postgraduate desire to make a strategic and sustainable contribution to Africa’s Type: Award development. Value: Varies (up to UKd20,000 in total) Level of Study: Postgraduate Frequency: Annual Type: Fellowship No. of awards offered: 13 Value: Since the Fellowship was launched in 2005, over d1,800,000 Application Procedure: Applicants must apply in writing or email to has been generously provided by the private sector, foundations and the address given below. The application must be accompanied by a charities in support of the programme 500-word description of the project. Short-listed candidates will be Country of Study: United Kingdom asked to attend an interview. No. of awards offered: Ten African fellows each year will be awarded Closing Date: November 1st (check with website) Application Procedure: Nationals from sub-Saharan Africa are Funding: Commercial invited to apply for a Fellowship. Contributor: Several Closing Date: October 31st No. of awards given last year: 12 awards in 12 categories plus a Funding: International Office midwife award No. of applicants last year: 82 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES For further information contact:

15 Mansfield Street, London, W1G 9NH, England Gothic House, 3 The Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1PL, England Tel: (44) 020 7312 3643 Email: [email protected] Fax: (44) 020 7312 3536 Website: www.rcmawards.com Email: [email protected] Contact: Chamberlain Dunn Associates Website: www.rcm.org.uk Contact: S E MacDonald, Education and Research Manager Ruth Davies Research Bursary The Royal College of Midwives is the major professional organization Subjects: Midwifery. for midwives in the UK, and aims to contribute to the art and science of Purpose: To promote and develop midwifery research and practice. midwifery knowledge and practice. The RCM awards and scholarships Eligibility: Open to practicing midwives who are RCM members, who provide opportunities for the development of good practice ultimately have basic knowledge, skills and understanding of the research improving the care provided to women, their babies and families. process, have access to research support in their trust or Institutes of Higher Education and who have been in practice for 2 years or more. Level of Study: Doctorate, Graduate, Postdoctorate, Postgraduate, Mary Seacole Nursing Development and Leadership Predoctorate, Professional development, Research Award Type: Bursary Subjects: Midwifery, nursing, health visiting, health service needs of Value: UKd5,000 per bursary ethnic minority communities. Length of Study: 1 year Purpose: To provide an opportunity for the development of profes- Frequency: Annual sional practice, service development and leadership potential of black Country of Study: United Kingdom and ethnic minority midwives, nurses and health visitors. No. of awards offered: 3 Eligibility: Applicants must be a nurse and, midwife or health visitor. Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a succinct curricu- Application should reflect the example set by Mary Seacole. lum vitae covering the previous 5 years, a research proposal of no Level of Study: Research, Professional development, Doctorate, more than 2,500 words and letters of support from both employers and Graduate academics who are familiar with the applicant’s work. Type: Leadership awards Closing Date: July 30th (check the website) d d Value: UK 12,500, Development award UK 6,250 Funding: Commercial Length of Study: 1 year Contributor: Bounty Frequency: Annual No. of awards given last year: 3 Country of Study: United Kingdom No. of applicants last year: 4 shortlisted No. of awards offered: 4 Application Procedure: Applicants must send a stamped addressed For further information contact: envelope to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to obtain details and Tel: 020 7312 3463 an application form. Email: [email protected] Closing Date: May 1st Contact: Mrs Marlyn Gennace, Ruth Davies Research Bursary Funding: Government Administrator Contributor: Department of Health No. of awards given last year: 1 No. of applicants last year: 3 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC Additional Information: Please see the website for further details. For further information contact: Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS, United Kingdom Tel: (44) 020 7591 4300 Bukola Samuel, Room 452C, Skipton House, Department of Health, Fax: (44) 020 7589 7740 80 London Road, London, SE1 6LH, England Email: [email protected] Contact: Award Officer, Mary Seacole Award Website: www.rcm.ac.uk Contact: Miss Nicola Peacock, International and Admissions RCM Annual Midwifery Awards Manager Subjects: There are nine categories of awards which celebrate the The Royal College of Music, London, provides specialized musical range of work and achievement of midwives midwifery education, education and professional training at the highest international level midwifery management or leadership, innovations in midwifery, for performers and composers. This enables talented students to Members’ Champion award, promotion of normal birth, outstanding develop the musical skills, knowledge, understanding and resource- contribution to care of newborns, award for turning vision into reality, fulness that will equip them to contribute significantly to musical life in midwifery impact on child development, promoting effective midwifery the UK and internationally. in community settings and Student Vision award. Purpose: To recognize and celebrate innovation in midwifery practice, education and research. Royal College of Music Scholarships Eligibility: Applicants may be individuals or small groups but should Subjects: Music performance, composition, conducting and research. meet the criteria of 1 of the 10 categories. Check the website for Purpose: To recognize merit in music performance, composition or complete details: www.rcm.org.uk/college/annual-midwifery-awards/ conducting.

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Eligibility: All those auditioning in person for a place at the Royal Additional Information: Please see the website for further details College of Music are considered for a scholarship at the time of their www.rcog.org.uk/our-profession/careers/award/calcutta-eden- audition. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit and potential. hospital-annual-prize-0. Level of Study: Doctorate, Graduate, Postgraduate Type: Scholarship d Eden Travelling Fellowship Value: Up to UK 27,500 (full fees-intensive masters) Subjects: Obstetrics and gynaecology. Length of Study: 1–4 years Purpose: To enable the recipient to gain additional knowledge and Frequency: Annual experience in the pursuit of a specific research project in which he or Study Establishment: Royal College of Music she is currently engaged. Country of Study: United Kingdom Eligibility: Open to medical graduates of not less than 2 years No. of awards offered: Approx. 150–200 new awards standing from any approved university in the UK or Commonwealth. Application Procedure: Prospective students should apply to the Level of Study: Postgraduate RCM online at www.ucas.com/conservatoires. No separate applica- Type: Fellowship tion for scholarship is required. Value: Up to UKd5,000, according to the project undertaken Closing Date: October 1st Frequency: Annual Funding: Private, trusts Study Establishment: Another department of obstetrics and gynae- No. of awards given last year: Approx. 160 cology or of closely related disciplines No. of applicants last year: 1,800 Country of Study: Any country Additional Information: Please see the website for further details No. of awards offered: 1 www.ram.ac.uk/scholarships. Application Procedure: Applicants must include information on qualifications, areas of interest and/or publications in a specified area, ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS centres to be visited with confirmation of arrangements from the head of that centre, estimated costs and the names of two referees. AND GYNAECOLOGISTS (RCOG) Closing Date: May 24th No. of awards given last year: 1 27 Sussex Place, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RG, No. of applicants last year: 9 United Kingdom Additional Information: Please see the website for further details Tel: (44) 020 7772 6200 www.rcog.org.uk/our-profession/careers/award/eden-travelling- Fax: (44) 020 7723 0575 fellowship-obstetrics-and-gynaecology-0. Email: [email protected] Website: www.rcog.org.uk Contact: M Goonewardene, Awards Administrator Endometriosis Millennium Fund Award Subjects: Endometriosis. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is Purpose: To stimulate and encourage research, clinical or laboratory dedicated to the encouragement of the study, and the advancement of based, or to encourage clinicians to acquire extra clinical skills to science and practice of obstetrics and gynaecology. manage patients. Eligibility: Open to members of the College or members of the RCOG American Gynecological Club/Gynaecological Visiting trainees register who are residents and working within the UK. Society Fellowship Level of Study: Postgraduate Subjects: Obstetrics and gynaecology. Value: Up to UKd5,000 Purpose: To enable the recipient to visit, make contact with and gain Frequency: Annual knowledge from a specific centre offering new techniques or methods Country of Study: United Kingdom of clinical management within the speciality. No. of awards offered: More than 1 Eligibility: Open to specialist registrars in the UK, and to junior Application Procedure: Applicants must submit an application in the Fellows or those in residency programmes in the US. requisite form, which can be downloaded from the website or can be Level of Study: Professional development obtained from the Awards Secretary at the RCOG. Application forms Type: Fellowship must be accompanied by two references from supervisors or senior Value: UKd1,200 colleagues and written confirmation of availability of laboratory space Frequency: Annual or access to surgical training in the host institution must be provided Country of Study: United Kingdom or United States of America with the application. An undertaking that a structured typewritten No. of awards offered: 1 report will be provided at the end of the grant period and that the Application Procedure: Applicants must contact the Awards source of grant will be acknowledged in any related publications must Secretary for details or see website. also be submitted. Closing Date: May 23rd Please see website Closing Date: May 23rd Please see website No. of awards given last year: 1 Contributor: The Endometriosis Millennium Fund No. of applicants last year: 3 No. of awards given last year: 1 Additional Information: Please see the website for further details No. of applicants last year: 6 www.rcog.org.uk/our-profession/careers/award/american- Additional Information: The award may only be used for the purpose gynecological-clubgynaecological-visiting-society-fellowship-0. approved by the Assessment Committee. Please see the website for further details www.rcog.org.uk/our-profession/careers/award/ The Calcutta Eden Hospital Annual Prize endometriosis-millennium-fund-0. Purpose: To provide knowledge from a specific centre offering new techniques of clinical management within O&G. Ethicon Travel Awards Eligibility: The prize will be awarded to 1st year medical students and Subjects: Obstetrics and gynaecology. junior doctors working in Foundation Year 1 in the UK and the Purpose: To promote international goodwill in the speciality. Republic of Ireland. Eligibility: Open to RCOG members who have passed both Part I Level of Study: Foundation programme, final year medical students and II of the membership exams. Members from the UK must be Type: Prize trainees and overseas members must not be in independent practice. Value: UKd300 book tokens Level of Study: Postgraduate Frequency: Annual Type: Travel grant Application Procedure: Applications can be obtained from awards Value: Up to UKd2,000 administrator or downloaded from website. Frequency: Twice a year Closing Date: May 23rd Please see website No. of awards offered: Up to 15 Funding: Individuals Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application No. of awards given last year: 1 form, available from the Awards Secretary or from the website. No. of applicants last year: 5 Closing Date: May 24th please see website

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No. of awards given last year: 6 Website: www.rcog.org.uk/our-profession/careers/award/john- No. of applicants last year: 10 lawson-prize-0 Additional Information: Travel must take place within 6 months of the award being made. Malcolm Black Travel Fellowship For further information contact: Subjects: Obstetrics and gynaecology. Purpose: To enable a College Member or Fellow of up to 5 years Email: [email protected] standing at the time of application, to travel either to the British Isles or Website: www.rcog.org.uk/our-profession/careers/award/ethicon- from the British Isles abroad, for a period of time to extend travel-award postgraduate training courses or to visit centres of research or of particular expertise within the speciality of obstetrics and Green-Armytage and Spackman Travelling Scholarship gynaecology. Subjects: Obstetrics and gynaecology. Type: Travelling fellowship Purpose: To allow applicants to visit centres where work similar to Value: Travel and subsistence costs will be paid up to a maximum of d their own is being carried out. UK 1,000 Eligibility: Open to Fellows and members of the College. Applicants Frequency: Every 2 years should have shown a special interest in some particular aspect of Closing Date: May 23rd obstetrical or gynaecological practice. No. of awards given last year: 1 Level of Study: Postgraduate No. of applicants last year: 5 Type: Scholarship Additional Information: Please see the website for further details. Value: d5,000–10,000 Frequency: Annual Overseas Fund Country of Study: Any country Subjects: Obstetrics and gynaecology. No. of awards offered: 1 Purpose: To allow individuals to travel to the UK for further training. Application Procedure: Applicants must include information on Eligibility: Open to RCOG members or the equivalent, working qualifications, areas of interest and/or publications in a specified area, overseas. centres to be visited with confirmation from the head of that centre, Level of Study: Professional development estimated costs and the names of two referees. Type: Travel grant Closing Date: May 24th (check the website) Value: Up to UKd2,500 No. of awards given last year: 1 Frequency: Annual No. of applicants last year: 6 No. of awards offered: Up to 8 Application Procedure: Applicants must see the website. Closing Date: May 24th Herbert Erik Reiss Memorial Case History Prize No. of awards given last year: 1 Purpose: The prizes will be awarded to candidates who, in the No. of applicants last year: 3 opinion of the assessors, undertake the best presentation of a clinical case, including critical assessment and literature research, in a topic For further information contact: of obstetrics and gynaecology. Email: [email protected] Eligibility: Open to FY1 and FY2 doctors or Specialist Training Website: www.rcog.org.uk/our-profession/careers/award/overseas- Years 1 and 2 in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. fund-0 Value: First prize is UKd400 and second prize is UKd200 Frequency: Annual No. of awards offered: 2 Peter Huntingford Memorial Prize Application Procedure: A maximum of 1,500 words with Subjects: Obstetrics and Gynaecology. maximum of 10 references should be submitted. Please include a Purpose: The prize is for presenting the best case history, clinical statement of contribution to the project and indicate the name and audit or a report of a research project in any aspect of fertility control in address of the supervisor. Only one submission per candidate is which the applicant is directly involved. permitted. Eligibility: Open to doctors working in their foundation year or Closing Date: May 23rd Please see website specialist training years 1 and/or 2 in the UK and the Republic of No. of awards given last year: 3 Ireland. d d No. of applicants last year: 20 Value: First prize is UK 150 and second prize is UK 75 Additional Information: Please contact at mgoonewardene@rcog. Frequency: Annual org.uk for further details. No. of awards offered: 2 Application Procedure: A submission of no more than 1,500 words outlining the research with reference to publications (if any) is John Lawson Prize required. Please include a statement of the contribution to the project Purpose: The prize will be awarded to a candidate who, in the opinion and indicate the name and address of the supervisor. Only one of the assessors, undertakes the best article on a topic of obstetrics or submission per candidate is permitted. gynaecology derived from work carried out in Africa between the Closing Date: May 23rd (Please see website) tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. Contributor: British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) Eligibility: Candidature is not restricted to fellows and members of the No. of awards given last year: 1 college. No. of applicants last year: 2 d Value: UK 150 For further information contact: Frequency: Annual Application Procedure: The record of the work can be submitted by Email: [email protected] way of an original manuscript, adequately referenced and written in a Website: www.rcog.org.uk/our-profession/careers/award/peter- format comparable to that used for submission to a learned journal, or huntingford-memorial-prize-0 by means of a reprint of a published article. Closing Date: May 24th Please see website RCOG Bernhard Baron Travelling Scholarships No. of awards given last year: 1 Subjects: Obstetrics and gynaecology. No. of applicants last year: 8 Purpose: To expand the recipient’s knowledge in areas in which he or Additional Information: If joint authorship is involved then the she already has some experience. candidate must identify his/her involvement in the publication. Eligibility: Open to Fellows and members of the College. For further information contact: Level of Study: Postgraduate Type: Scholarship Email: [email protected] Value: Up to UKd6,000

