ACTION RESEARCH
Research Training Fellowships
Action Research invites applications for its research training fellowships aimed at preventing disease and
disability and alleviating existing physical disability, with an emphasis on clinical research or research at
the clinical/basic interface. Applications are invited from medical and non-medical graduates to train in
research techniques and methodology in a relevant subject, including bioengineering, but excluding
cancer, cardiovascular and HIV/Aids research.
Fellowships last up to three years and cover salary and consumables costs.
Contact Details
Research Manager
Action Research
Vincent House
North Parade
West Sussex
RH12 2DP
Tel: +44 1403 210406
Fax: +44 1403 210541
Email: rtf@actionresearch.org.uk
Web: www.actionresearch.co.uk
Deadline: The next deadline has not been announced. You will need to check the website.
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
Long-term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships
Awards are for a period of four to 12 months to use the society’s library resources. The fellowships are
intended for postdoctoral researchers.
The society's collections offer broad research opportunities in American history and culture through to the
year 1876. Some of the collecting fields for printed works include almanacs, children's literature,
cookbooks, school text books, state and local histories, western travel narratives, etc. Topical collections
include works about African Americans, native peoples, women, architecture, religion, education, and
temperance. The program is open internationally.
Contact Details
AAS
185 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609
USA
Tel: +1 508 755 5221
Fax: +1 508 754 9069
Email: csloat@mwa.org
Web: www.americanantiquarian.org
Deadline: 15 January annually
ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CAMPAIGN
Travelling Fellowships
These Fellowships are available for up to one year to conduct research in any discipline relevant to
arthritis and musculoskeletal disease either abroad or in the UK. The awards are normally open to
medical practitioners at specialist registrar grade and postdoctoral scientists in all disciplines.
Deadline: 1 September 2004
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Clinical Research Fellowships
These Fellowships aim to encourage clinicians into an academic research career in rheumatology or any
related field concerned with the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal disease. They are open to
medical graduates and are normally awarded for two or three years. Successful candidates should
register for a MD or PhD.
Deadline: 1 September 2004
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
These Fellowships aim to attract and retain talented postdoctoral scientists in research relevant to arthritis
and musculoskeletal disease and to provide outstanding candidates with the opportunity to develop an
independent research career and progress towards higher level appointments.
Applicants should normally have between three and six years’ postdoctoral research experience. These
fellowships are normally for up to five years with the possibility of three-year renewal.
Deadline: 5 April 2004, 1 November 2004
Contact Details
Head of Research and Education Funding
Arthritis Research Campaign
Copeman House
St Mary's Court
St Mary's Gate
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7TD
Tel: +44 1246 541115
Email: research@arc.org.uk
Web: www.arc.org.uk
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH BOARD (AHRB)
Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts
The fellowships provide support for higher education institutions to appoint full-time research fellows in
practice-based creative and performing arts for up to three years.
Contact Details
Alison Henry, Research Awards Team Leader
AHRB
Whitefriars
Lewins Mead
Bristol
BS1 2AE
Tel: +44 117 987 6664
Fax: +44 117 987 6600
Email: a.henry@ahrb.ac.uk
Web: www.ahrb.ac.uk
Deadline: October 2004
ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES
Canada Memorial Foundation Scholarships
These scholarships fund postgraduate study at any university or other appropriate institution in Canada.
The awards last for one year and applicants must not have reached their 30th birthday by 1 October
2003. Candidates must be UK citizens and hold, or expect to attain, a minimum upper second class
degree.
Deadline: October 2004
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THB Symons Fellowship
The aim of the THB Symons fellowship is to give major impetus to the completion or launching of a
significant piece of academic work in Commonwealth studies.
The fellowship lasts three to six months and may be held in any of the ACU’s member institutions outside
the fellow’s own country. The award covers travel and subsistence costs of up to £1,500 per month and
medical and travel insurance.
Deadline: 31 July 2004
Contact Details
Association of Commonwealth Universities
36 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PF
Tel: +44 20 7380 6700
Fax: +44 20 7387 2655
Email: info@acu.ac.uk
Web: www.acu.ac.uk
AUSTRALIAN BICENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Bicentennial scholarships and fellowships are tenable in Australia in 2004-05.
The object of the scheme is to promote scholarship, intellectual links, and mutual awareness and
understanding between the UK and Australia, in particular:

to enable UK graduates to study courses or undertake research in Australia;

to enable Australian graduates to take courses or undertake research in the UK;

to make allowance within the scheme for disadvantaged persons.
An applicant for a scholarship must be registered as a postgraduate student at a British tertiary institution,
or be eligible for such registration at an Australian tertiary institution, and resident in the UK.
An applicant for a fellowship should have a good postgraduate degree or equivalent experience.
