Funding Bulletin – July 2011
Deadline
Scheme
03/08/2011
BUPA Foundation – Philip Poole-Wilson Seed Corn Fund
10/8/2011
Arthritis Research UK – Studentships
11/8/2011
Marie Curie – Individual Actions
12/8/2011
Chief Scientist Office – Health Services & Population Health Research
17/8/2011
NERC – International Opportunities Fund
19/8/2011
Chief Scientist Office - Experimental & Translational Medicine Research Committee
25/8/2011
Human Science Frontier Programme – Fellowships
25/8/2011
Medical Research Scotland – PhD Studentships
26/8/2011
Biosciences KTN – BBSRC CASE PhD Studentships
31/8/2011
MRC - International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC): UK Research Consortia
31/8/2011
Grants
British Heart Foundation – Special Project Grants / New Horizon Grants / Programme
31/8/2011
MRC – Research & New Investigator Grants
01/09/2011
Leverhulme Trust – Research Project Grants & International Networks
01/09/2011
Action Medical Research – Research Training Fellowships
02/9/2011
BBSRC/Scottish Government – Food Security & Living with Environmental Change
05/9/2011
AXA – Postdoctoral Fellowships
06/9/2011
BBSRC – David Philips Fellowship
08/9/2011
MRC – Career Development Award and Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship
15/9/2011
Tenovus Scotland – Small Research Grants
15/9/2011
MRC – Clinical Research Training Fellowships
15/9/2011
Royal Society – University Research Fellowship
17/9/2011
MRC – Experimental Medicine for Mental Health
22/9/2011
MRC – Population Health Scientist Fellowship
23/9/2011
Society for General Microbiology – President’s Fund for Research Visits
03/10/2011
European Research Area in Ageing – Active and Healthy Ageing
04/10/2011
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust – Travelling Fellowship
04/10/2011
BBSRC – Industrial Partnerships Award / Responsive Mode / New Investigator scheme
05/10/2011
MRC – Methodology Research Fellowship
06/10/2011
MRC Fellowships: Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
07/10/2011
Wellcome Trust – Intermediate Clinical Fellowship
07/10/2011
CRUK – Biological sciences project grants
10/10/2011
Wellcome Trust – Senior Clinical Fellowships
12/10/2011
Arthritis Research UK – Fellowships
13/10/2011
Leverhulme Trust – Visiting Professorship
14/10/2011
BBSRC/NC3Rs – Animal welfare: Measures & Assessments
15/10/2011
Carnegie Trust – Small Research Grants
18/10/2011
Wellcome Trust – Multi-user Equipment Grants & Biomedical Resources Grants
26/10/2011
Arthritis Research UK – Research & Equipment Grants
28/10/2011
Association for International Cancer Research – Project Grants
01/11/2011
NERC – Fellowship schemes
10/11/2011
Royal Society – Research fellowships
14/11/2011
CRUK – Biological Sciences Programme Grants
29/11/2011
CRUK - Biomarkers and imaging discovery and development project grants
30/11/2011
Perry Foundation – Postgraduate Scholarships
BUPA Foundation – Philip Poole-Wilson Seed Corn Fund
Seed Corn Funds are open to clinicians, researchers and health care professionals who are UK residents and
preference will be given to young investigators. Projects should be in one of the following themes:
 healthy changes to diet or exercise
 shared decision-making for better health
 healthy ageing strategies
 new technologies to interpret health outcomes data
Closing date: 3rd August 2011
Arthritis Research UK – Studentships
PhD studentships are available to University departments to enable them to encourage the best young science
graduates to embark on a research career in any discipline relevant to arthritis and related musculoskeletal
diseases. Applications may include a named student or, alternatively, students may be recruited by the host
department after award of the studentship.
A new Clinical PhD Studentship (CPhD) will be awarded in an annual competition to university departments who
can provide an appropriate scientific/clinical training environment and a scientifically robust project relevant to
the aims of Arthritis Research UK. The CPhD projects will be advertised nationally by the successful host
institutions.