631 ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS (RCOG)

Frequency: Annual Women’s Visiting Gynaecological Club Prize Country of Study: Any country Subjects: Gynaecology. No. of awards offered: 2 Purpose: RCOG is able to offer prize amount towards an overseas Application Procedure: Applicants must contact the Awards elective in obstetrics and gynaecology to a medical student in the UK Secretary for details. or Republic of Ireland. Closing Date: May 24th Eligibility: The winner of this prize will be a medical student who No. of awards given last year: 2 presentsanapplication thatbest articulates theirreasoning and objectives No. of applicants last year: 8 for wanting to complete an overseas elective in a certain region. Level of Study: Foundation programme For further information contact: Type: Prize d Contact: Marion Goonewardene, Awards Administrator Value: UK 500 Frequency: Annual Closing Date: Applications will open in March Richard Johanson Research Prize No. of awards given last year: 1 Subjects: Obstetrics and gynaecology. No. of applicants last year: 23 Purpose: To recognize the best research projects in any aspect of Additional Information: Please check at www.rcog.org.uk/en/ obstetrics and gynaecology. careers-training/awards-grants-prizes/womens-visiting- Level of Study: Graduate gynaecological-club-prize/ for further information. Value: First prize UKd250, second prize UKd100 Frequency: Annual THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF Country of Study: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland OPHTHALMOLOGISTS Application Procedure: Applicants should submit research outline no more than 1,500 words, with reference to publications (if any). The 18 Stephenson Way, London, Euston, NW1 2HD, England research must have been carried out during the applicant’s under- Tel: (44) 020 7935 0702 graduate course and in a relevant department. Fax: (44) 020 7935 9838 Closing Date: September 30th Email: [email protected] Funding: Private Website: www.rcophth.ac.uk No. of awards given last year: 2 Contact: Vanda Fadda, Deputy Head of Education and Training No. of applicants last year: 34 The college is responsible for promoting high standards of profes- Additional Information: Submissions may be sent by email or post sional practice, setting curricula and conducting examinations and (four copies of the typewritten submission on A4-size paper). providing professional support and advice for ophthalmologists. The Applicants must state clearly which award they are applying for and college runs an annual scientific congress and seminars for include their supervisor’s name and address. ophthalmologists and publishes a range of clinical guidelines.

Tim Chard Case History Prize Dorey Bequest Travel Award Subjects: Obstetrics and gynaecology. Subjects: Ophthalmology. Purpose: To reward students showing the greatest understanding of Purpose: To provide personal travel expenses to Ophthalmologists in a clinical problem in obstetrics and gynaecology. training who are travelling abroad for research or training. Level of Study: Graduate Eligibility: Ophthalmologists in training and Members and Fellows of Value: 1st prize UKd500, 2nd prize UKd250, 3rd prize UKd150 the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Frequency: Annual Level of Study: Postgraduate Study Establishment: An accredited medical school Type: Travel award Country of Study: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and Republic of Value: Generally UKd300–600 per award Ireland Frequency: Annual Application Procedure: Applicants should submit one case history Country of Study: United Kingdom with discussion no longer than 1,500 words with 10 biographical No. of awards offered: Varies references that includes the name and address of the applicant’s Application Procedure: An application form must be completed and supervisor. Submissions may be sent by email or post (four copies of copied 4 times and submitted with five copies of the candidate’s the typewritten submission on A4-size paper). Applicants must state curriculum vitae. clearly which award they are applying for, and make separate Closing Date: September applications for each. Applications that do not comply with the Funding: Private stipulations will not be accepted. No. of awards given last year: 2 Closing Date: May 23rd No. of applicants last year: 3 Funding: Private Additional Information: Please see the website for further details. Contributor: Bart’s and the London School of Medicine No. of awards given last year: 4 Ethicon Foundation Fund Travel Award No. of applicants last year: 57 Subjects: Ophthalmology. Additional Information: Please see the website for further details Purpose: To prove financial assistance to members and Fellows of www.rcog.org.uk/our-profession/careers/award/tim-chard-case- the Royal College of Ophthalmologists who are travelling abroad for history-prize. research or training purposes. Eligibility: Applicants must be members or Fellows of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and affiliate members of Royal College of William Blair-Bell Memorial Lectureships in Obstetrics Ophthalmologists. and Gynaecology Level of Study: Postgraduate Subjects: Obstetrics and gynaecology. Type: Travel award Purpose: To allow an individual to give a lecture. Value: UKd300–1,000 per award Eligibility: Open to Fellows or members of not more than 2 years Frequency: Annual standing. Country of Study: United Kingdom Value: Honorarium of UKd200 No. of awards offered: Varies Frequency: Annual Application Procedure: An application form must be completed and Application Procedure: Applicants must contact the Awards copied 4 times and submitted with five copies of the candidates Secretary. curriculum vitae. Closing Date: May 25th Closing Date: October 30th No. of awards given last year: 1 Funding: Commercial No. of applicants last year: 5 Contributor: Ethicon Ltd

632 ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS (RCO)

No. of awards given last year: 3 Eligibility: Fellows, members and affiliate members of the college are No. of applicants last year: 3 eligible to apply for the scholarship. The trustees will give special Additional Information: The Committee favours applications which consideration to candidates intending to make a career in ophthal- demonstrate that applicants are using their initiative to obtain clinical mology in the UK. experience above and beyond that which they would derive from a Level of Study: Postgraduate routine exchange or secondment to an overseas centre. It is Type: Scholarship envisaged that the award will support more senior trainees towards Value: Up to UKd30,000 the end of their training who have already gained some relevant Frequency: Every 2 years experience in this country. This should not, however, discourage junior Country of Study: United Kingdom or elsewhere trainees with an outstanding project from applying. Please see the No. of awards offered: 1 website for further details www.rcpsg.ac.uk/Membership/Supporting- Application Procedure: Five copies each of the application form duly Your-Career/Awards-and-Scholarship/Travelling-Awards/Ethicon- completed and the candidate’s curriculum vitae should be submitted. Foundation-Fund-Travelling-Fellowship?cookieCheck=true. Closing Date: February Funding: Commercial The Fight for Sight Award Contributor: Keeler Ltd Subjects: Ophthalmology. No. of awards given last year: 0 Purpose: The award will be made in recognition of a significant piece No. of applicants last year: 10 of research (completed within 18 months prior to the closing date) in Additional Information: Please see the website for further details. an area that falls within the remit of the charity. It is intended that the award will be used to further the education of the award winner by being sent on research-related activities including attendance at Sir William Lister Travel Award conferences and seminars on ophthalmology. Subjects: Ophthalmology. Eligibility: Applicants must be under 40 years of age. College Purpose: To provide personal travel expenses to ophthalmologists in membership is not required. training who are travelling abroad for research or training. Level of Study: Postgraduate Eligibility: Ophthalmologists in training and members or Fellows of d Value: UK 5,000 the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Frequency: Annual Level of Study: Postgraduate Country of Study: United Kingdom Type: Travel award No. of awards offered: 1 Value: Generally UKd400–600 per award Application Procedure: Five copies each of the completed applica- Frequency: Annual tion form and the curriculum vitae, along with a supporting paper Country of Study: Any country (published or otherwise) detailing a significant piece of research must No. of awards offered: Varies be submitted. Application Procedure: An application form must be completed and Closing Date: February copied 4 times and submitted with 4 copies of the candidate’s Funding: Commercial curriculum vitae. Contributor: Fight for Sight Closing Date: September No. of awards given last year: 1 Funding: Private No. of applicants last year: 22 No. of awards given last year: 0 Additional Information: Please see the website for further details. No. of applicants last year: 1 Additional Information: Please see the website for further details. International Glaucoma Association Research Award Subjects: Ophthalmology. Purpose: Postgraduate research award to facilitate patient-oriented research and research directly concerned with the improvement of the ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS (RCO) management of glaucoma. Eligibility: Applicants may be trainees seeking support for a fellow- PO Box 56357, London, SE16 7XL, United Kingdom ship or senior researchers seeking a grant for a project. Departments Tel: (44) 5600 767208 and/or individuals based in the UK or Eire only, but the research Email: [email protected], [email protected] studies may be carried out elsewhere. Website: www.rco.org.uk Level of Study: Postgraduate Contact: Andrew McCrea, Director of Academic Development Type: Research award d The Royal College of Organists (RCO) is membership based. It promotes Value: Maximum annual award of UK 90,000 the art of organ playing as choral directing, and provides an organization Frequency: Annual with a library, events and examinations to further that object. No. of awards offered: Varies Application Procedure: Please email an electronic version of your completed application form and embedded curriculum vitae. In addition to this, please post 6 hard copies of your application form with RCO Various Open Award Bequests embedded curriculum vitae to Ms Vanna Fadda, Education and Subjects: Art and design. Training Coordinator. Purpose: To assist students who are training to become organists. Closing Date: January Eligibility: School and students in undergraduate and postgraduate Funding: Foundation education who are members of the college. Contributor: International Glaucoma Association Level of Study: Postgraduate, Professional development, School and No. of awards given last year: 1 undergraduate No. of applicants last year: 2 Type: Award Additional Information: Please note that the application process is Value: Between UKd100 and UKd400 each administered by The Royal College of Ophthalmologists. The Frequency: Annual conditions of the grants will be an agreement between the IGA and Study Establishment: Various the successful applicant. Please see the website for further details No. of awards offered: Various www.rcophth.ac.uk/professional-resources/awards-and-prizes/. Application Procedure: Write for an application form. Closing Date: April 18th (check with website for updated details) The Keeler Scholarship Funding: Private Subjects: Ophthalmology. For further information contact: Purpose: To enable the scholar to study, research or acquire special skills, knowledge or experience at a suitable location in the UK or Email: [email protected] elsewhere for a minimum period of 6 months. Contact: The Registrar

633 ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH (RCPCH)

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND Heinz Visiting and Travelling Fellowships CHILD HEALTH (RCPCH) Subjects: Paediatrics. Purpose: To enable paediatricians from any part of the Common- 5-11 Theobalds Road, London, WC1X 8SH, England wealth to visit the UK and to attend the Spring meeting of the College, Tel: (44) 020 7092 6000 or to enable British paediatricians to spend time in a developing Fax: (44) 020 7092 6001 country. Email: [email protected] Eligibility: Open to young paediatricians from any commonwealth Website: www.rcpch.ac.uk country. Contact: Mr Aaron Barham, Conference Organizer Level of Study: Professional development Type: Fellowship The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health works to advance Value: Air fares and living expenses the art and science of paediatrics, to raise the standard of medical Length of Study: Up to 12 weeks for Visiting Fellowships and up to care provided to children, to educate and examine those concerned 3 months for Travelling Fellowships with health of children, and to advance the education of the public and, Frequency: Annual in particular, medical practitioners in child health. Country of Study: United Kingdom for the visiting fellowship and up to three months for travelling fellowship Ashok Nathwani Visiting Fellowship No. of awards offered: Varies Subjects: Paediatrics. Application Procedure: Application form can be downloaded from Purpose: To enable young paediatricians from abroad to visit the UK. the website. Eligibility: Open to all Paediatricians. Closing Date: August 26th Level of Study: Postdoctorate Funding: Private, corporation Type: Fellowship Contributor: H J Heinz Company Value: A travel, accommodation and subsistence costs No. of awards given last year: 3 Frequency: Annual Additional Information: Please contact by email and see the website Country of Study: United Kingdom for further details. Application Procedure: To apply for the Ashok Nathwani Fellowship, complete and return the application form by post (return address in For further information contact: application form). Email: [email protected] Closing Date: Please contact the organization for updated deadline