Younger scholars are preferred. Each scholarship or fellowship will offer a grant of up to £4,000.
Applicants must spend at least three months studying in Australia.
Contact Details
Kirsten McIntyre
Menzies Centre for Australian Studies
King's College London
28 Russell Square
London
WC1B 5DS
Tel: +44 20 7862 8854
Fax: +44 20 7580 9627
Email: menzies.centre@kcl.ac.uk
Web: www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/menzies/index.html
Deadline: 30 May 2004
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
National Europe Centre Visiting Fellowships
The National Europe Centre, Australian National University, invites applications for the following visiting
fellowships:

visiting fellowships with grant: these are generally tenable for periods of at least one month and up to
six months, the most commonly awarded being for a three-month period. Visiting fellows receive
financial assistance for their period of residence. The maximum contribution for travel is $2,700.
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visiting fellowships with partial grant: these are intended for scholars within Australia and New
Zealand who wish to work in the centre for a period of time, especially during the summer vacation.
These grants usually consist of assistance with travel expenses.
Applicants for fellowships must hold a doctorate, have at least a higher degree or equivalent professional
experience, research and publications. International applicants are encouraged.
Contact Details
Helen Fairbrother
Centre Administrator
National Europe Centre
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200
Tel: +61 2 6125 9896 Fax: +61 2 6125 9976
Email: Helen.Fairbrother@anu.edu.au
Web: www.anu.edu.au
Deadline: 15 June 2004
DR M AYLWIN COTTON FOUNDATION
Fellowship Awards in Mediterranean Studies
The Dr M Aylwin Cotton Foundation invites applications for its fellowship awards to support studies on the
archaeology, architecture, history, language and art of the Mediterranean. Fellowships will be awarded to
persons engaged in personal academic research, normally showing a level of achievement comparable to
a PhD, although no formal academic qualifications will be necessary.
Fellowships will normally be up to one year’s duration and are a maximum value of £10,000.
Contact Details
Dr M Aylwin Cotton Foundation
C/O Albany Trustee Company Ltd
PO Box 232, Pollet House
The Pollet, St Peter Port
Guernsey GY1 4LA
Tel: +44 1481 724136 Fax: +44 1481 710478
Deadline: 28 February 2004
BANK OF ENGLAND
Houblon-Norman Fellowships
The Houblon-Norman Fund invites applications for research fellowships on an economic or financial topic,
preferably one that could be studied with particular advantage at the Bank of England.
Fellowships will be full-time and last between one month and one year. Senior Fellowships will be
awarded to distinguished research workers who have established a reputation in their field. Fellowships
will also be available for younger postdoctoral or equivalent applicants. The fellowship will be tenable at
the Bank of England, during the academic year 2004/2005. Senior Fellowships will be open to all
nationalities. For ordinary Fellowships, however, preference will be shown to British and other EU
nationals. Application forms are available on the web.
Contact Details
Margot Wilson
Secretary’s Department HO-M
Bank of England
Threadneedle Street
London EC2R 8AH
Tel: +44 20 7601 4751 Fax: +44 20 7601 3210
Email: Margot.wilson@bankofengland.co.uk
Web: www.bankofengland.co.uk
Deadline: November 2004
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BAYER BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS
Hemophilia Early Career Investigator Award
This award will fund salary support and research funds for a junior faculty member who wishes to
undertake a mentored basic and/or clinical research project in the bleeding disorders field. Examples of
topics for research projects include: clinical studies; properties and delivery of clotting factor proteins;
assays and models; genetics and epidemiology; and molecular aspects and mechanisms of clotting factor
inhibitor formation. Funding of $100,000 will be available annually for two years. The applicant should
have an entry-level academic or clinical appointment within his/her institution. Applicants must also have
a medical degree and/or PhD received within the last 10 years.
Hemophilia Clinical Scholarship Award
This award is intended to facilitate the development of specific clinical expertise in the field of haemophilia
for applicants who have completed medical training and have an interest in pursuing a career as a
haemophilia treater and researcher. The award will support a mentored physician in training for two
years. In addition to the clinical experience, the applicant may pursue a research project in the field of
hemostasis. Clinical scholarships will provide funding of $70,000 annually. The applicant should have
earned his/her medical degree within the previous eight years.
Contact Details
Jamelle Barnes, Deputy Director, Scientific Relations
Internal Strategic Marketing, Coagulation
Bayer Corporation
79 T W Alexander Drive
4101 Research Commons
PO Box 13887
RTP, NC 27709
USA
Tel: +1 919 316 6443 Fax: +1 919 316 6370
Email: jamelle.barnes.b@bayer.com
Web: www.bayerus.com/communities/north_carolina/
Deadline: November 2004
BEIT MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
Applications are invited for up to five Beit Memorial fellowships for medical research. The aim of the
fellowships is to promote the advancement by research of medicine and allied sciences in their relation to
medicine. One or two of the fellowships will be awarded to a candidate whose research proposals are
judged to bring benefit to the inhabitants of Zimbabwe, Malawi or Zambia, but a separate application is
not required. Fellows may be of any nationality who at the date of election are at postdoctoral level or
have a medical qualification and have taken a degree in any approved UK university or in any country
which is a dominion, protectorate or mandated territory of the UK. Fellows are rarely above 35.