Closing date: 10th August 2011
Marie Curie – Individual Actions
Intra-European Fellowship (IEF)
 For researchers to move from one EU or FP7 associated country to another
 Have a duration of 1-2 years
 Any nationality can apply
International Outgoing Fellowship (IOF)
 For researchers to move from the EU or an FP7 associated country to a country that is not in the EU or
associated to FP7
 Have a duration of 1-2 years followed by a mandatory return to a European host of one year
 EU or FP7 associated country nationals can apply as can non nationals who have spent the lasy 5 years
working in Europe
International Incoming Fellowship (IIF)
 For researchers based outside Europe to work in an EU Member State or country associated to FP7
 Have a duration of 1-2 years followed by an optional return phase of one year for those from low to
middle income home countries
 Any nationality can apply
Closing date: 11th August 2011
Chief Scientist Office – Health Services & Population Health Research
HSP grants are available as full project grants or small grants. Project grants are normally limited to a cost ceiling
of 80% of the full economic cost up to a maximum of £225,000 spread over a maximum of 3 years. Small grants
are normally limited to 80% of the full economic cost up to a maximum of £50,000 for a duration of up to 12
months.
Closing date: 12th August 2011
NERC – International Opportunities Fund
The aim of the IOF Scheme is to facilitate international collaboration that is significantly aligned with NERC
strategic priorities and will add value to existing UK environmental research and knowledge exchange capability.
It aims to support activities that are not typically supported through NERC's usual funding schemes.
Closing date: 17th August 2011 (Intention to submit)
Chief Scientist Office - Experimental & Translational Medicine Research Committee
The Scottish Government invites applications for its experimental and translational medicine research
committee grants. These support applications aiming to advance and transform scientific knowledge towards a
practical clinical use. These include, but are not limited to: early clinical trials; proof of concept studies; proof of
principle studies for novel targets in human disease; biomarker studies; analysing translational resources;
developing and testing new clinical laboratory tests.
Closing date: 19th August 2011
Human Science Frontier Programme – Fellowships
Long-term Fellowships - These enable applicants with a PhD in a biological discipline to embark on a new project
in a different field of the life sciences. Doctoral degrees must have been awarded between 1 September 2008
and 8 September 2011. Applicants are expected to develop new lines of research distinct from their ongoing
research. The UK is a supporting country and candidates from outside the supporting countries may apply to
work in supporting countries, whilst candidates from supporting countries may work anywhere. Funding is
available for three years and includes a living and child allowance, research and travel allowance, and a
relocation allowance.
Cross-disciplinary Fellowships - These support basic research training for applicants holding a PhD in a scientific
discipline outside the life sciences. Doctoral degrees must have been awarded between 1 September 2008 and 8
September 2011. Applicants are expected to develop new lines of research distinct from their ongoing research.
The UK is a supporting country and candidates from outside the supporting countries may apply to work in
supporting countries, whilst candidates from supporting countries may work anywhere. Funding is available for
three years and includes a living and child allowance, research and travel allowance, and a relocation allowance.
Closing date: 25th August 2011
Medical Research Scotland – PhD Studentships
These awards provide funding for a four-year PhD including student stipend, contributions to laboratory
expenses and fees. Applications are welcome from Scottish university or research institutions working in
conjunction with a trading company operating in Scotland involved in medically-relevant life sciences research.
Closing date: 25th August 2011
Biosciences KTN – BBSRC CASE PhD Studentships
The Biosciences KTN has an allocation of CASE awards under an Industrial CASE Partnership agreement with
BBSRC. These awards are allocated by competition to proposals from partnerships between industrial and
academic members of the Animal Sector of the Biosciences KTN (please note that Glasgow is a fee paying
member). Projects must fall within the remit of the BBSRC and must involve original research that makes a
substantial contribution to knowledge in the field of animal bioscience (farm and domestic animal species) and is
applied to BBSRC’s key strategic research priorities of: food security, industrial biotechnology and basic
bioscience underpinning animal health. Projects are also expected to be of relevance to industry to attract
interest from industrial partners.
Closing date: 26th August 2011
MRC - International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC): UK Research Consortia
Through its partnership in the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) the MRC will, over the next
5 years, produce over 300 transgenic mouse lines bearing a single gene knock-out and analyse them using broadbased, high-throughput phenotyping.
This Call invites Expressions of Interest from UK-based research groups to:
(a) nominate genes that should be prioritised for the production of knock-out mice and phenotyping;
(b) propose Research Consortia and provisional research strategies to utilise the emerging mice and data to
pursue more detailed physiological studies and thus capitalise on these valuable resources.