Babes in Arms Fellowships RCPCH/VSO Fellowship Subjects: Paediatrics. Subjects: Medicine and surgery. Purpose: To support paediatricians researching into sudden infant Purpose: To offer Specialist Trainees 1-year placements working to death syndrome or associated problems. improve child health in developing countries. Eligibility: Open to paediatricians in higher specialist praising. Eligibility: Open to specialist registrars undertaking type 1 training. Level of Study: Postdoctorate Level of Study: Postgraduate Type: Fellowship Type: Fellowship Frequency: Annual Value: Comprehensive training, living allowance, accommodation Closing Date: August 24th and health insurance. An in-country team of VSO staff and Additional Information: Please refer to the website for details. volunteers provide support while selected candidates are overseas Length of Study: 1 year Douglas Hubble Travel Bursary Frequency: Annual Subjects: Paediatrics and child health. Application Procedure: Contact VSO enquiries team for further Purpose: To provide financial support for young pediatricians, or information. paediatric research workers, who contribute to the British paediatric Closing Date: Check with website for updated details practice. Additional Information: Contact Jennie Snook for more Eligibility: Open to all young paediatricians or paediatric research information. workers below consultant status. Level of Study: Postgraduate For further information contact: Type: Travel award Frequency: Every 2 years Tel: 020 8780 7235 Closing Date: November 20th (check with website for updated details) Email: [email protected] Funding: Foundation Contact: Jennie Snook Contributor: University of Birmingham and the Royal College of paediatrics and Child Health SPARKS – Young Investigator of the Year For further information contact: Subjects: Paediatrics. Purpose: To award young medically qualified research worker for Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50 Hallam Street, excellence in research. London, W1W 6DE Eligibility: Open to all young, medically qualified research workers. Contact: Mrs Aaron Barham Level of Study: Postgraduate Type: Award Dr Michael Blacow Memorial Prize Value: a trophy, d500 for the winner, d500 to the winner’s department Subjects: Paediatrics. to buy equipment and cover other expenses Purpose: To award the best plenary paper presented at the spring Frequency: Annual meeting. No. of awards offered: 1 Eligibility: Open to all trainee paediatricians but not given to same Application Procedure: All nominations are from the Head of trainee paediatrician twice. Department. Direct applications are not accepted. Level of Study: Postgraduate Closing Date: January 31st Type: Award Funding: Foundation Value: UKd200 Contributor: Sport Aiding Medical Research for Kids (SPARKS) Frequency: Annual Additional Information: Please check at www.rcpch.ac.uk/ Closing Date: Check with website for updated details what-we-do/fellowships-and-prizes/sparks-young-investigator-year/ Funding: Trusts, foundation sparks-young-investigator-year for more information. For more Contributor: The British Paediatric Association information, please contact our Research Projects team on research. Additional Information: Please contact to [email protected]. [email protected].

634 ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE Study Establishment: Any approved university EXHIBITION OF 1851 Country of Study: Any country No. of awards offered: Around 8 453, Sherfield Building, Imperial College, London, Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application SW7 2AZ, England form online, available from the commission’s website. Applications Tel: (44) 020 7594 8790 must be supported by professors of United Kingdom universities. Fax: (44) 020 7594 8794 Closing Date: See 1851 Website Email: [email protected] Funding: Private Website: www.royalcommission1851.org.uk Contributor: The profits from the Great Exhibition Contact: Nigel Williams CEng, Secretary Additional Information: Please see the website for further details http://www.royalcommission1851.org/awards/ The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is an educational trust supporting innovation and creativity in science, technology and the arts, at postgraduate level. Apart from the competitive schemes listed, ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY assistance is sometimes given to suitable charities or individuals. (WITH THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS) 1851 Industrial Design Studentship Subjects: Industrial Design Engineering 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR, England Purpose: To fund engineering and science graduates for a post- Tel: (44) 020 7591 3000 graduate industrial design course. Fax: (44) 020 7591 3001 Eligibility: Open to residents of the UK with a first degree in Email: [email protected] engineering, resident in UK; intending to make a career in British Website: www.rgs.org/grants industry. Contact: Juliette Scull, Grants Officer Level of Study: Postgraduate Type: Studentship The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geogra- Value: See website for full details. www.royalcommission1851.org.uk phers) is the UK’s learned society for geography and geographers and a Length of Study: 1–2 years professional body. It supports and promotes many aspects of geography Frequency: Annual including geographical research, education and teaching, field training Study Establishment: Universities and small expeditions, the public understanding and popularization of Country of Study: Any country geography and the provision of geographical information. No. of awards offered: Around 9 Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Environment and Sustainability Research Grants form and submit this with the required enclosures. Forms available Purpose: To support researchers investigating some of the bigger from the commission or its website. issues in environmental sustainability. Closing Date: See 1851 Website Eligibility: Please see www.rgs.org/grants. Funding: Private Level of Study: Postgraduate, Research Contributor: The profits from the Great Exhibition Type: Grant Additional Information: Please see the website for further details Value: d10,000 http://www.royalcommission1851.org/awards/?award=industrialdesign Frequency: Annual No. of awards offered: 4 1851 Industrial Fellowships Application Procedure: Please see www.vgs.org. Closing Date: February 22nd Subjects: PhD whilst working in Industry. Funding: Foundation Purpose: To allow able graduates working in industry to carry out No. of awards given last year: 4 research and development leading to a PhD. Eligibility: Open to resident in UK with a good degree in science or engineering who are working in or for a British-based company. Ray Y. Gildea Jr Award Level of Study: Doctorate, Postgraduate Purpose: To support innovation in teaching and learning in higher and Type: Fellowship secondary education. Value: See website for full details www.royalcommission1851.org.uk Type: Grant Length of Study: 3 years Frequency: Annual Frequency: Annual Application Procedure: Please see www.rgs.org/grants. Study Establishment: Any approved university/British company Closing Date: November 30th Country of Study: United Kingdom No. of awards given last year: 1 No. of awards offered: Around 9 Application Procedure: Online application via website. Walters Kundert Fellowship Closing Date: See 1851 website Purpose: To support field research within arctic or high mountain Funding: Private environments. Contributor: The profits from the Great Exhibition Eligibility: Please see www.rgs.org/grants. Additional Information: Please see the website for further Level of Study: Postdoctorate details http://www.royalcommission1851.org.uk/? Type: Grant page_id=16&award=industrial Value: d10,000 Frequency: Annual 1851 Research Fellowship in Science and Engineering No. of awards offered: 1 Subjects: Pure and applied sciences including mathematics and any Closing Date: November 23rd branch of engineering. Funding: Trusts Purpose: To give postdoctorate scientists or engineers of exceptional No. of awards given last year: 1 promise the opportunity to conduct research of their own instigation. Eligibility: Fellowship will normally be held in a UK institution except ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY in exceptional circumstances. See General Regulation for full eligibility criteria available from www.royalcommission1851.org.uk. University College London, Gower Street, Level of Study: Postdoctorate London, WC1E 6BT, England Type: Fellowship Tel: (44) 020 7387 7532 Value: See website for full details www.royalcommission1851.org.uk Email: [email protected] Length of Study: 3 years Website: www.royalhistoricalsociety.org Frequency: Annual Contact: Susan Carr, The Executive Secretary

635 ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Royal Historical Society has limited funds to assist postgrad- Frequency: Annual uate students (and some others) with expenses incurred in the Country of Study: Any country pursuit of advanced historical research. These funds are intended Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application principally for postgraduate students registered for a research form available on request. Application forms can be downloaded from degree at U.K. Institutions of Higher Education, both full-time and the RHS website www.rhs.org.uk/Courses/Bursaries/The-Blaxall- part-time. Valentine-Award. Closing Date: December 15th, March 31st, June 30th, or September 30th (check the website for updated details) Royal Historical Society Postgraduate Research Support Funding: Private Grant No. of awards given last year: 17 Subjects: History. Additional Information: Please contact at [email protected] for Purpose: To assist postgraduate students with expenses incurred in applying and deadline. the pursuit of advanced historical research. Eligibility: Applicants must be postgraduate students registered for a research degree at a U.K. Institution of Higher Education, either full- THE ROYAL INSTITUTUE OF time or part-time, or individuals who have completed doctoral dissertations within the last 2 years and who are not in full-time PHILOSOPHY employment. Level of Study: Doctorate, Postgraduate The Royal Institute of Philosophy, 14 Gordon Square, London, Type: Grant WC1H 0AR, United Kingdom Value: d50–500 Tel: (44) 0207 387 4130 Frequency: Annual Email: [email protected] Study Establishment: U.K. Institutions of Higher Education Website: www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org Country of Study: United Kingdom Contact: Dr James Garvey Application Procedure: Applicants must download application form from website. Applications should include a well-costed budget, a proposal that indicates the scholarly value of the proposed project Jacobsen Studentships and letters of reference. Completed forms should be submitted Subjects: Parts of philosophy: speculative metaphysics, critical by post. metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophical Closing Date: January 14th, February 18th, May 6th, June 18th, logic, philosophy of life, determinism, the nature of life, evolution, September 9th and November 12th moral philosophy, political and social philosophy. Funding: Private Purpose: The Royal Institute of Philosophy, in accord with its own Additional Information: Preference will be given to members of the remit, seeks candidates whose work, while rigorous, avoids needless Royal Historical Society. Please see the website for further details. technicality and is in the tradition of philosophy as a humane Please call if you experience any problems downloading any of the discipline. Society’s application forms. Eligibility: Applicants must have already completed at least 1 year of work for a higher degree in philosophy in a UK university by For further information contact: the start of the academic year. Preference may well be given to Contact: The Administrative Secretary applicants nearing the end of a course of study leading to a doctorate. Level of Study: Postgraduate ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Type: Studentship Value: d8,000 each (RHS) Length of Study: 1 year Frequency: Annual 80 Vincent Square, London, SW1P 2PE, England No. of awards offered: 8 Tel: (44) 0845 260 5000 Application Procedure: To apply, candidates must arrange for two Fax: (44) 1483 212 382 academic referees, at least one from the institution at which they are Email: [email protected] currently studying, to write on their behalf direct to The Royal Institute Website: www.rhs.org.uk/courses/bursaries of Philosophy. Candidates must also submit an application form. Contact: Secretary of RHS Bursaries Committee Application forms can be found at website. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is a membership charity Closing Date: Usually mid-May holding a Royal Charter for horticulture. The Society promotes the Additional Information: Please check the website for further details science, art and practice of horticulture in all its branches through a www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org/page/42. wide range of educational, research and advisory activities. It also maintains some major gardens, shows and the internationally renowned Lindley Library. Royal Institute of Philosophy Bursaries Subjects: Philosophy. Eligibility: Applicants must have already completed at least 1 year Blaxall Valentine Bursary Fund of work for a higher degree in philosophy in a UK university by Subjects: Agricultural sciences, planning and surveying. the start of the academic year. Preference may well be given to Purpose: To help finance worldwide plant collecting in natural applicants nearing the end of a course of study leading to a habitats and study expeditions that will provide real benefits to doctorate. horticulture. Type: Bursary Eligibility: Open to applicants worldwide, but preference is given to Value: d2,500 each UK and Commonwealth citizens. Applicants should satisfy the Society Length of Study: 1 year that their health enables them to undertake the project proposed. Frequency: Annual Financial sponsorship will be available to both professional and No. of awards offered: 8 amateur horticulturists and consideration for an award is not restricted Application Procedure: Candidates must arrange for two academic to RHS members. Proposals may be made by individuals or group of referees, at least one from the institution at which they are currently individuals. studying, to write on their behalf direct to The Royal Institute of Level of Study: Unrestricted Philosophy. Candidates must also submit an application form. Type: Bursary Application forms can be found at website. Value: Funds are limited. High-cost projects are expected to receive Closing Date: Usually mid-May supplementary finance from other sources, including personal Additional Information: Please check at www.royalinstitutephiloso- contributions phy.org/page/42 for more information.