Contact Details
M Goble, Administrative Secretary
Beit Memorial Fellowships for Medical Research
c/o Institute of Molecular Medicine
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headington
Oxford OX3 9DS
United Kingdom
Email: beit.fellowships@hammer.imm.ox.ac.uk
Deadline: 1 March 2004
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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL (BBSRC)
Research Development Fellowships
These are for members of staff who wish to devote themselves to full-time research. Fellowships are
normally held for a period of three years. Funding may be used for research on any topic within the
council's remit.
Contact details
BBSRC
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon SN2 1UH
Email: postdoc.fellowships@bbsrc.ac.uk
www.bbsrc.ac.uk
Deadline: 30 November 2004
BRITISH ACADEMY
Postdoctoral Fellowships
These fellowships enable recent postdoctoral scholars to obtain experience of research and teaching,
which will strengthen their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent posts.
Applicants must have obtained their doctorate recently, normally within two years of taking up the award,
and must not have held an established teaching post in an institution of higher education. Awards are
tenable for three years.
Reckitt Travelling Fellowships in Archaeology
The fellowships are designed to enable scholars who have recently obtained a doctorate to travel abroad
to sites, museums and collections and to visit overseas institutions.
Applicants must have recently obtained a doctorate in archaeology from a UK university, normally within
the last two years, and must be ordinarily resident in the UK. A stipend of £8,000, plus additional research
expenses up to a maximum of £12,000 will be given. The awards are tenable for one year.
Contact Details
Ken Emond
British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AH
Tel: +44 20 7969 5265
Fax: +44 20 7969 5414
Email: kene@britac.ac.uk
Web: www.britac.ac.uk
Deadline: 28 February annually
KC Wong Fellowships
These fellowships enable outstanding Chinese scholars to undertake periods of research in British
institutions in collaboration with British colleagues. Candidates must be nationals of the People's Republic
of China and scholars of postdoctoral or equivalent status, with a good command of English.
British scholars may encourage potential fellowship holders to approach the academy, but application
must be made by the Chinese scholar.
Contact Details
British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AH
Tel: +44 20 7969 5220
Fax: +44 20 7969 5414
Email: overseas@britac.ac.uk
Web: www.britac.ac.uk
Deadline: 31 January annually
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BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH
Exchange Fellowships
These awards enable members to visit other institutions in the UK or abroad for the purposes of lecture
tours, courses or to carry out collaborative work. Funding of up to £1,500 is available. Applicants must be
under 35 years of age and have been association members for at least one year.
The association will also award fellowships to allow a visiting scientist to come to the laboratory of a
member.
Contact Details
BACR Secretariat
Institute of Cancer Research
Cotswold Road
Sutton
Surrey SM2 5NG
Tel: +44 20 8722 4208
Email: bacr@icr.ac.uk
Web: www.icr.ac.uk/bacr/home.htm
Deadline: 28 February 2004, June 2004
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION
Travelling Fellowships
The British Heart Foundation invites applications for its travelling fellowships:
•travelling fellowships from the UK for established researchers to undertake research or acquire
knowledge abroad for up to six months. Candidates should hold a five year minimum post in a research
institution or university. Funds cover economy travel and a subsistence allowance;
•travelling fellowships to the UK to enable heads of departments in the UK to invite a researcher from
overseas to his/her laboratory for a short period to train members of the department in a new research
technique. The fellowship can last from a few days to six months. Funds cover travel and subsistence
plus up to £3,000 for research consumables.
Deadline: 5 February 2004, May 2004
Basic Science Lectureships
The British Heart Foundation invites applications from postdoctoral researchers for a small number of
non-clinical research posts at lecturer level. The programme of research will relate to cardiology or the
cardiovascular system and will be undertaken in a university department in the UK. Candidates must
have at least two years’ postdoctoral experience, be aged 28 to 33 years and have shown outstanding
ability in carrying out original and independent research. Awards are for a maximum of five years,
renewable for a further five. The award covers salary and up to £10,000 a year for research
consumables.
Deadline: December 2004
John Fyffe Memorial Fellowship
The British Heart Foundation invites applications for its John Fyffe memorial fellowship to aid research in
the field of collagen disease and, in particular, into the causes, diagnosis, treatment including surgical
techniques, and the eventual elimination of Marfans syndrome. Funding of up to £3,000 is available.