This call will not provide funding, but MRC’s standard response-mode funding schemes are available to support
follow-on research studies utilizing the mice that emerge from IMPC.
Closing date: 31st August 2011
British Heart Foundation – Special Project Grants / New Horizon Grants / Programme Grants
Special Project Grants provide support for research projects costing more than £300,000 (for example clinical
trials). The principal investigator will be a senior researcher working in an established research institution in the
UK. He/she must have a strong track record of project grant support, usually from the BHF, and an
internationally recognised research profile. The proposed research plan must be extensive and imaginative, but
remain focused. Preliminary outlines must be submitted an approved prior to full application.
New Horizon grants are intended to encourage scientists from outside traditional cardiovascular biology to
engage in cardiovascular research and bring novel expertise to the field.
Programme grants support pioneering, vital research into the causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
diseases of the heart and circulation. Awards are on a five-year rolling basis and may cover staff, research
consumables and equipment.
Closing date: Outline application: No deadline
Invited full application: 31st August 2011, 30th November 2011
MRC – Research & New Investigator Grants
Research Grants are suitable for focused research projects that may be short- or long-term in nature. Grants may
be awarded for any period of up to five years, but those of two years or less are for proof of principle or pilot
work only.
New Investigator grants are aimed at researchers who are capable of becoming principal investigators and who
are now ready to take the next step towards that goal. The scheme can provide talented early-career scientists
with a route into a permanent lectureship position. For those who already have a post it provides funding and
‘protected time’ with which to establish an independent research career. A New Investigator Research Grant is
also a potential source of research funding for fellows whose awards only cover a personal salary.
Closing dates:
Molecular and Cellular Medicine – 31 August 2011
Infections and Immunity – 7th September 2011
Population and Systems Medicine Board – 14th September 2011
Neurosciences and Mental Health – 28th September 2011
Leverhulme Trust – Research Project Grants
The aim of the Research Project Grant scheme is to provide financial support for innovative and original research
projects of high quality and potential, the choice of theme and the design of the research lying entirely with the
applicant. However, an exception is made for areas of research supported by specialist funding agencies and, in
particular, for medicine. Specific attention is paid to the reasons given by applicants in justifying their choice of
the Trust as the most appropriate agency for the support of their project.
International Network grants enable a Principal Investigator based in the UK to lead a research project where its
successful completion is dependant on the participation of relevant overseas institutions. A significant research
theme must be identified at the outset which requires international collaboration between one or more UK
universities, and two or more overseas institutions. Networks should be newly constituted collaborations. The
value of an award is normally up to £125,000, the activities involved lasting for up to three years.
Closing date: Outline application: No deadline
Invited full application: 1st September 2011, 1st December 2011
Action Medical Research – Research training Fellowships
These fellowships support training in research techniques and methodology in child health, including problems
affecting pregnancy, childbirth, babies, children and young people. Fellowships are worth up to £200,000 for a
period of two to three years.
Closing date: 1st September 2011
BBSRC/Scottish Government – Food Security & Living with Environmental Change
BBSRC and the Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division
(RESAS) are collaborating to co-fund research into food security and living with environmental change. This call is
open to Scottish Government research institutes who do not have Higher Education Institute (HEI) status and
these institutes can apply alone or collaborate with BBSRC institutes and the HEI sector to submit a joint
application. Project outlines must first be submitted to RESAS who will check that applications fall within the
Food Security or Living with Environmental Change programmes, and align with Scottish Government policies.
Closing date: 2nd September 2011 (RESAS)
4th October 2011 (BBSRC)
AXA – Postdoctoral Fellowships
The AXA Research Fund invites applications for its postdoctoral fellowships. Proposals should address one of the
following fields:
•life risks, including ageing and long-term care, addictions and risky behaviours and emerging biomedical risks;
•societal risks, including geopolitical, macro-economic, and large corporate risks;
•environmental risks, including natural catastrophes and risks linked to climate change.
Each candidate may either: be a citizen of, and have obtained their PhD in, one of the EU member states or
associated FP7 countries or Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, India, Brazil or Mexico; or wish to do
their postdoc in an institution established in such a country.