636 THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY (RSA)

ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) offers support for young musicians and composers, sponsorship of new music events, debate 19 Dawson Street, Dublin, 2, Ireland and discussion about the future of music and has an active Tel: (353) 1 676 2570 commissioning policy. It recognizes achievement through the presti- Fax: (353) 1 676 2346 gious annual RPS Music Awards and with the Society’s Gold Medal. Email: [email protected] Full information is available on the RPS website. Website: www.ria.ie Contact: Ms Laura Mahoney, Assistant Executive Secretary RPS Composition Prize The Royal Irish Academy is the senior institution in Ireland for both the Subjects: Musical composition. sciences and humanities. It publishes a number of journals and Purpose: To encourage young composers. monographs. It is Ireland’s national representative in a large number Eligibility: Open to past and present registered students of any of international unions, and through its national committees runs conservatoire or university within the United Kingdom, of any conferences, lectures and workshops. It also manages a number of nationality, under the age of 29. Former winners are not eligible. long-term research projects. The Academy participates in the Royal Level of Study: Graduate, Postgraduate Society European Science Exchange Programmes in pure and Type: Prize applied science, in the British Academy European Exchange Value: Either d3,000 or d1,000 pounds plus a professional perfor- Programmes in the humanities, and in the Austrian, Hungarian, or mance, as well as opportunities to participate in workshops and Polish academy exchange schemes in science and the humanities. seminars. Small grants for work in all disciplines are available annually from the Frequency: Annual Academy’s own funds. No. of awards offered: 4 Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Grants form. There is a UKd20 entry fee but this is free to RPS members. Subjects: Humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Closing Date: March 31st Purpose: To provide small grants for short visits to any country Funding: Private supporting their primary research. No. of awards given last year: 3 Level of Study: Postdoctorate, Professional development No. of applicants last year: 70 Type: Fellowship Additional Information: Please see the website for further details Value: Up to h2,500 http://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/index.php/young_musicians/ Length of Study: 1–6 weeks composition_prize Frequency: Annual Country of Study: Other Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY (RSA) form, available from the Academy. Closing Date: November The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL, Scotland Funding: Government Tel: (44) 131 225 6671 Additional Information: For further information, please contact Fax: (44) 131 220 6016 [email protected]. Email: [email protected] Website: www.royalscottishacademy.org Contact: Secretary Royal Irish Academy Gold Medals Subjects: Physical and mathematical sciences, engineering science, Founded in 1826, the RSA, Scotland’s foremost body of artists, has life sciences, environment and geosciences, humanities, and social promoted the works of leading contemporary painters, sculptors, sciences in a rotation basis for a 4-year cycle. printmakers and architects. It also gives practical and financial help to Purpose: To an individual who has made a distinguished scholarly young artists through scholarships as well as the annual Student’s contribution to their subject. Exhibition. Eligibility: Open to people who are resident in either Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland and have made an internationally The Barns-Graham Travel Award recognized, substantial and distinguished contribution to their subject Subjects: Painting in any medium. whilst working in Ireland. Purpose: To provide a travel and research opportunity for graduating Level of Study: Postdoctorate and postgraduate students. Value: A gold medal Eligibility: Entrants must be painters, printmakers or sculptors, Frequency: Annual entrants must either be graduating in the current academic year or Country of Study: Ireland currently studying at postgraduate level at one of the following art No. of awards offered: 2 schools in Scotland – Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Application Procedure: Applicant must be nominated independently Moray. by two scientists who are familiar with his/her work. At least one of Level of Study: Postgraduate whom must be a member of the Academy, and/or a member of one of Type: Scholarship the Academy committees, and/or the Head of an Irish Higher Value: d2,000 Education Institution. Length of Study: 3–6 months Closing Date: May (each year) Frequency: Annual Funding: Government Study Establishment: Any of the main art colleges No. of awards given last year: 2 Country of Study: Scotland Additional Information: Two awards are awarded each year. Awards No. of awards offered: 1 for humanities and social sciences are awarded biennially. Please see Application Procedure: Applications forms and regulations will be the website for further details www.ria.ie/About/Our-Work/Grants— available to download at the end of February. Awards/Gold-Medals.aspx. Closing Date: June 12th Funding: Private ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY (RPS) Contributor: The Alastair Salvesen Trust No. of awards given last year: 1 10 Stratford Place, London, W1C 1BA, England Additional Information: Please see the website for further details. Tel: (44) 020 7491 8110 For further information contact: Fax: (44) 020 7493 7463 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk Website: www.royalscottishacademy.org/pages/scholarships_detail. Contact: General Administrator asp?id=27

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The RSA John Kinross Scholarships to Florence (non-clinical only). Applications for research in the social sciences Subjects: Painting, sculpture, architecture and printmaking. should apply through The British Academy. The applicant must: have Purpose: To allow young artists from the established training centres a PhD, or be likely to have a PhD by the time the funding starts; not in Scotland to spend time in Italy. have received their PhD more than 6 years prior to their application; Eligibility: Open to all final year and postgraduate students from the be a citizen of the UK or European Union; and have a research four main colleges of art in Scotland. proposal agreed with a Japanese host scientist. Level of Study: Postgraduate Type: Fellowships Type: Scholarship Value: Up to f1,500,000 per year Value: UKd2,000 Length of Study: 12–24 months Length of Study: 6–12 weeks Frequency: Annual Frequency: Annual Application Procedure: Applications are initially reviewed by Country of Study: Italy members of the our panel with the most appropriate scientific No. of awards offered: 13 expertise. Following this a shortlist is drawn up which is sent to Japan Application Procedure: Digital submissions accepted only. Please Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for a final decision. complete the accompanying application form. The application form Applicants will be notified of the result by JSPS. must be submitted electronically so a typed or electronic signature is Closing Date: March 14th acceptable. Additional Information: Please note that this scheme is offered by Closing Date: March 29th JSPS and is subject to their terms and conditions. Applicants should Funding: Private read through all the information offered on the JSPS website before Contributor: The Kinross Scholarship Fund, which is administered by applying to ensure they fully understand the terms of the award. the RSA Please check at http://royalsociety.org/grants/schemes/jsps- No. of awards given last year: 15 postdoctoral/ for more information. No. of applicants last year: 80 For further information contact: THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY

Email: [email protected] Burlington House Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BA, England Website: www.royalscottishacademy.org/pages/scholarships_detail. Tel: (44) 0 20 7437 8656 asp?id=37 Fax: (44) 0 20 7437 8883 Email: [email protected] The RSA William Littlejohn Award for Excellence and Website: www.rsc.org Innovation in Water-Based Media Contact: Mr S S Langer Subjects: Painting, sculpture, architecture and printmaking. The Royal Society of Chemistry is the learned society for chemistry Purpose: To provide young professional artists who are Scottish or and the professional body for chemists in the UK with 46,000 have studied in Scotland, with a period for personal development and members worldwide. The Society is a major publisher of chemical the exploration of new directions. information, supports the teaching of chemistry at all levels, organizes Eligibility: Entrants must be working in water-based media (any hundreds of chemical meetings a year and is a leader in commu- pigment mixed with water), entrants must be born or have been nicating science to the public. It is now the U.K. National Adhering resident in Scotland for at least 3 years, in the case of students Organization (NAO) to the International Union of Pure and Applied applying, entrants must either be graduating in current year or Chemistry (IUPAC). studying at postgraduate level at one of the following art schools in Scotland (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Moray). Level of Study: Postgraduate Corday-Morgan Memorial Fund Type: Residency Subjects: Chemistry. Value: UKd2,000 Purpose: To allow members of any established chemical society or Frequency: Annual institute in the Commonwealth to visit chemical establishments in Study Establishment: Hospitalfield House, Arbroath another Commonwealth country. Country of Study: Scotland Eligibility: Members of any established Chemical Society/Institute in Application Procedure: Applicants must contact the RSA. the Commonwealth who wish to visit chemical establishments in the Closing Date: June 12th UK or another Commonwealth country. Funding: Private Level of Study: Professional development Contributor: The Bequest Fund administered by the RSA Type: Grant Value: Up to a maximum of d500 For further information contact: Frequency: Four times a year Country of Study: Email: [email protected] Any country No. of awards offered: Website: www.royalscottishacademy.org/pages/scholarships_detail. Up to 3 Application Procedure: asp?id=31 Applicants must submit applications on the official form and will normally be considered within 1 month of receipt. Closing Date: January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st ROYAL SOCIETY No. of awards given last year: 4 No. of applicants last year: 6 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG, United Kingdom Additional Information: Applicants must be travelling to another Tel: (44) 020 7451 2500 country (not necessarily in the Commonwealth) and would normally Website: http://royalsociety.org/JSPS-postdoctoral- stop en route to visit a third country that must be in the fellowship-program/ Commonwealth. Please see the website for details www.rsc.org/ Contact: The Grants Team ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/CordayMorganPrizes/Index.asp.

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Hickinbottom/Briggs Fellowship Purpose: To provide the opportunity for highly qualified young Subjects: Organic chemistry. researchers to conduct cooperative research with leading research Purpose: To assist research. groups in universities and other Japanese institutions. The Royal Eligibility: Open to applicants domiciled in the UK or Republic of Society is provided with a quota for this scheme by the Japan Society Ireland. Candidates must already hold a PhD or equivalent in for the Promotion of Science. chemistry and be not more than 35 years of age on October 31st. Eligibility: The research undertaken must be on a subject within the Level of Study: Postdoctorate natural sciences, including: physics, chemistry, mathematics, com- Type: Fellowship puter science, engineering science, agricultural and medical research Value: d2,000, a medal and a certificate

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Length of Study: 3 years Eligibility: Open to members of the Society. Frequency: Dependent on funds available Level of Study: Professional development Study Establishment: A British or Irish university or college Type: Grant Country of Study: Other Value: Up to UKd2,000 for the purchase of chemicals, equipment or No. of awards offered: 1 for running expenses of research Application Procedure: Applicants must apply by application forms Length of Study: 1 year or be nominated. Frequency: Annual Closing Date: January 15th Country of Study: Any country No. of awards given last year: 1 No. of awards offered: 20–30 Additional Information: Please see the website for further details Closing Date: October 31st www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/HickinbottomAward/ No. of awards given last year: 30 Index.asp. No. of applicants last year: 50 Additional Information: Funds are limited, so preference will be J W T Jones Travelling Fellowship given to those working less well-endowed institutions. The Selection Subjects: Chemistry. Committee is especially anxious to see inventive applications of a Purpose: To promote international co-operation, to enable chemists ‘pump priming’ nature. Members in developing countries should note to carry out short-term studies in well established scientific centres particularly that additional funds have been made available by the abroad and to learn and use techniques not accessible to them in their Society’s International Committee to provide grants for successful own country. applicants from such countries. Preference will be given to those Eligibility: Open to members of the Royal Society of Chemistry who able to cite collaborative research projects with U.K. institutions. hold at least a Master’s or PhD degree in chemistry or a related Please see the website for further details www.rsc.org/ subject and are already actively engaged in research. Candidates ScienceAndTechnology/Funding/research-fund/index.asp. must produce evidence that the theoretical and practical knowledge or training to be acquired in the foreign laboratory will be beneficial to Royal Society of Chemistry Visits to Developing their scientific development and must also return to their country of Countries origin upon termination of the fellowship. Subjects: Chemistry. Level of Study: Professional development Purpose: To promote international co-operation, specifically, to Type: Fellowship enable chemists to carry out short-term studies in well established Value: The maximum grant will be d5,000 scientific centres abroad and to learn and use techniques not Length of Study: Normally 1–3 months accessible to them in their own country. Frequency: Four times a year Eligibility: Open to members of the Society. Country of Study: Any country Level of Study: Professional development No. of awards offered: Approx. 6–8 Type: Grant Application Procedure: Applicants must apply for application forms, Value: Up to UKd500. The grants will complement, where appro- together with full details, from the International Affairs Officer. priate, those for visits to Commonwealth countries, and funding would Closing Date: January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st cover the additional travel costs involved, together with appropriate No. of awards given last year: 7 subsistence. Applicants should also see the Corday-Morgan Memorial No. of applicants last year: 12 Fund Additional Information: Fellowships will not be awarded to attend Frequency: 4 times a year scientific meetings. Applications will be considered by a Fellowship Country of Study: Any country Committee and the holder will be required to submit a formal report on No. of awards offered: Approx. 4 the work accomplished. Please see the website for further details Application Procedure: Applicants must submit applications on the www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Funding/TravelGrants/ official form and will normally be considered within 1 month of receipt. JWTJonesFellowship.asp. Closing Date: January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st No. of awards given last year: 2 Royal Society of Chemistry Journals Grants for No. of applicants last year: 2 International Authors Additional Information: Applicants must be travelling to another Subjects: Chemistry. country and would normally stop en route to visit a third country. This Purpose: To allow international authors to visit other countries in must be a developing country. Please see the website for further order to collaborate in research, exchange research ideas and results, details www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Funding/TravelGrants/ and to give or receive special expertise and training. Stop-oversDeveloping.asp. Eligibility: Open to anyone with a recent publication in any of the Society’s journals. Those from the UK or Republic of Ireland are THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH excluded. Level of Study: Professional development 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2PQ, United Kingdom Type: Grant Tel: (44) 131 240 5000 d Value: Up to 2,500 cover travel and subsistence (but not research Fax: (44) 131 240 5024 related costs) and are available Email: [email protected] Length of Study: Normally 1–3 months Website: www.royalsoced.org.uk Frequency: Four times a year Contact: Anne Fraser, Research Awards Manager Country of Study: Any country No. of awards offered: 100 The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland’s national academy of Application Procedure: Candidates must apply for application forms, science and letters. It offers research and enterprise awards to together with full details, from the International Affairs Officer. candidates based in Scotland. Closing Date: January 1st, April 1st, July 1st or October 1st No. of awards given last year: 83 Auber Bequest No. of applicants last year: 107 Subjects: All subjects. Additional Information: Please see the website for further details Purpose: To provide assistance for the furtherance of academic www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Funding/TravelGrants/ research. InternationalAuthors.asp. Eligibility: Open to naturalized British citizens or individuals wishing to acquire British nationality who are over 60 years of age, resident in Royal Society of Chemistry Research Fund Scotland or England and are bona fide scholars engaged in academic, Subjects: Chemistry and chemical education. but not industrial, research. Applicants should not have been British Purpose: To provide financial support to those working in less affluent nationals at birth, nor held dual British nationality, and must have since institutions. acquired British nationality.