Deadline: 5 February 2004, May 2004
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Contact Details
Valerie Mason, Research Funds Manager
British Heart Foundation
14 Fitzhardinge Street
London
W1H 6DH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7487 9408
Email: research@bhf.org.uk
Web: www.bhf.org.uk
BRITISH INFECTION SOCIETY
Research Fellowship
The British Infection Society invites applications for its research fellowship to conduct research training in
the UK or at a centre overseas. Applicants must be at the beginning of their research training or in their
first postdoctoral year. Up to £40,000 over one year is available, including salary and up to £5,000
running expenses.
Contact Details
Rob Heyderman, Scientific Affairs Secretary
British Infection Society
Department Pathology and Microbiology
School of Medical Sciences
University of Bristol
University Walk
Bristol
BS8 1TD
Tel: +44 117 928 2567
Fax: +44 117 929 9162
Email: r.heyderman@bristol.ac.uk
Web: www.britishinfectionsociety.org/schemes.html
Deadline: July 2004
BRITISH NUCLEAR MEDICINE SOCIETY
Travelling Fellowships in Nuclear Medicine
The British Nuclear Medicine Society invites applications for its travelling fellowships. The aim is to
promote the development of nuclear medicine by allowing individuals to visit, and to experience aspects
of clinical nuclear medicine in departments of nuclear medicine in the UK or overseas. These awards are
open to junior staff only from all disciplines within nuclear medicine, provided they are currently full
members of the society. Funds of £3,000 are allocated annually for these fellowships.
Contact Details
Secretary
British Nuclear Medicine Society
Regent House 291
Kirkdale
London
SE26 4QD
Tel: +44 20 8676 7864
Fax: +44 20 8676 8417
Email: office@bnms.org.uk
Web: www.bnms.org.uk
Deadline: 31 December 2004
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BRITISH SOCIETY FOR ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY
Project Grants and Fellowships
These awards are:

major fellowships of up to £120,000 for a period of up to three years;

research grants of up to £60,000 for periods of up to three years;

project grants of up to £10,000 to pump-prime research, to complete an ongoing project or to
purchase apparatus;

MRCPath grants of £2,500 enable a research project to be carried out as part of the membership
requirements of the Royal College of Pathologists;

overseas scholarships of up to £4,100, to enable workers from other countries to work in UK
departments for up to six months.
Contact Details
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
11 The Wharf
16 Bridge Street
Birmingham B1 2JS
Tel: +44 121 633 0410
Fax: +44 121 643 9497
Email: enquiries@bsac.org.uk
Web: www.bsac.org.uk
Deadline: 31 January 2004, August 2004
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY
Young Investigator Award
The British Society for Rheumatology is inviting applications for its young investigator award. This BSR
prize is intended to encourage the work of young investigators. The prize is open to any scientist of noncareer grade, such as a postdoctorate or below, SpR, research fellow etc, working in the field of
rheumatology. Applicants need not be BSR members.
Contact Details
Kate Nossiter, Education and Events Assistant
BSR
41 Eagle Street
London, WC1R 4TL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7242 3313
Fax: +44 20 7242 3277
Email: kate@rheumatology.org.uk
Web: www.rheumatology.org.uk
Deadline: November 2004
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC
Short-term Fellowship Scheme
The British Telecom short-term research fellowships are aimed to establish beneficial links between the
company and academia by offering researchers the opportunity to carry out a short project, usually six
weeks, in one of BT’s research centres. This scheme is open to lecturers, professors and PhD-qualified
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research assistants who are working in any field of research relevant to an advanced communication
technology business. Projects that seek to innovate or to challenge current thinking are particularly
encouraged.
Contact Details
Sarah Mackenzie
Adastral Park
Martlesham Heath
Ipswich IP5 3RE
Tel: +44 1473 646880
Fax: +44 1473 648816
Email: fellow@bt.com
Web: www.labs.bt.com
Deadline: April 2004
CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Cancer Research Institute invites applications for its postdoctoral fellowships which are designed to
foster the training of qualified young immunologists and cancer immunologists at leading universities and
research centres around the world. These three-year funding commitments are for $40,000 in the first
year, $42,000 in the second year, and $44,000 in the third year. They also include an institutional
allowance of $1,500 per year. The are no nationality restrictions.
Contact Details
Brian Brewer
Grants Administration
Cancer Research Institute
681 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10022-4209
USA
Tel: +1 212 688 7515
Fax: +1 212 832 9376
Email: grants@cancerresearch.org
Web: www.cancerresearch.org
Deadline: 1 April and 1 October anually
CANON FOUNDATION
Research Fellowships
The Canon Foundation in Europe offers up to 15 research fellowships to young, highly qualified
postgraduate European and Japanese researchers, preferably holding a PhD and not older than 40 years
to go to Japan or Europe respectively for one-year research term. Shorter stays from three to six months
are also possible. The fellowships are awarded regardless of disciplines.