Closing date: 5th September 2011
BBSRC – David Philips Fellowship
David Philips Fellowships are intended for scientists who have demonstrated high potential and who wish to
establish themselves as independent researchers. Awards are for 5 years, and include personal salary and a
significant research support grant. Applicants should not exceed 10 years in active postgraduate research studies
and postdoctoral research employment and should have no less than 3 years of active postdoctoral research
experience
Closing date: 6th September 2011
MRC – Career Development Award and Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship
The MRC career development award provides up to five years' support for outstanding post-doctoral researchers
who wish to consolidate their research skills and make the transition from post-doctoral research trainee to
independent investigator. The scheme runs twice yearly and an additional deadline will be available in early
2012.
The MRC senior non-clinical fellowship is a highly prestigious award for non-clinical researchers of exceptional
ability. Applicants are expected to be proven independent researchers with an excellent track record in their
scientific field, and demonstrate promise as future research leaders. Support is provided for seven years.
Closing date: 8th September 2011
Tenovus Scotland – Small Research Grants
Tenovus Scotland invites applications for its small research grants to foster high quality research within the
healthcare professions in Scotland. Preference is given to innovative, patient-related projects and particularly to
preliminary pump-priming studies. Applications from junior staff and from established staff, in the early stages of
a new project, are particularly encouraged. Grants of up to £10,000 each are available to provide support
primarily for the purchase of equipment and running expenses.
Closing date: 15th September 2011
MRC – Clinical Research Training Fellowships
The MRC clinical research training fellowship provides up to three years' support for clinically qualified, active
professionals to undertake specialised or further research training in the bio-medical sciences within the UK.
Closing date: 15th September 2011
Royal Society – University Research Fellowship
The Royal Society invites applications for its university research fellowships. These enable outstanding scientists
to build an independent research career. Eligible research areas comprise all branches of the life and physical
sciences, including engineering, but excluding clinical medicine. Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent
research experience and be at an early to mid-stage of their career. Applicants must also be a citizen of the
European Economic Area or Switzerland.
Closing date: 15th September 2011
MRC – Experimental Medicine for Mental Health
The MRC invites proposals for projects on experimental medicine for mental health. Projects will provide:
• tests of the efficacy of interventions, preferably in clinically diagnosed groups stratified by symptom or some
other measurable biological correlate, using innovative experimental medicine protocols such as adaptive
multimodal trials;
• proof of concept studies in patients;
• understanding mechanisms of interventions in the human system be the normal individuals or patients;
• the development of biomarkers.
Interventions may include drug or cell based treatments; vaccines; devices and instruments; surgical, dietary and
psychological interventions; and novel applications of combinations of existing therapeutics especially
psychological and pharmacological.
Closing date: 17th September 2011
MRC – Population Health Scientist Fellowship
This Fellowship supports research and specific training for a maximum of 4 years at pre- or post-doctoral entry
level. We welcome proposals from applicants with a broad range of research interests, including, and not
limited, to the application of the following disciplines to population health research: Social, clinical, life course
and genetic epidemiology; Health demography; Medical sociology; Health psychology; Medical anthropology;
Human geography; Health economics and Biostatistics.
Closing date: 22nd September 2011
Society for General Microbiology – President’s Fund for Research Visits
The President’s Fund offers funding to early career microbiologists, who wish to travel to another laboratory, in
order to carry out a defined piece of research within an existing (or to develop a new) collaboration. The visits
may be of one to three month’s duration. The awards make a contribution to the costs of return travel,
subsistence and consumables in the host laboratory. Alll applicants must be paid up members of the SGM of at
least 3 calendar months standing before the date of their application for a grant. Applicants must be in one of
the following categories: Resident and registered for a PhD in a country in the European Union OR Within 3 years
of appointment to a first postdoctoral position in a country in the European Union at the date of application OR
a graduate scientist within 3 years of first appointment to a microbiological post in the UK OR a university
lecturer within 3 years of appointment to their first post.