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Level of Study: Research Frequency: Annual Value: Varies, not normally exceeding UKd3,000 Study Establishment: A Scottish Institute of Higher Education or a Length of Study: Up to 2 years recognized Institute of Higher Education in a continental European Frequency: Every 2 years country Country of Study: Other Country of Study: Other No. of awards offered: Varies No. of awards offered: 8–10 Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application form, available from the Research Awards Manager or from the RSE form, available from the Research Awards Co-ordinator or the RSE website www.royalsoced.org.uk. website. Closing Date: Mid-January Closing Date: November 3rd Funding: Private Funding: Private, trusts Contributor: The Auber Bequest Contributor: The Caledonian Research Fund No. of awards given last year: 1 No. of awards given last year: 10 No. of applicants last year: 2 No. of applicants last year: 17 Additional Information: Please see the website for further details Additional Information: Successful applicants will be required to www.rse.org.uk/671_AuberBequest.html. submit a report within 2 months of the end of the visit. Please see the website for further details www.royalsoced.org.uk/732_CRFEuro- Cormack Postgraduate Prize peanVisitingResearchFellowships.html. Subjects: Astronomy and astrophysics. Purpose: To recognize and reward the most outstanding postgrad- uate student contribution to astronomical research in Scotland. Enterprise Fellowships Funded by BBSRC Level of Study: Postgraduate Subjects: Must be related to BBSRC funded project previously. For Type: Prize the commercialization of BBSRC research. Value: d400 Purpose: (As for Scottish Enterprise Fellowships) but throughout UK. Frequency: Annual Eligibility: Academic and research staff and postgraduates with Study Establishment: University of Scotland relevant experience are eligible to apply if employed by a U.K. Higher Country of Study: Scotland Education Institution (HEI), or Institutes of BBSRC. Closing Date: April 2nd Level of Study: Postgraduate Funding: Trusts Type: Fellowships No. of awards given last year: 1 Value: A year’s salary to provide time to develop a full business plan No. of applicants last year: 2 and seek investment. Access to mentors, business experts and Additional Information: Only one paper may be nominated for any professional advisors. Business training to help develop the required one student, though there is no limit on the number of students skills nominated per institution. No student may be awarded the Prize on Length of Study: 1 year more than one occasion. Please see the website for further details Frequency: Annual, Biannual www.rse.org.uk/585_PrizesMedals.html. Study Establishment: University or BBSRC funded Research Institute in UK Country of Study: United Kingdom Cormack Small Astronomy Outreach Grant No. of awards offered: Up to 4 Subjects: Astronomy and astrophysics. Application Procedure: Docs are available on RSE website. Purpose: To develop public understanding of science activities. Closing Date: May 15th Eligibility: Applicants must be based in Scotland. Funding: Government Level of Study: Professional development Contributor: BBSRC Type: Grant No. of awards given last year: 2 d Value: Approx. 250 No. of applicants last year: 5 Frequency: Annual Additional Information: Please see website for further details: Study Establishment: Scottish University or Organization www.royalsoced.org.uk/638_BBSRCEnterpriseFellowships.html. Country of Study: Scotland Application Procedure: Application form must be completed and submitted to the RSE by the closing date. Enterprise Fellowships funded by STFC Closing Date: October 1st Subjects: Must be related to research projects previously funded by Funding: Trusts STFC. For the commercialization of STFC research. No. of awards given last year: 1 Purpose: As for RSE plus BBSRC fellowships. No. of applicants last year: 3 Eligibility: Applicant must be connected to previously funded Additional Information: Please see the website for further details research project by STFC. www.royalsoced.org.uk/810_CormackAstronomyOutreachGrants. Type: Fellowship html. Value: As for RSE plus BBSRC fellowships Length of Study: 1 year CRF European Visiting Research Fellowships Frequency: Annual Subjects: Archaeology, art and architecture, economics and eco- Study Establishment: UK University or STFC funded Research nomic history, geography, history, jurisprudence, linguistics, literature Institute in UK and philology, philosophy and religious studies and social sciences. Country of Study: United Kingdom Purpose: To create a two-way flow of visiting scholars in arts and No. of awards offered: 4 per year letters and social sciences between Scotland and continental Europe. Application Procedure: Docs are available on RSE website. Eligibility: Open to members of the academic staff of a Scottish Closing Date: May 17th Institute of Higher Education or equivalent continental European Funding: Government institution. Applicants from continental Europe must be nominated by Contributor: STFC members of staff from a Scottish Institute of Higher Education. For No. of awards given last year: 3 both schemes, applicants must have more than 5 years postdoctoral No. of applicants last year: 5 experience at the closing date. Additional Information: Please see website for further details https:// Level of Study: Professional development, Research www.stfc.ac.uk/1905.aspx. Type: Fellowship Value: Up to UKd6,000 for visits of 6 months, which is reduced pro- rata for shorter visits, to cover actual costs of travel, subsistence and International Exchange Programme – Bilateral relevant study costs Subjects: All subjects. Length of Study: 2–6 months Purpose: To enable individual short research visits of up to 4 weeks.

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Eligibility: The Exchange programmes are open to Fellows and non- regarded by the RSE as ‘the coming together of scholars at the early Fellows. Researchers travelling should have at least a PhD or stage of planning and developing a collaborative research initiative’. equivalent at the time of travel. See the website for details. Eligibility: Academic members or staff of Scottish universities or Level of Study: Postdoctorate employees of Scottish cultural institutions working in research. Type: Small project grant Level of Study: Professional development Value: Up to d3,000 Type: Research Length of Study: 4 weeks Value: Up to d10,000 Frequency: Dependent on funds available Length of Study: 1 year Study Establishment: Scottish university – to visit university or Frequency: Dependent on funds available industry overseas. Scotland plus sister academy country overseas Study Establishment: University or Cultural Institutional of Scotland Application Procedure: Application docs are available on website Country of Study: Scotland www.royalsoced.org.uk/802_InternationalExchangeProgrammeBilat- Application Procedure: Application form and regulations on RSE eral.html. website. Must be completed or submitted by the deadline. Closing Date: November 28th Closing Date: Early to mid-October Funding: Government Funding: Government Contributor: Scottish Government Contributor: Scottish Government No. of awards given last year: 60–70 No. of awards given last year: 7 No. of applicants last year: Varies at each round (11 at August round) No. of applicants last year: 20 Additional Information: Please see the website for further details John Moyes Lessells Travel Scholarships www.royalsoced.org.uk/650_ScottishGovernmentArtsandHumanities. Subjects: All forms of engineering. html. These awards are to enable and encourage collaborative Purpose: To enable well-qualified engineering graduates of Scottish research between HEIs and cultural institutions. Institutes of Higher Education to study some aspect of their profession overseas. RSE Personal Research Fellowships Eligibility: Applicants must be graduates with an Honours or higher Subjects: All science and social science subjects. degree in engineering from a Scottish Institute of Higher Education or Purpose: To provide outstanding researchers, who have the potential who are currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in engineering at a to become leaders in their chosen field, with the opportunity to build an Scottish university. independent research career. Level of Study: Graduate, Postdoctorate, Postgraduate, Predocto- Eligibility: Open to persons of all nationalities who have 2 to 6 years rate, Professional development postdoctoral experience. They must also show that they have the Type: Scholarship capacity for innovative research and the potential to become leaders Value: d1,250 per month in their field. Length of Study: Initially for 1 year but shorter periods or extension Level of Study: Doctorate for a 2nd year may be considered. Acceptance of a scholarship Value: Salary and research support costs for 5 years implies a willingness to spend at least 2 years in the UK following the Length of Study: 5 years period of tenure Frequency: Annual Frequency: Annual Study Establishment: Any Higher Education Institution in Scotland Country of Study: Other Country of Study: Scotland No. of awards offered: Varies Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application form, form, available on the RSE website. Applicants should negotiate available from the Research Awards Manager or the RSE website. directly with their host institution. Closing Date: April (date to be confirmed) Closing Date: February 16th Funding: Private, trusts Contributor: Scottish Government, BP and Caledonian Research No. of awards given last year: 7 Fund No. of applicants last year: 16 No. of awards given last year: 3 Additional Information: Please see the website for further details No. of applicants last year: 53 www.royalsoced.org.uk/973_JohnMoyesLessellsScholarships.html. Additional Information: Successful applicants will be allocated a funding provider (BP, CRF or Scottish Government) according to their Research Networks in the Arts and Humanities subject area. BP funding is available every 2nd year and is for Subjects: Arts and Humanities. candidates working in areas of interest to BP. CRF funding is for Purpose: To create and/or to consolidate collaborative partnerships candidates in the biomedical sciences. Fellows are expected to devote over a 2-year period. their full time to research and are not allowed to hold any other paid Eligibility: Academic members or staff of Scottish universities or appointments without the express permission of Council. Website: employees of Scottish cultural institutions working in research. www.royalsoced.org.uk/649_RSEPersonalResearchFellowships. Level of Study: Postdoctorate, Professional development html. Type: Research grant d Value: 20,000 Scottish Enterprise Fellowships Length of Study: 2 years Subjects: Science and technology. Frequency: Dependent on funds available Purpose: To commercialize academic research in science and Study Establishment: University or cultural institution of Scotland technology areas. Country of Study: Scotland Eligibility: Postgraduate level upwards. Application Procedure: Application form and regulations on RSE Level of Study: Postgraduate website. Type: Fellowships Closing Date: Late September/Early October Value: Salary plus NI plus USS, business development fund of Funding: Government d10,000 and business training provided Contributor: The Scottish Government Length of Study: 1 year No. of awards given last year: 8 Frequency: Biannual No. of applicants last year: 30 Study Establishment: Scottish University or Research Institute Additional Information: Website: www.royalsoced.org.uk/872_ Country of Study: Scotland ResearchNetworksinArtsandHumanities.html. No. of awards offered: 5 Application Procedure: Application docs are available on RSE Research Workshops in Arts and Humanities website. Closing dates in spring and autumn each year. Subjects: Arts and humanities. Closing Date: November 5th Purpose: To encourage collaborative investigation into a research Funding: Government proposition that is at an early stage of its development. A Workshop is Contributor: Scottish Enterprise

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No. of awards given last year: 5 Application Procedure: Applicants should download an application No. of applicants last year: 19 form from www.rsm.ac.uk/awards. Additional Information: Please see the website for further details Closing Date: March 28th www.royalsoced.org.uk/636_ScottishEnterprise.html. Applicants must No. of awards given last year: 1 intend to form a spin-out company based in Scotland. No. of applicants last year: 50 For further information contact: Senior and Early Career Prizes Subjects: 4 categories – Life sciences, physical sciences, art and Email: [email protected] humanities plus social sciences, business, education or public service. Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Purpose: To recognize outstanding achievement at different career stages. Alan Emery Prize Level of Study: Postdoctorate Subjects: Genetics. Type: Prize Purpose: To reward the best published research article in Medical Value: A medal is presented plus senior prize Genetics in the past 2 years. Frequency: Annual Eligibility: Open to candidates in an accredited training or research No. of awards offered: 8 (2 in each of 4 areas above) post in the UK. Application Procedure: Only fellows of the RSE can make Type: Prize nominations for the RSE prizes. Value: d500 or d300 or 1 year membership of Royal Society of Medicine Closing Date: November 30th Frequency: Annual Funding: Private Application Procedure: Candidates must submit full copy of the Contributor: RSE Prizes fund article, curriculum vitae or covering letter explaining the significance of Additional Information: Please see the website for further details the publication. www.royalsoced.org.uk/847_SeniorandEarlyCareerPrizes.html. Only Closing Date: March 5th (check with website) fellows of the RSE can make nominations for these prizes. No. of awards given last year: 1 No. of applicants last year: 7 Small Research Grants in Arts and Humanities For further information contact: Subjects: Arts and humanities. Purpose: To enable individual research work over 1 year in any arts Email: [email protected] and humanities subject. Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Eligibility: As for workshops. Level of Study: Professional development Cardiology Section Presidents Prize Type: Research grant Subjects: Cardiology. d Value: 500–7,500 Purpose: To reward original work for specialist registrar in cardiology. Length of Study: 1 year Eligibility: Open to cardiology trainees who have received all or part Frequency: Dependent on funds available of their training at recognized centres of excellence in the UK. The Country of Study: Scotland subject of the presentation should represent original work. Application Procedure: As for workshops. Level of Study: Research Closing Date: Early to mid-October Type: Prize Funding: Government Value: Commemoration medal and d1,000 (First prize); d500 (Second Contributor: Scottish Government prize) No. of awards given last year: 15 Frequency: Annual No. of applicants last year: 26 Study Establishment: Recognized centres of excellence in UK Additional Information: Please check website for more information Country of Study: United Kingdom www.royalsoced.org.uk/650_ScottishGovernmentArtsandHumanities. No. of awards offered: 2 html. Application Procedure: Candidates should submit an abstract of no more than 200 words. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE Closing Date: May 8th Contributor: Cardiology Section Funds (RSM) No. of awards given last year: 2

