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Postdoctoral Training Fellowships for MB/PhD graduates

Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Training Fellowships provide a unique opportunity for clinicians to make an early start in developing their independent research careers. The awards are aimed at the most promising newly qualified MB/PhD graduates or those who have achieved a high-quality PhD in a relevant subject during or prior to commencing their clinical degree.

The awards allow successful candidates to undertake a period of postdoctoral training in the best laboratories in the UK and overseas. The fellowships, which are for up to four years, can be tailored to allow individuals to continue their postgraduate clinical training.

The scheme is designed to be flexible and can be used in a number of different ways, where the individual may tailor the scheme to meet their specific research/clinical training needs. Applicants must have a relevant connection to the European Economic Area.

Preliminary application deadline: 24 April 2009
Full application deadline: 20 July 2009

For further information, including application details, visit www.wellcome.ac.uk/mbphd/ams

Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Longitudinal survey
This winter, people who graduated from Research Council funded research degrees in 2005/06 will be included in a nationwide survey of graduates' destinations. The HESA Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Longitudinal Survey aims to give a clear picture of what postgraduate qualifiers go on to do after graduation. This information will be useful to prospective students planning further study, and be of benefit to the research councils who fund research led degrees. The first biennial Longitudinal survey, carried out in 2006/07, showed that 87.3% of qualifiers from postgraduate research courses entered employment, and that most of the remainder went on to further study.

More information about the survey can be found on the Higher Education Statistics Agency's website at www.hesa.ac.uk/

2009 ACF recruitment will be launched on Friday 14 November 2008, and will be run by Postgraduate Deaneries in England, using National Guidance and a National Application form. Full details are available on the NCCRCD website: www.nccrcd.nhs.uk/

UK/Middle East Travel Fellowship Exchange Scheme
The Academy is pleased to announce the launch of a new UK/Middle East Travel Fellowship Scheme developed in partnership with the Daniel Turnberg Trust Fund.

The scheme supports short-term exchange of medical research and bioscientists between the UK and Middle East and provides opportunities to gain further research experience, learn new techniques and to foster scientific collaboration between scientists. The grant covers airfare costs and provides a subsistence allowance for periods of up to four weeks.

The deadline for this current round of applications is Friday 16 January 2009. Please click here for further information and detail of how to apply.


New Starter Grants Scheme for Clinical Lecturers
The Academy of Medical Sciences and the Wellcome Trust have launched this new four year £5m grants scheme to support research active Clinical Lecturers with the costs of research consumables. The scheme will provide modest ‘start up’ funds of up to £30,000 (up to two years) to enable Clinical Lecturers to pursue their research work, gather preliminary data and further strengthen their applications for longer-term fellowships and funding.

Applicants must have already obtained an MD or PhD and currently hold a research active Clinical Lectureship post. The scheme will operate for a period of four years and there will be two application rounds per year. For further information please visit our website at http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p176.html

Clinical Academic Jobs
A complete listing of current clinical academic job vacancies and clinical research opportunities in UK Medical Schools can be found at: www.clinicalacademicjobs.org

Vitae Researchers' Portal
A new website which aims to be a national forum for discussion of policy affecting research career development can be found at: http://www.vitae.ac.uk/