Closing date: 23rd September 2011
European Research Area in Ageing – Active and Healthy Ageing
This call is dedicated to the achievement of enhanced and healthy ageing and, in particular, to address the major
priority established by the AHAIP (Active and Healthy Ageing Innovation Partnership) of a 2 year increase in
healthy life expectancy in the European Union by 2020. Twelve funders in nine countries have committed €4.2
million to fund research projects of up to three years. Applications are invited from multidisciplinary research
groups representing 3 to 5 funding countries. The call has three objectives:
 Generate new knowledge on the biological, clinical, behavioural, social and environmental factors that
enable individuals to live actively and healthily into later life.
 Explore comparatively different models, methods, approaches and good practices in societal responses
to increased longevity which emphasise both social inclusion and sustainability.
 Engage in effective knowledge exchange activities that will assist European and other countries to
achieve the goal of increasing healthy life expectancy by 2 years by 2020.
Closing date: 3rd October 2011
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust – Travelling Fellowship
100 Travelling Fellowship awards are made annually for overseas travel of between 4-8 weeks. The Fellowship
grant covers all travel, daily costs and insurance. Applicants must be British citizens and be involved in one of the
twelve categories highlighted for this year’s competition.
Closing date: 4th October 2011
BBSRC – Industrial Partnerships Award / Responsive Mode / New Investigator scheme
Industrial Partnership Awards are science-led, responsive mode grants where an industrial partner contributes in
cash (not ‘in-kind’) at least 10% of the full economic cost of the project. IPA projects are normally funded in
preference to standard grants of equivalent scientific merit, because of the industrial contribution. Applicants
should describe the value of the partnership and its mutual benefits.
Research Grants are suitable for focused research projects that may be short- or long-term in nature. Grants are
normally awarded for 3 years.
The New Investigator scheme assists early-career researchers - newly employed university lecturers and lecturer
level equivalent fellows whose awards were secured in open competition to secure their first major element of
research funding. Applicants must not have received competitive research funding from any source, as a
Principal Investigator, that included post-doctoral research assistant staff support costs.
Closing date: 4th October 2011
MRC – Methodology Research Fellowship
This fellowship is aimed at developing the next generation of research leaders who will advance the
development and application of innovative methodologies in the context of challenging biomedical and health
research problems. The scheme is aimed at researchers with a grounding in health research, not necessarily in a
methodological discipline.
Closing date: 5th October 2011
MRC Fellowships: Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Career Development Award in Biostatistics - This aims to support outstanding individuals who have recently
completed their PhDs and who are working in - or seeking to move into – statistically based, health-related
research.
Special training fellowship in biomedical informatics - This supports specialist multi-disciplinary training aimed at
creating a research workforce able to take forward new developments in the fields of bioinformatics,
neuroinformatics, health informatics and computational biology.
Closing date: 6th October 2011
Wellcome Trust – Intermediate Clinical Fellowship
The Intermediate Clinical Fellowship scheme is for medical, dental, veterinary or clinical psychology graduates
who have had an outstanding start to their research career. It will enable successful candidates to continue their
research interests at a postdoctoral level and fellows are expected to develop towards independence with a
view to a long-term career in academic medicine during the course of the fellowship.
Closing date: 7th October 2011 (preliminary application)
CRUK – Biological sciences project grants
Project grants provide support for a defined piece of work with objectives that are hypothesis-driven and can be
achieved in the time specified.
Closing date: 7th October 2011
Wellcome Trust – Senior Clinical Fellowships
The Senior Research Fellowships in Clinical Science scheme provides support for clinical investigators to further
develop their research potential and to establish themselves as leading investigators in clinical academic
medicine. Applicants should be a clinical scientist with a medical, dental, veterinary or clinical psychology
qualification and will normally have no more than 15 years' clinical and research experience from the date of
your first medical, dental, veterinary or British Psychological Society-accredited psychology qualification.
Candidates will not normally hold a tenured academic post in a university or a consultant post in the NHS.
Closing date: 10th October 2011 (preliminary application)
Arthritis Research UK – Fellowships
Clinician scientist fellowships are awarded to medical graduates who have completed their first period of
research training (in most cases having obtained a PhD) and who are committed to a career in academic
medicine. They provide a combination of clinical training with a period of postdoctoral research in any discipline
relevant to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases.
Senior research fellowships are awarded to outstanding medical or scientific graduates committed to a research
career in any discipline relevant to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases who do not hold an established
academic post. Applicants should normally have between 6 and 12 years' postdoctoral research experience and
proven ability in establishing an independent research programme.