In the past, financial support ranged from 22,500 Euro (£14,550) to 27,500 Euro per year.
Contact Details
Canon Foundation in Europe
Rijnsburgerweg 3
2334 BA Leiden
Netherlands
Tel: +31 71 515 65 55
Fax: +31 71 515 7027
Email: foundation@canon-europa.com
Web: www.canonfoundation.org
Deadline: 15 October 2004
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CENTER FOR HELLENIC STUDIES
Fellowships
The Center for Hellenic Studies invites applications for fellowships in ancient Greek studies, to be
awarded for the academic year 2004. Applicants who are unable to stay for the full academic year may
apply for a one-semester fellowship.
The Fellowship includes a stipend and free housing for the fellows and their families, subsidised health
insurance, and other benefits. The stipend, of a maximum of $24,000 is adjusted for individual
circumstances. Additional support of up to $1,000 is available for professional travel and other research
expenses. The centre can also assist with fellows' travel expenses to and from Washington.
Prerequisites for the fellowships are a PhD degree or its equivalent and professional competence in
ancient Greek studies as documented by published work. Fellowships are designated for Hellenists in the
earlier stages of their professional careers - ordinarily not more than ten years post-doctorate.
Contact Details
Director
Center for Hellenic Studies
3100 Whitehaven Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
USA
Tel: +1 202 234 3738
Fax: +1 202 797 3745
Email: chs@fas.harvard.edu
Web: www.chs.harvard.edu
Deadline: 15 October 2004
CERN
Fellowships
Cern, the European organisation for nuclear research, invites applications for its fellowships. These are
intended for young university level postgraduates who want to work in a research group. Research
fellows in experimental or theoretical physics should normally possess a PhD or equivalent while fellows
in applied science, computing and engineering should have a degree and some relevant experience.
Fellowships are for one year initially and normally extended for a second year. Applicants must be aged
under 34 years.
Contact Details
Recruitment Service
Human Resources Division
Cern
CH-1211 Geneva 23
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 767 27 35
Fax: +41 22 767 27 50
Email: Recruitment.Service@CERN.CH
Web: www.cern.ch
Deadline: 3 March and 2 September 2004
CLAUDE HARRIS LEON FOUNDATION
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Claude Harris Foundation invites application for its postdoctoral fellowships awarded for research in
science, engineering and medical science at universities in South Africa. Fellowships will be given for a
two-year period and are worth R90 000 per annum. Preference will be given to candidates who have
received their doctoral degrees in the last five years and are currently underrepresented in South African
science, engineering and medical sciences.
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Contact Details
Tanya Stone
Claude Harris Leon Foundation
PO Box 13187
Mowbray 7705
Cape Town
South Africa
Email: tanya@conferencewise.co.za
Web: www.leonfoundation.co.za
Deadline: May 2004
COLT FOUNDATION
Fellowships
The Colt Foundation invites applications for its fellowships to conduct research into the causes of
diseases of occupational or environmental origin. The research would be expected to lead to a PhD
degree and prospective students should be qualified in science or medicine. The grant is for three years
with a first year rate of £15,000.
Contact Details
Jackie Douglas
Colt Foundation
New Lane
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 2LY
Tel: +44 23 9249 1400
Fax: +44 23 9249 1363
Email: jackie.douglas@uk.coltgroup.com
Web: www.coltfoundation.org.uk
Deadline: 30 October 2004
COMMONWEALTH FUND
Harkness Fellowships
Applications are invited for the Harkness fellowships in healthcare policy for 2003-04. These are intended
to give mid-career professionals from the UK an opportunity to conduct a research project in the United
States and to work with leading US health policy experts. Up to nine Harkness fellows are selected
annually for a period of nine to 12 months. Candidates must have completed a masters or PhD (or the
equivalent) in health care services/policy research.
Contact Details
Robin Osborn
International Programme in Health Policy and Practice
The Commonwealth Fund
One East 75th Street
New York, NY 10021
USA
Tel: +1 212 606 3809
Fax: +1 212 606 3875
Email: ro@cmwf.org
Web: www.cmwf.org
Deadline: October 2004
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COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP COMMISSION
Professional Fellowships
This scheme enables mid-career professionals from Commonwealth countries to visit the UK. Their work
must be critical to the development of their home country. The scheme supports training programmes to
develop skills that will subsequently be applied in a developing Commonwealth country. Awards last three
months and priority is given to subjects in the broadly defined areas of education, engineering,
environment, governance, public health and technology. Fellowships cover travel to the UK, living
expenses, other approved expenses and a contribution to host organisation costs.