1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, England For further information contact: Tel: (44) 20 7290 3846 Cardiology Section, Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, Fax: (44) 20 7290 2989 London, WIG 0AE, United Kingdom Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/awards Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Contact: Awards Manager, Alademic Department

The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) provides academic services and Catastrophes & Conflict Forum Medical Student Essay club facilities for its members as well as publishing a monthly journal Prize and an annual bulletin, and providing over 400 educational confer- Subjects: Medicine and surgery. ences and meetings per year. The RSM offers around 60 awards and Eligibility: Open to candidates who are enrolled full-time at a U.K. prizes each year. The majority for medical doctors in training covering medical school. the majority of specialities in medicine and surgery. Level of Study: Postgraduate Type: Prize Adrian Tanner Prize Value: d250 plus encouragement and advice on submitting the essay Subjects: Clinical case reports should be submitted to reflect the for publication in the JRSM multidisciplinary nature of the care for surgical patients. Frequency: Annual Purpose: To encourage surgical trainees submit the best clinical case Study Establishment: Royal Society of Medicine reports. Country of Study: United Kingdom Eligibility: Open to all surgeons in training. No. of awards offered: 1 Value: UKd250 Application Procedure: Candidates should submit an essay no Frequency: Annual longer than 1,500 words, emailed in Word format. Study Establishment: Royal Society of Medicine–Surgery section Closing Date: March 1st Country of Study: United Kingdom No. of awards given last year: 2 No. of awards offered: 1 No. of applicants last year: 9

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For further information contact: Application Procedure: Applicants must submit one A4 page (up to 500 words) summary of research carried out. Those considered to be Email: [email protected] the best will be asked to give a 15 minute presentation. Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Closing Date: Check with website

Clinical Forensic and Legal Medicine Section Poster For further information contact: Competition Email: [email protected] Subjects: Clinical studies. Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Purpose: To present a case or a poster in clinical studies. Eligibility: Undergraduate students who have been working as part of courses leading to primary qualifications such as Legal Medicine Coloproctology John of Arderne Medal Special Study Modules and electives for MBBS. Subjects: Coloproctology. Level of Study: Trainee and students Purpose: To award the presenter of the best paper presented at the Value: d250 short papers meeting of the section of coloproctology. Applicants have Frequency: Annual to submit an abstract for presentation at the meeting. No. of awards offered: Varies Eligibility: Open to applicants of any nationality. Application Procedure: Please visit the website www.rsm.ac.uk/ Level of Study: Professional development academ/awards/index for application form details. Type: Award d Closing Date: December 15th Value: Approx. UK 600 Frequency: Annual For further information contact: Study Establishment: Varies Country of Study: Any country Email: [email protected] No. of awards offered: 1 Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Application Procedure: Further details are available from the RSM administrator. Clinical Immunology & Allergy President’s Prize Closing Date: September and November (check with website) Subjects: Immunology or allergy. Funding: Private Eligibility: Open to training grade doctors and young scientists (not No. of awards given last year: 1 above Specialist Registrar, Grade B Clinical Scientist or equivalent No. of applicants last year: 14–20 grade) with an immunological or allergy component of their clinical research. For further information contact: Level of Study: Research, training graduate doctors and young Email: [email protected] scientists Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Type: Prize Value: d300 (First prize); two prizes of d100 (Second prize) Frequency: Annual Dermatology Clinicopathological Meetings Country of Study: United Kingdom Subjects: Clinicopathology. No. of awards offered: 3 Eligibility: Trainee Dermatologists. Application Procedure: Check website for further details. Type: Prize Closing Date: Check the website Value: d150 No. of awards given last year: 3 Frequency: Annual No. of applicants last year: 10 Country of Study: United Kingdom No. of awards offered: 1 For further information contact: Closing Date: Check the website Email: [email protected] Contributor: Royal Society of Medicine Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/awards No. of awards given last year: 1 No. of applicants last year: 32 Additional Information: For more details, please refer the website: Clinical Neurosciences Gordon Holmes Prize www.dermpath.com/news-events/calendar/practical-symposium- Subjects: Clinical neurosciences. sharpen-your-dermatology-clinicopathologic-and-business. Purpose: To award a research prize in clinical neurosciences. Eligibility: Trainees in neurosciences, including neurology, neuro- For further information contact: surgery, neurophysiology, neuropathology or neuroradiology. Level of Study: Neuro trainee Email: [email protected] Type: Prize Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Value: d300 Frequency: Every 2 years Epidemiology & Public Health Young Epidemiologists No. of awards offered: Varies Prize Application Procedure: Please check the website https://www.rsm. Subjects: Epidemiology and public health. ac.uk/prizes-awards/trainees.aspx. Purpose: To reward outstanding papers. Closing Date: Check the website Eligibility: Any medical/non-medical epidemiologist or public health For further information contact: practitioner under the age of 40 years. Level of Study: Unrestricted Email: [email protected] Type: Award Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Value: d250 Frequency: Annual Clinical Neurosciences President’s Prize Country of Study: United Kingdom Subjects: Neurology. No. of awards offered: 1 Purpose: To encourage clinical case presentation. Application Procedure: Download the application form from website. Eligibility: Open to trainees in neurosciences, including neurology, Closing Date: November 27th (check with website) neurosurgery, neurophysiology, neuropathology, or neuroradiology. No. of awards given last year: 1 Level of Study: Trainee No. of applicants last year: 9 Type: Prize For further information contact: Length of Study: d300 Frequency: Every 2 years Email: [email protected] No. of awards offered: Varies Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/

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General Practice with Primary Healthcare John Fry Prize Value: d250 Subjects: Primary healthcare. Frequency: Annual Purpose: To award best examples of practice-based research Application Procedure: Candidates should submit an abstract of involving members of the primary health and social community, their own work (no longer than 200 words). demonstrating and promoting effective team work. Closing Date: March 9th (check the website) Eligibility: Open to candidates currently working in primary health- Funding: Private care in the UK excluding members of the RSM section of GP Council. Contributor: Professor Harrington Level of Study: Unrestricted No. of awards given last year: 1 Type: Prize No. of applicants last year: 9 Value: d300 Frequency: Annual For further information contact: Country of Study: United Kingdom Email: [email protected] No. of awards offered: 1 Website: http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Application Procedure: Application form must be completed in all respects. Closing Date: March 27th Oncology Section Sylvia Lawler Prize Funding: Private Subjects: Oncology. Contributor: John Fry Purpose: To encourage scientists and clinicians in training to present No. of awards given last year: 1 the best scientific paper and best clinical paper on oncology. No. of applicants last year: 4 Eligibility: All scientists and clinicians in training. Level of Study: Postgraduate For further information contact: Type: Grant RSM, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G QAE Value: Two prizes of d500 to oral presenters and one prize of Email: [email protected] d50 voucher to poster presenter Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Frequency: Annual Contact: Gemma Lamb Study Establishment: Royal Society of Medicine Country of Study: United Kingdom No. of awards offered: 2 Military Medicine Colt Foundation Research Prize Application Procedure: Applicants should download an application Purpose: To recognize the best abstract by a serving military medical form from the website www.rsm.ac.uk/prizes-awards/trainees.aspx, officer. and submit the same via email to [email protected]. Eligibility: Open to serving military officers in a training grade in Closing Date: April 19th general practice, a hospital or other speciality and are fellows of the No. of awards given last year: 1 RSM. No. of applicants last year: 50 Level of Study: Postgraduate, serving military medical officers Type: Prize For further information contact: Value: d200 (1st prize) and d100 each (2nd prize) Frequency: Annual Email: [email protected] Study Establishment: Royal Society of Medicine Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Country of Study: United Kingdom No. of awards offered: 1 (1st prize) and 5 (2nd prizes) Ophthalmology Section Travelling Fellowships Application Procedure: Candidates should email the abstracts. The Subjects: Ophthalmology. abstracts will be shortlisted by the panel and judged. Purpose: To enable British ophthalmologists to travel abroad with the Closing Date: November 6th intention of furthering the study or advancement of ophthalmology, or Funding: Trusts to enable foreign ophthalmologists to visit the UK for the same Contributor: Colt Foundation purpose. No. of awards given last year: 1 Eligibility: Open to ophthalmologists in the British Isles of any No. of applicants last year: 15 nationality who have not attained an official consultant appointment, For further information contact: nor undertaken professional clinical work or equivalent responsibility for any substantial period before or during the execution of original Email: [email protected] work. Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Level of Study: Professional development Type: Fellowship d Nephrology Section Rosemarie Baillod Clinical Award Value: UK 500–1,000 Eligibility: All doctors in training in nephrology and renal medicine at Frequency: Every 2 years any grade. Study Establishment: Varies Type: Research award Country of Study: Any country Value: d200 No. of awards offered: Varies Frequency: Annual Application Procedure: Applicants must apply to the academic Country of Study: United Kingdom administrator at RSM. No. of awards offered: 1 Closing Date: May 1st Application Procedure: Please visit website for further details. No. of awards given last year: 4 Closing Date: Check the website No. of applicants last year: 6 For further information contact: For further information contact: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/

Occupational Medicine Section Malcolm Harrington Prize Ophthalmology Trainees Prize Subjects: Occupational medicine. Subjects: Ophthalmology. Purpose: To award the work that is most likely to advance the study Purpose: To encourage trainee ophthalmologists present research of occupational medicine in its broadest sense. work and case reports to a knowledgeable and critical audience. Eligibility: Open to occupational physician in training or within an year Eligibility: Open to all ophthalmologists in training. of achieving specialist accreditation. Level of Study: Postgraduate, Research Type: Prize Type: Prize