Closing date: 12th October 2011
Leverhulme Trust – Visiting Professorship
The objective of the Visiting Professorship award is to enable distinguished academics based overseas to spend
between three and ten months inclusive at a UK university, primarily in order to enhance the skills of academic
staff or the student body within the host institution.
Closing date: 13th October 2011
BBSRC/NC3Rs – Animal welfare: Measures & Assessments
Proposals may focus on pain assessment in animals; the development of validated behavioral, physiological, and
cognitive indicators of welfare; the development of validated measures of affective states in animals; the
development of accurate welfare measurement tools that can be used under lab or field conditions; the
development of novel methods for the assessment of cumulative suffering and severity.
Closing date: 14th October 2011 (Expressions of interest)
Carnegie Trust – Small Research Grants
The Trust can help established members of academic staff (full-time or part-time) and retired members of staff
of a Scottish University to undertake personal research by the provision of small research grants (maximum
£2,200). The grants are awarded for travel and accommodation expenses incurred while undertaking the project
for up to three months.
Closing date: 15th October 2011
Wellcome Trust – Multi-user Equipment Grants & Biomedical Resources Grants
Multi-user Equipment Grants - These are intended to provide support for multi-user items of equipment,
including equipment required to create a central resource for a number of disparate scientific programmes. The
maximum amount of funding is expected to be £1 million.
Biomedical Resources Grants - These are intended to provide support for researchers wishing to establish or
maintain biomedical resources (including databases and collections) for the benefit of the wider scientific
community. Up to five years’ support is available.
Closing date: 18th October 2011 (Preliminary applications)
Arthritis Research UK – Research & Equipment Grants
Research project grants are awarded to provide support for a project designed to seek an answer to a single
question or small group of related questions. Arthritis Research UK will consider support of clinical projects
relating to pathogenesis, diagnosis or treatment, as well as projects of a more fundamental scientific nature,
provided that they offer promise of advancement in the understanding of arthritis and related musculoskeletal
diseases.
Equipment grants are available for the purchase of one major item of equipment costing in excess of £30,000, or
exceptionally, several closely linked or complementary items of equipment together costing in excess of
£30,000. Funding toward the partial cost of a piece of equipment will also be considered. The equipment should
facilitate multiple projects and must be able to make a lasting impact on this research over a period of many
years. Applications will be considered only from established units with a track record of research in arthritis and
related musculoskeletal diseases.
Closing date: 26th October 2011
Association for International Cancer Research – Project Grants
AICR awards project grants to support fundamental or translational research into the causes, mechanisms,
diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer - they do not support clinical research.
Closing date: 28th October 2011
NERC – Fellowship schemes
The NERC Fellowship scheme provides opportunities for outstanding environmental scientists through two
fellowship schemes:
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - Early career development awards of up to three years, to provide further
post-doctoral experience and to support outstanding environmental scientists as they become independent
investigators.
Advanced Research Fellowships - Awarded for up to five years, to enable outstanding early/mid career
researchers to develop into team leaders of international standing.
Closing date: 1st November 2011
Royal Society – Research Fellowships
These fellowships support experienced researchers, particularly those who are or have been prevented by
routine duties from completing a programme of original research. Fellowships are worth up to £45,000 for a
period of three to 24 months. Awards may cover research expenses or a contribution towards replacement costs
or loss of earnings.
Closing date: 10th November 2011
CRUK – Biological Sciences Programme Grants
These awards are intended to provide long-term support for broad, multidisciplinary research where the aim is
to answer an interrelated set of questions.
Closing date: 14th November 2011
CRUK - Biomarkers and imaging discovery and development project grants
These awards support research in all types of biomarkers using invasive and imaging technologies.
Closing date: 29th November 2011
Perry Foundation – Postgraduate Scholarships
The Perry Foundation invites applications for its postgraduate scholarships. These support research projects in
agriculture and related fields, including veterinary projects. Applications are invited from holders of 1st class or
2:1 honours degrees, in appropriate subjects. Scholarships must be undertaken at universities, colleges and
research institutes in the UK. Scholarships are for a period of up to three years and should lead to the award of a
doctorate.
Closing date: 30th November 2011