Contact Details
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
c/o Association of Commonwealth Universities
36 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PF
Tel: +44 20 7380 6734
Fax: +44 20 7387 2655
Email: a.gane@acu.ac.uk
Web: www.acu.ac.uk
Deadline: May 2004
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS
Travel Fellowship - Cell Science
The Company of Biologists offers travel fellowships of up to $4,000 to graduate students and postdoctoral
students wishing to make collaborative visits to laboratories in other countries for work in the field of the
cell sciences. Applications are welcome from all nationalities.
Contact Details
Kirsty McCormack
Company of Biologists Limited
Bidder Building
140 Cowley Road
Cambridge
CB4 0DL
Tel: +44 1223 424430
Fax: +44 1223 424781
Email: kirsty@biologists.com
Web: http://dev.biologists.org
Deadline: 30 April, 31 August, 31 December 2004
Travel Fellowship - Developmental Biology
The Company of Biologists offers travel fellowships of up to £2,500 to graduate students and postdoctoral
students wishing to make collaborative visits to laboratories in other countries for work in the field of
developmental biology. Applications are welcome from all nationalities.
Contact Details
Jim Smith, Editor in Chief
Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK Institute
Tennis Court Road
Cambridge
CB2 1QR
Tel: +44 1223 334088
Fax: +44 1223 334089
Email: development@welc.cam.ac.uk
Web: www.biologists.com
Deadline: 30 April, 31 August, 31 December 2004
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Travel Fellowship - Experimental Biology
The Company of Biologists offers travel fellowships of up to $4,000 to graduate students and postdoctoral
students wishing to make collaborative visits to laboratories in other countries for work in the field of
experimental biology. Applications are welcome from all nationalities.
Contact Details
R G Boutilier
Department of Zoology
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3EJ
Email: zoo-jeb01@lists.cam.ac.uk
Web: www.biologists.com
Deadline: 31 August, 31 December 2004
CRANE ROGERS FOUNDATION INSTITUTE OF CURRENT WORLD AFFAIRS
John O Crane Memorial Fellowship in East Europe or the Middle East
The fellow will spend two years in the fellowship site of her/his choice, exploring an appropriate fellowship
topic of his or her own design. Fellowships are for self-designed independent study only. Candidates
must be under 36 years of age. Fellowships are not scholarships, and are not awarded to support work
toward academic degrees or for collaborative research projects, or to write books. Applicants must have a
good command of written and spoken English. Applicants must also have completed the current phase of
their formal education before they apply.
Target of Opportunity Fellowship
These are intended for the study of issues or areas of the candidate's own choice, or for study in the
following areas of interest expressed by members of the institute: Korea, Japan, East Germany, Cuba,
Poland, the seas, Central Asia, Russia and South Asia.
Both the above Fellowships are for self-designed independent study only. Candidates must be under 36
years of age. Fellowships are not scholarships, and are not awarded to support work toward academic
degrees or for collaborative research projects, or to write books. Applicants must have a good command
of written and spoken English. Applicants must also have completed the current phase of their formal
education before they apply.
Contact Details
Institute of Current World Affairs
Four West Wheelock Street
Hanover, NH 03755
USA
Tel: +1 603 643 5548
Fax: +1 603 643 9599
Email: icwa@valley.net
Web: www.icwa.org
Deadline: letters of interest 15 March and 15 August; full application 1 April and 1 September each year
CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRUST
Postgraduate Studentships
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust invites applications for its grants to encourage the best young science
graduates to embark on a research career in cystic fibrosis. The award provides practical research
training through a time-limited research project related to cystic fibrosis, under the direct supervision of
senior and experienced researchers, and leading to a doctoral qualification.
The award provides a stipend to cover all tuition fees, plus running costs for the project of up to £6,000.
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Contact Details
Jan Drayton, Research Administrator
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
11 London Road
Bromley
Kent BR1 1BY
Tel: +44 20 8464 7211
Fax: +44 20 8313 0472
Email: jdrayton@cftrust.org.uk
Web: www.cftrust.org.uk
Deadline: 16 February 2004
DAPHNE JACKSON TRUST
Fellowships
The Daphne Jackson Trust invites applications for its research fellowships for people returning to work
after a career break. The trust offers half time, sponsored research fellowships in university and industrial
laboratories throughout the UK. Fellowships last for two years and make provision for retraining.
Applicants must have a first degree in engineering, science or information technology and should have
taken a break of at least three years from a science or engineering career.