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Value: Best Poster: d150, Best Paper: d150 plus the Dermot Pierse No. of awards given last year: 2 prize of 1 year’s subscription to the British Journal of Ophthalmology No. of applicants last year: 12 to the overall winner Frequency: Annual For further information contact: Study Establishment: Royal Society of Medicine Email: [email protected] Country of Study: United Kingdom Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ No. of awards offered: 1 (best poster) and 1 (best talk) Application Procedure: Applicants should download an application Palliative Care Section MSc/MA Research Prize form from www.rsm.ac.uk/prizes-awards/trainees.aspx and email Eligibility: All students either currently studying, or within 18 months application to [email protected]. of completion, of MSc or MA in Palliative Medicine or an allied Closing Date: April 21st discipline, are eligible to apply. No. of awards given last year: 2 Level of Study: Foundation programme, Postgraduate No. of applicants last year: 35 Type: Prize Additional Information: Email applications to Value: 1st prize of d250, 2nd prize of d100, and 3rd prize of d50 [email protected]. Frequency: Annual No. of awards offered: 2 Orthopaedics Section President’s Prize Papers Closing Date: September 17th Purpose: To encourage research in the area of Orthopaedics. Contributor: Palliative Care Section Eligibility: Open to all orthopaedic trainees. Level of Study: Postgraduate For further information contact: Type: Prize Email: [email protected] d d Value: Clinical paper prize – 1st prize of 300 and 2nd prize of 200 Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Frequency: Annual Study Establishment: Royal Society of Medicine Country of Study: United Kingdom Psychiatry Section Mental Health Foundation Research No. of awards offered: 1 Prize Application Procedure: Candidates should submit abstracts no Subjects: Psychiatry. longer than 200 words. The abstracts will be judged by a panel of Purpose: To award an outstanding published paper. experts, shortlisted and asked to be presented at a meeting. Eligibility: Open to candidates practising medicine in the UK or the Closing Date: April 5th Republic of Ireland who are in training at any grade from senior house No. of awards given last year: 1 officer to senior registrar or equivalent. Applicants need not be No. of applicants last year: 10 members of RSM. Level of Study: SHO or SpR For further information contact: Type: Prize Value: UKd750 (1st prize); UKd100 (2nd prize) Email: [email protected] Frequency: Annual Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Country of Study: United Kingdom No. of awards offered: 2 Otology Section Norman Gamble Grant Application Procedure: Full copy of the published article, curriculum Subjects: Otology. vitae and covering letter explaining in their own words the significance Purpose: To support specific research projects. of the publication to be submitted to the section of psychiatry. Eligibility: British citizens, both lay and medical. Closing Date: Early January (check the website) Level of Study: Unrestricted Funding: Private Type: Prize No. of applicants last year: 1 Value: UKd100 Frequency: Annual For further information contact: Country of Study: Any country Email: [email protected] No. of awards offered: 1 Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Application Procedure: Further details are available from the RSM administrator. Sexual Health Trainee Prize Closing Date: December 9th (check the website) Subjects: Medicine and surgery. Funding: Private Eligibility: Open to trainees within 10 years of qualification. No. of awards given last year: 1 Type: Prize No. of applicants last year: 4 Value: First prize of d250.00 and a 1 year RSM membership; Second For further information contact: prize of a 1 year RSM membership Length of Study: 10 years Email: [email protected] Frequency: Annual Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ No. of awards offered: Varies Application Procedure: Abstracts should be set out on A4 paper, Paediatrics & Child Health Section Trainees Tim David double spaced and not more than 200 words in length. Only two Prize abstracts are permitted per applicant and each applicant may Subjects: Paediatrics. only present one poster or one oral. Please visit the website Purpose: To encourage research in the area of Paediatrics & Child https://www.rsm.ac.uk/prizes-awards/trainees.aspx. Health. Closing Date: March 25th Eligibility: Open to paediatric trainees. Level of Study: Foundation programme, Postgraduate Surgery Section Norman Tanner Prize and Glaxo Type: Prize Travelling Fellowship Value: First prize d150, 1 year’s subscription to the RSM (worth up to Subjects: Oncology. d200) and membership of the Council of the Section of Paediatrics Purpose: To encourage clinical registrars submit the best clinical and Child Health for 1 year. There will also be a second prize of d100 paper. Frequency: Annual Eligibility: Open to all trainee oncologists. No. of awards offered: 2 Value: d250 plus the Norman Tanner Medal. Runner up – d250 Glaxo Application Procedure: Candidates should submit abstracts. Travelling Fellowship Closing Date: April 1st Frequency: Annual Contributor: Paediatrics & Child Health Section, RSM Study Establishment: Royal Society of Medicine

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Country of Study: United Kingdom Type: Fellowship No. of awards offered: 1 Value: A bursary of d1,000 and an RSM award certificate Application Procedure: Applicants are requested to contact the Frequency: Annual Section Coordinator at [email protected]. No. of awards offered: 1 Closing Date: September 1st Closing Date: March 8th No. of awards given last year: 12 Additional Information: Candidates must be available on the May No. of applicants last year: 30 16th for presentation of their short paper to be eligible for this prize. For further information contact: For further information contact: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Website: www.rsm.ac.uk

Trainees’ Committee John Glyn Trainees’ Prize Urology Section Winter Short Papers Prize (Clinical Purpose: The prize was established to promote best practise through Uro-Radiological Meeting) high quality audit. Subjects: Urology. Eligibility: Trainees from any hospital or primary care specialty. Purpose: To reward the best clinicopathological short paper. Level of Study: Foundation programme, Graduate, Postgraduate, Eligibility: Urological and radiological trainees. Research Type: Prize Type: Prize Value: Fully funded RSM travelling fellowship to the Urology Section’s Value: d300 overseas winter scientific meeting in the next academic session. Frequency: Annual Runner up prizes of a bursary towards the RSM overseas winter No. of awards offered: 1 scientific meeting in the next academic session Closing Date: April 12th (check with website) Frequency: Annual Contributor: Royal Society of Medicine No. of awards offered: 3 No. of awards given last year: 1 Closing Date: Check the website No. of applicants last year: 40 For further information contact: For further information contact: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Venous Forum Spring Meeting Prizes Urology Malcolm Coptcoat Spring Short Papers Prize Purpose: To recognize the best original paper by a non-consultant. Subjects: Urology. Eligibility: Open to non-consultants. Purpose: To award the best short paper. Level of Study: Postgraduate Eligibility: Open to urological trainees. Abstracts should be the Type: Prize applicant’s own work, and must not be longer than 200 words in Value: d250 (1st prize); d200 (2nd prize); d150 (3rd prize); and d200 length. All subjects will be considered. This award is sponsored by the (Poster prize) Malcolm Coptcoat Memorial Trust. Frequency: Annual Type: Prize Study Establishment: Royal Society of Medicine Value: The best paper wins up to d1,500 RSM travelling fellowship to Country of Study: United Kingdom the Urology Section’s overseas winter scientific meeting in the next No. of awards offered: 1 academic session. Runner up prizes of a bursary towards the RSM Application Procedure: Candidates should email abstracts. Short- overseas winter scientific meeting in the next academic session listed candidates will be invited to present their papers. Frequency: Annual Closing Date: March 13th Closing Date: January 14th No. of awards given last year: 1 Additional Information: Please email at [email protected] for more No. of applicants last year: 20 information. For further information contact: Urology Professor Geoffrey D Chisholm CBE Email: [email protected] Communication Prize Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ Subjects: Urology. Purpose: To reward the best abstract at the Short Papers Prize ROYAL TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE Meeting. Eligibility: Open to members of the Urology section. (RTPI) Level of Study: Trainee doctors Type: Travel award 41 Botolph Lane, London, EC3R 8DL, England Value: Fully funded RSM travelling fellowship to the Urology Section’s Tel: (44) 020 7929 9494 overseas winter scientific meeting in the next academic session Fax: (44) 020 7929 9490 No. of awards offered: 3 Email: [email protected] Closing Date: March 8th Website: www.rtpi.org.uk/ No. of awards given last year: 3 The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) was founded in 1914 and is No. of applicants last year: 30 a registered charity. Its aim is to advance the science and art of town For further information contact: planning in all its aspects, including local, regional and national planning for the benefit of the public. The Institute is primarily Email: [email protected] concerned with maintaining high standards of competence and Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/awards/ conduct within the profession, promoting the role of planning within the country’s social, economic and political structures, and presenting the Urology Section Professor John Blandy Essay Prize for profession’s views on current planning issues. Medical Students Subjects: Urology. George Pepler International Award Purpose: To enable the holder to enhance his or her knowledge and Subjects: Town and country planning or some particular aspect of experience by visiting an overseas unit. planning theory and practice. Eligibility: Medical students. Purpose: To enable young people of any nationality to visit another Level of Study: Trainees country for a short period to study.

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Eligibility: Open to persons under 30 years of age of any nationality. Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozam- Level of Study: Professional development, Research bique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Type: Fees to performers Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Value: Up to UKd1,500 Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Length of Study: Short-term travel outside the United Kingdom for Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. United Kingdom residents or for visits to the United Kingdom for Level of Study: MBA applicants from abroad Type: Scholarship Frequency: Every 2 years Value: 20 per cent tuition fee waiver Country of Study: Any country Length of Study: 12 months No. of awards offered: 1 Frequency: Annual Application Procedure: Applicants must submit a statement showing Study Establishment: RSM Erasmus University the nature of the study visit proposed, together with an itinerary. Country of Study: Netherlands Application forms are available on request from the RTPI. No. of awards offered: 1 Closing Date: March 31st Application Procedure: Candidates Application Form to be Funding: Private considered. Contributor: Trust fund Closing Date: Check the website No. of awards given last year: 1 Funding: Private No. of applicants last year: 20 Contributor: RSM Erasmus University Additional Information: At the conclusion of the visit the recipient No. of awards given last year: 1 must submit a report. Please see the website for further details www.rtpi.org.uk/events/awards/george-pepler-international-award/. RSM MBA Alumni Lifelong Learning Scholarship Subjects: Business Management. RSM ERASMUS UNIVERSITY Purpose: To assist candidates in financing their MBA study in the Netherlands. MBA Programmes, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, Eligibility: At Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) we believe in PO Box 1738, Rotterdam, 3000 DR, Netherlands and foster life-long learning. In recognition of this ideal, we are offering Tel: (31) 10 408 2222 graduates from the RSM and EUR Bachelor and/or Master degrees a Fax: (31) 10 452 9509 20 per cent MBA Lifelong Learning Scholarship awarded as a tuition Email: [email protected] fee waiver. Website: www.rsm.nl Level of Study: MBA Contact: Denise Chasney van Dijk, Financial Aid Manager Type: Scholarship Value: h3,240 As one of the world’s top business schools, RSM is a centre of Length of Study: 12 months excellence and innovation for management education and research. Frequency: Annual Our goal is to empower individuals to succeed amid the complexities Study Establishment: Erasmus University of modern international commerce and become the business leaders Country of Study: Netherlands of tomorrow. No. of awards offered: 1 Application Procedure: Complete Application Form. NFP Netherlands Fellowship Programme Closing Date: Application deadline for applying to the MBA Subjects: Business Management. Programme Purpose: To assist full-time MBA students financing MBA. Funding: Private Eligibility: Open to residents of 57 countries as listed on the NUFFIC Contributor: RSM Erasmus University website with a preference for female candidates from sub-Saharan Africa. RSM MBA Asia & Australia Regional Scholarship Level of Study: MBA Subjects: Business Management. Type: Fellowship Purpose: To assist candidates from the Asia & Australasia Region in Value: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the budget for financing their MBA study in the Netherlands. development cooperation Eligibility: The scholarship is open to high potential candidates who are Length of Study: 12 months a citizen or hold permanent residence status in one of the following listed Frequency: Annual countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Study Establishment: Erasmus University China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Macau, Country of Study: Netherlands Malaysia, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Palau, Papua No. of awards offered: 1 New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Application Procedure: Refer the website for further details. Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vietnam, Yemen. Closing Date: May 1st Level of Study: MBA Funding: Government Type: Scholarship Contributor: NUFFIC/Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Value: 20 per cent tuition fee waiver No. of awards given last year: 1 Length of Study: 12 months No. of applicants last year: 4 Frequency: Annual Additional Information: Please refer to the website for more details: Study Establishment: Erasmus University www.studyinholland.nl/scholarships/highlighted-scholarships/ Country of Study: Netherlands netherlands-fellowship-programmes. No. of awards offered: 1 Application Procedure: Complete application form to be considered. RSM MBA Africa & Middle East Regional Scholarship Closing Date: September 30th Funding: Private Subjects: Business Management. Contributor: RSM Erasmus University Purpose: To assist candidates from the Africa & Middle East Region No. of awards given last year: 1 in financing their MBA study in the Netherlands. No. of applicants last year: 36 Eligibility: The scholarship is open to high potential candidates who Additional Information: Eligible to nationals of Asia and Australasia. are a citizen or hold permanent residence status in one of the following listed countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central RSM MBA Central & Eastern Europe Regional African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo Scholarship (Kinshasa), Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Subjects: Business Management. Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea- Purpose: To assist candidates from the Central & Eastern Europe Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, region in financing their MBA study in the Netherlands.