Contact Details
Daphne Jackson Trust
Department of Physics
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XH
Tel: +44 1483 689 166
Email: djmft@surrey.ac.uk
Web: Click here
Deadline: There is no deadline
DIABETES UK
Fellowships
Diabetes UK invites applications for the following fellowships:

RD Lawrence fellowship: this three-year career development fellowship is for scientists with three
years of postdoctoral experience who wish to undertake a second postdoc in the area of diabetes
research. Salary is set at university scales;

clinical training fellowship: for those who are medically qualified and who would like to pursue a PhD,
MD or DPhil in an area of diabetes research. The fellowship is for three years and the salary will be
paid at registrar scales;
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clinical postdoctoral fellowship: for those who are both medically qualified and who hold a PhD, MD or
DPhil. The fellowship is for three years and the salary will be paid at registrar scales;

senior fellowship in basic (biomedical) sciences: for scientists working in diabetes-related research
with between six and 10 years postdoctoral experience. The fellowship is for a period of five years.
Salary will be paid at university scales.
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Contact Details
Sarah Powell
Diabetes UK
10 Parkway
London
NW1 7AA
Tel: +44 20 7424 1000
Fax: +44 20 7424 1001
Email: Sarah.Powell@diabetes.org.uk
Web: www.diabetes.org.uk
Deadline: 1 June 2004
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC)
Research Fellowships
Research fellowships allow senior and less experienced researchers to conduct full-time research.
Awards cover the full salaries of successful applicants for two to three years, although awards for up to
five years may be granted in exceptional circumstances. Up to £5,000 per year can be awarded for
research costs.
Funding can be applied for at any time and may be used for research on any topic within the council’s
remit. Applicants must be based at UK higher education institutions or other eligible research institutes.
Contact Details
ESRC
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1UJ
Tel: +44 1793 413150
Web: www.esrc.ac.uk
Deadline: There is no deadline
Advanced Institute of Management Post-Doctoral Researchers
Funded by the ESRC and the EPSRC, AIM has appointed 17 National Competitive Fellows from across
the UK. Many Fellows are now seeking to appoint an associated post-doctoral researcher (PDR). A
primary objective of the PDR programme will be to upgrade the capabilities of future management
researchers in the UK. Successful candidates will have a recent doctorate from a high quality academic
institution. The doctoral degree need not be in management or business. One of the posts will be at
Cardiff Business School.
Contact Details
Ann Sigismund Huff, Director
AIM Management Research Initiative
18-20 Huntsworth Mews
London Business School
London
NW1 6DD
Tel: +44 870 734 3000
Fax: +44 870 734 3001
Email: aim@london.edu
Web: www.aimresearch.org.uk
Deadline: These will vary across institutions
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ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC)
First Grant Scheme
The first grants scheme assists individuals in obtaining a research grant at the beginning of their
academic careers. Applicants may apply for and receive a grant under this scheme only once. Individuals
must have been appointed to their first academic salaried UK university position within the previous 24
months and be applying as a principal investigator for the first time. Applicants must normally be under 35
years of age. Up to £120,000 is provided as support.
Contact Details
Steve Milsom
EPSRC
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon SN2 1ET
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1793 444108
Email: steve.milsom@epsrc.ac.uk
Web: www.epsrc.ac.uk
Deadline: There is no deadline
Connectivity Fellowships
Connectivity Fellowships aim to promote interdisciplinary research between mathematics and
engineering. Fellowships fund short visits by mathematicians to UK engineering departments or vice
versa.
Proposals must be made by permanent members of academic staff at UK institutions, although visitors
from overseas institutions are not excluded. Fellowships cover travel and subsistence only and will not
exceed £10,000. Visits should last at least one week.
Applications may be submitted at any time; decisions will normally be made within 12 weeks of receipt.
Contact Details
Deborah Miller
EPSRC
Address as above
Tel: +44 1793 444162
Fax: +44 1793 444547
Email: Deborah.Miller@epsrc.ac.uk
Web: www.epsrc.ac.uk
Deadline: There is no deadline
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics
The Mathematics Programme for postdoctoral fellowships helps talented young researchers establish an
independent research career after completing a PhD.
Fellowships last up to two years and are held in an appropriate UK university department. Funding for
salary and up to £8,000 per year for equipment, consumables and travel is provided. EU nationals from
member states are eligible. Applicants should have a maximum of four years’ postdoctoral research
experience and should not hold permanent academic posts.
Contact Details
Carol Wallace
EPSRC
Tel: +44 1793 444183
Email: carol.wallace@epsrc.ac.uk
Web: www.epsrc.ac.uk
Deadline: October 2004
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Theoretical Physics
This postdoctoral theory fellowship scheme is specifically designed for theoretical physicists. The aim is to
help talented young researchers to establish an independent research career after completing a PhD.
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Fellowships are awarded for up to three years at any appropriate UK institution. Funding covers salary
and up to £8,000 per year for equipment, consumables and travel. EU nationals from member states are
eligible. Applicants should have a maximum of four years’ postdoctoral research experience and should
not hold permanent academic posts.