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Eligibility: The scholarship is open to high potential candidates who Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican are a citizen or hold permanent residence status in one of the following Republic, El Salvador, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, listed countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Peru, Saba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Sint Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mace- Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela. donia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Level of Study: MBA Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Type: Scholarship Level of Study: MBA Value: 20 per cent tuition fee waiver Type: Scholarship Length of Study: 12 months Value: 20 per cent tuition fee waiver Frequency: Annual Length of Study: 12 months Study Establishment: Erasmus University Frequency: Annual Country of Study: Netherlands Study Establishment: Erasmus University No. of awards offered: 1 Country of Study: Netherlands Application Procedure: Complete application form to be considered No. of awards offered: 1 for this scholarship. Application Procedure: Candidates complete application form. Closing Date: September 30th Closing Date: October 30th Funding: Private Funding: Private Contributor: RSM Erasmus University Contributor: RSM Erasmus University No. of awards given last year: 1 No. of awards given last year: 1 Additional Information: Eligible to nationals of Latin America & No. of applicants last year: 7 Caribbean. Additional Information: Eligible to nationals of Central and Eastern Europe. RSM MBA North America Regional Scholarship Subjects: Business Management. RSM MBA Dean’s Assistance Award Purpose: To assist candidates from North America region in financing Subjects: Business Management. their MBA study in the Netherlands. Purpose: To assist candidates from in financing their MBA study in Eligibility: Open to high potential candidates who are citizens or hold the Netherlands. permanent residence status in one of the following listed countries: Eligibility: Any candidate who has submitted an MBA programme Canada and US. application by November 3rd. Level of Study: MBA Level of Study: MBA Type: Scholarship Type: Scholarship Value: 20 per cent tuition fee waiver Value: The Award is offered as a MBA tuition fee waiver Length of Study: 12 months Length of Study: 12 months Frequency: Annual Frequency: Annual Study Establishment: Erasmus University Study Establishment: Erasmus University Country of Study: Netherlands Country of Study: Netherlands No. of awards offered: 1 No. of awards offered: 1 Application Procedure: Complete application form is required. Application Procedure: Submit letter of motivation outlining financial Closing Date: October 30th challenges and a financial statement and financing planning overview. Funding: Private Closing Date: April 4th, July 18th, September 12th, November 14th Contributor: RSM Erasmus University Funding: Private No. of awards given last year: 1 Contributor: RSM Erasmus University Additional Information: For further details, please refer to the website: www.rsm.nl/mba/international-full-time-mba/apply/financing- RSM MBA Sustainability Scholarship your-mba/aid/569/ Subjects: Business Management. Purpose: To assist candidates in financing their MBA study in the RSM MBA Dean’s Merit Award Netherlands. Eligibility: The merit-based scholarship is open to high potential Subjects: Business Management. candidates who are interested in pursuing a world-class graduate Purpose: To assist high potential candidates finance their study. management education at a leading international business school in Eligibility: Any candidate who has submitted an MBA programme Europe, and can demonstrate their interest in sustainability. application by November 3rd. Level of Study: MBA Level of Study: MBA Type: Scholarship Type: Scholarship Value: 5,000 Value: Up to 40 per cent tuition fee waiver Length of Study: 12 months Length of Study: 12 months Frequency: Annual Frequency: Annual Study Establishment: Erasmus University Study Establishment: Erasmus University Country of Study: Netherlands Country of Study: Netherlands No. of awards offered: 1 No. of awards offered: 1 Application Procedure: Complete Application Form and write essay Application Procedure: No application required. not exceeding 500 words by answering the questions available via the Closing Date: Up to end November website (www.rsm.nl/financialaid). Funding: Private Closing Date: November 1st Contributor: RSM Erasmus University Funding: Private No. of awards given last year: 4 Contributor: RSM Erasmus University No. of awards given last year: 1 RSM MBA Latin America & Caribbean Regional Scholarship Subjects: Business Management. RSM MBA Western Europe Regional Scholarship Purpose: To assist candidates from the Latin America & Caribbean Subjects: Business Management. region in financing their MBA study in the Netherlands. Purpose: To assist candidates from the Western Europe region in Eligibility: The scholarship is open to high potential candidates who financing their MBA study in the Netherlands. are a citizen or hold permanent residence status in one of the following Eligibility: The scholarship is open to high potential candidates who listed countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, are a citizen or hold permanent residence status in one of the Barbados, Belize, Bermudas, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, Chile, following listed countries: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus,

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Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Type: Scholarship Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Value: h5,000 Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Length of Study: 21 months United Kingdom. Frequency: Annual Level of Study: MBA Study Establishment: Erasmus University Type: Scholarship Country of Study: Netherlands Value: 20 per cent tuition fee waiver No. of awards offered: 2 Length of Study: 12 months Application Procedure: Refer to the website for further details. Frequency: Annual Closing Date: November Study Establishment: Erasmus University Funding: Private Country of Study: Netherlands Contributor: RSM Erasmus University No. of awards offered: 1 No. of awards given last year: 2 Application Procedure: Complete application form is required. No. of applicants last year: 3 Closing Date: October 1st Additional Information: Committed to increasing the diversity of Funding: Private the OneMBA class, the Rotterdam School of Management, Contributor: RSM Erasmus University Erasmus University, offers the Women in Business scholarship No. of awards given last year: 1 to two women demonstrating exceptional business leadership potential.

RSM MBA Women in Business Scholarship Subjects: Business Management. RSM-NESO MBA in Taiwan Scholarship Purpose: To assist candidates from in financing their MBA study in Subjects: Business Management. the Netherlands. Purpose: To assist Taiwanese nationals in financing their MBA study Eligibility: Committed to increasing the gender diversity, a female in the Netherlands. International Full-time MBA applicant who has been accepted onto the Eligibility: Open to candidates from Taiwan only. Programme commencing January is invited to apply. Level of Study: MBA Level of Study: MBA Type: Scholarship Type: Scholarship Value: h10,000 per award Value: 10,000 Length of Study: 12 months Length of Study: 12 months Frequency: Annual Frequency: Annual Study Establishment: Erasmus University Study Establishment: Erasmus University Country of Study: The Netherlands Country of Study: Netherlands No. of awards offered: 2 No. of awards offered: 1 Application Procedure: Please check website for further details. Application Procedure: Complete Application Form and write blog Closing Date: October not exceeding 500 words by answering the questions available via the Funding: Government website (www.rsm.nl/financialaid). Contributor: Netherlands Education Support Office Closing Date: September No. of awards given last year: 2 Funding: Private No. of applicants last year: 5 Contributor: RSM Erasmus University No. of awards given last year: 1 RSPCA AUSTRALIA INC. RSM Non-EEA Scholarship of Excellence Subjects: Bachelor of Science in International Business Administra- PO Box 265, Deakin West, ACT 2600, Australia tion (IBA) programme. Tel: (61) 02 6282 8300 Purpose: It is for students from non-EEA countries who are not Fax: (61) 02 6282 8311 entitled to pay the EEA tuition fee, provided their grades are Email: [email protected] considered ‘excellent’. The scholarship will be provided in the form of a Website: www.rspca.org.au waiver from the non-EEA tuition fee. The mission of RSPCA is to prevent cruelty to animals by actively Eligibility: It is open for prospective IBA students starting their studies promoting their care and protection and to be the leading authority in in the current academic year from all non-EEA countries, provided animal care and protection. The RSPCA shelters are one of the most they would be charged the non-EEA tuition fee. Only students who are visible parts of the Society’s operations. RSPCA shelters receive more not recipients of any other scholarships exceeding the amount of than 138,000 animals per year. h5,000 in total in that same academic year can apply for the scholarship. Value: The value of the partial scholarship is 8.500 euros (half of the RSPCA Australia Alan White Scholarship for Animal regular tuition fee). The scholarship takes the form of a waiver being Welfare Research the amount of money that will be subtracted from the full non-EEA Subjects: General animal welfare issues and animal welfare. tuition fee (h17,000) Purpose: To encourage students to take an active interest in animal Length of Study: 1st year of the IBA programme welfare issues, to support animal welfare research that might not Country of Study: Netherlands otherwise attract funding, and to promote the objectives of the RSPCA Application Procedure: Mode of application is online application. within the research community. Closing Date: Applicants for MSc: October 15th and March 1st and Eligibility: Open to applicants who are enroled in any accredited Applicants for the MSc International Management-CEMS: October course at an Australian university. Applicants must also demonstrate 15th and January 31st a major commitment towards the involvement of animal welfare Additional Information: Students from all non-EEA countries are issues. welcome. The school may give preference to students with Brazilian, Level of Study: Postgraduate Russian, Indian, Chinese, Taiwanese/Korean/Filipino, Indonesian/ Type: Scholarship Vietnamese/Thai, Iranian/Iraqi, Azerbaijani/Georgian, Turkish, African Value: Australian $8,200 (all countries) and Mexican nationalities. Frequency: Annual Country of Study: Australia RSM OneMBA Women in Business Scholarship Application Procedure: Application forms can be downloaded from Subjects: Business Management. the website. Purpose: To assist OneMBA women students finance their study. Closing Date: August 27th Level of Study: MBA Funding: Foundation

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Contributor: RSPCA RUTH ESTRIN GOLDBERG MEMORIAL Additional Information: For further information, please contact Chief FOR CANCER RESEARCH Scientist. PO Box 194, Springfield, Union, NJ, 07081, United States of America RSPCA Australia Scholarship for Humane Animal Tel: (1) 908 686 5508 Production Research Email: [email protected] Subjects: Animal welfare issues in animal production. Website: www.regm-cancer-research.us Purpose: To encourage students to take an active interest in animal Contact: Mrs Rhoda Goodman, Chairman welfare issues, to support animal welfare research that might not otherwise attract funding, and to promote the objectives of the RSPCA The Ruth Estrin Goldberg Memorial for Cancer Research is a within the research community. foundation supporting cancer research. It gives grants to doctors Eligibility: Open to applicants who are enroled in any accredited undertaking research. Awarded to research being done in hospitals in course at an Australian university. Applicants must also demonstrate a NY, NJ, CT, PA. major commitment towards the involvement of animal welfare issues. Type: Scholarship Ruth Estrin Goldberg Memorial for Cancer Research Value: Australian $8,200 Subjects: Cancer research. Frequency: Annual Purpose: To help fund cancer research in institutions. Country of Study: Australia Eligibility: Open to candidates from the eastern US, only New York, Application Procedure: Application forms can be downloaded from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or Connecticut. the website. Level of Study: Unrestricted Closing Date: August 27th Type: Quarterly payments Funding: Foundation Value: US$10,000 Contributor: RSPCA Length of Study: 1 year Additional Information: For further information, please contact Chief Country of Study: United States of America Scientist. No. of awards offered: 1 Application Procedure: Applicants must write for an application form and guidelines. RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION Closing Date: April 28th Funding: Private 112 East 64th Street, New York, NY, 10065, Contributor: Members and friends United States of America No. of awards given last year: 1 Tel: (1) 212 750 6000 No. of applicants last year: 10 Fax: (1) 212 371 4761 Additional Information: The Ruth Estrin Goldberg Memorial for Email: [email protected] Cancer Research is a volunteer organization. Website: www.russellsage.org Contact: Christopher Brogna, CFO For further information contact: The Russell Sage Foundation is the principal American foundation 653 Colonial Arms Road, Union, NJ, 07083, United States of America devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences. Located in Contact: Mrs Rhoda Goodman, Chairman New York City, the Foundation is a research centre, a funding source for studies by scholars at other academic and research institutions and an active member of the nation’s social science RYERSON UNIVERSITY community. 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON, M5B-2K3, Canada Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars Program Tel: (1) 416 979 5000 Subjects: Social sciences. Fax: (1) 416 979 5292 Purpose: To pursue writing and research. Email: [email protected] Eligibility: Open to scholars in the social sciences. The Foundation Website: www.ryerson.ca particularly welcomes groups of visiting scholars who wish to Contact: Dr Judith Sandys, International Relations collaborate on a specific project during their residence at the Ryerson University was founded in 1948 as Ryerson Institute of foundation. In order to develop these projects fully, support is Technology, established primarily as a training ground for the growing sometimes provided for working groups prior to their arrival at the workforce of a booming post war economy. The Institute was a novel foundation. Awards are not made for the support of graduate degree alternative to the traditional apprenticeship system of technical work, nor for institutional support. learning. Level of Study: Doctorate, Postdoctorate Type: Fellowship Value: Scholars are provided with an office at the Foundation, Ryerson Graduate Scholarships (RGS) research assistance, computer and library facilities, and supplemental Subjects: All subjects. salary support of up to 50 per cent of their academic year salary when Purpose: To attract and retain excellent graduate students and unavailable from other sources (up to a maximum of $110,000) support them financially. Length of Study: 1 academic year Eligibility: Open to Master’s candidates with a minimum grade point Frequency: Annual average of at least 3.67. Renewal will require a minimum 1st year Study Establishment: The Foundation grade point average of 3.67, with no grade below 2.67. For a Doctoral Country of Study: Any country candidate a minimum grade point average of at least 3.67 in their No. of awards offered: Varies Master’s programme is required. Application Procedure: Applicants should consult the website or Level of Study: Doctorate, Postgraduate contact the organization for details. Type: Scholarship Closing Date: April 15th–June 30th Value: Canadian $7,000 Funding: Foundation Length of Study: 2–3 years No. of awards given last year: 21 Study Establishment: Ryerson University No. of applicants last year: 110 Country of Study: Canada Additional Information: Awardees are expected to offer the Closing Date: Check the website Foundation the right to publish any book-length manuscripts resulting Funding: Private, individuals from Foundation support. Please see the website for further details Additional Information: Students who did not receive an entry www.russellsage.org/about/contact-us#scholars. scholarship, but who perform at the level required for scholarship

650 RYERSON UNIVERSITY renewal will be eligible to be considered for an RGS after their 1st year Ontario Grade 12U program. For detailed information, please visit in a Ryerson graduate programme. Please see the website for further website. details www.ryerson.ca/graduate/funding/. Type: Scholarship Value: 7 International Secondary School Student Merit Scholarships, valued at $5,000 each, will be awarded across all programs on a Ryerson University International Student Merit grades-competitive basis (final admission average of 85 per cent A or Scholarships in Canada equivalent is required for consideration) Purpose: Scholarships are available for pursuing undergraduate Length of Study: Scholarships are offered for 4 years degree to learn any of the courses offered by the Ryerson University. Country of Study: Canada Eligibility: International applicants entering year one of a full-time, No. of awards offered: 7 4-year undergraduate degree program at Ryerson. Applicants must Application Procedure: The mode of applying is by post and fax. achieve first-class standing in the country-specific equivalent of the Closing Date: March 1st

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