Contact Details
Jennifer Houghton
EPSRC
Tel: +44 1793 444397
Email: jennifer.houghton@epsrc.ac.uk
Web: www.esprc.ac.uk
Deadline: October 2004
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF DIABETES/AMERICAN
DIABETES ASSOCIATION
Fellowships
The fellowships are designed to bring European and American scientists into closer collaboration. They
aim to encourage basic or clinical research related to diabetes or its complications.
Fellowships allow an investigator from Europe to study in the US. An award of $50,000 will be made to
the host institution. This should cover one year’s salary of the awardee, and the remaining amount may
be used for travel costs and for laboratory equipment or supplies. Fellows will have completed their
advanced degree within the last seven years. Candidates must be members of the EASD.
Contact Details
EASD Secretariat
Rheindorfer Weg 3
D-40591 Düsseldorf
Germany
Tel: +49 211 75 84 69 0
Fax: +49 211 75 84 69 29
Email: easd@uni-duesseldorf.de
Web: www.easd.org
Deadline: 1 February 2004
EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ORGANISATION
Long Term Fellowships
The European Molecular Biology Organisation invites applications for its long-term postdoctoral
fellowships. An EMBC country must be involved: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UK. Special provision is made for
Cyprus. Fellowships are for visits of 12 to 24 months and are particularly aimed at advanced training
through research.
Contact Details
EMBO
Postfach 1022.40
D-69012 Heidelberg
Germany
Fax: +49 6221 8891 200
Email: fellowships@embo.org
Web: www.embo.org
Deadline: 15 February 2004 and August 2004
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Re-start Fellowships
These awards help researchers in the life sciences who want to return to research after taking a break of
more then one year for child care. Awards last two years.
Contact Details
EMBO
Email: women@embo.org
Web: www.embo.org
Deadline: 15 August 2004
Short Term Fellowships
These fellowships are intended to help scientists to visit another laboratory with a view to applying a
technique not available in the home laboratory.
Fellowships support visits of up to three months to laboratories in the member states of the EMBC:
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, and the UK. Applicants must be working in an EMBC country or an east European
laboratory.
Contact Details
EMBO
Fax: +49 6221 8891 200
Email: EMBO@embo.org
Web: www.embo.org
Deadline: There is no deadline
EUROPEAN RESEARCH CONSORTIUM FOR INFORMATICS AND MATHEMATICS
Fellowships
The objective of the programme is to enable bright young scientists to work collectively on a challenging
problem as fellows of leading European research centres. ERCIM fellowships help to widen and intensify
the network of personal relations and understanding among scientists. The programme offers the
opportunity to ERCIM fellows: to improve their knowledge about European research structures and
networks; to familiarise them with working conditions in leading European research centres; to promote
cross-fertilisation and cooperation between research groups working in similar areas in different
laboratories, through the fellowships. The fellowship programme focuses mainly on the following topics:
database research; constraints technology and applications; control and systems theory; formal methods;
electronic methods; user interfaces for all; environmental modelling; health and information technology;
digital libraries; e-learning; matrix computations and statistics.
ERCIM is particularly interested in candidates with skills in: mathematics and foundations of computer
science; software; computing methodologies; communications technology.
Aside from researchers from academic institutions, scientists working in industry are strongly encouraged
to apply. Applicants should have a PhD degree (or equivalent), or be in the last year of the thesis work
with an outstanding academic record; be fluent in English; be discharged or get deferment from military
service and start the grant before October 2002.
Contact Details
Emma Lière
ERCIM
2004 Route des Lucioles
BP 93
F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex
France
Tel: +33 4 92 38 50 10
Fax: +33 4 92 38 50 11
Email: emma.liere@ercim.org
Web: www.ercim.org
Deadline: April 2004
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EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOCIETY
Fellowships
The European Respiratory Society is inviting applications for its fellowships to enable qualified doctors
and respiratory investigators to carry out research and clinical projects or to obtain training in a clinical or
research unit in another European country. The society offers a variety of fellowship schemes for
professionals actively engaged in clinical and basic research in respiratory medicine and clinical
pulmonary practice:
•long-term research or training fellowships lasting 12 months;
•short-term research or training fellowships lasting up to three months.
Funding is designed to comply with the subsistence rates for the recipient’s particular country.
Contact Details
Magali Ducret, Scientific Affairs Assistant
European Respiratory Society Headquarters
1 Bd de Grancy
1006 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel: +41 21 613 0202
Fax: +41 21 617 2865
Email: info@ersnet.org
Web: www.ersnet.org/0/0/0.asp
Deadline: 2 February 2004
EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Short Scientific Visits and Short-Term Fellowships
The European Science Foundation’s programme on experimental and theoretical investigation of complex
polymer structures provides support for the following awards:
•short scientific visit grants cover the cost of short visits of senior scientists to exchange knowledge,
research results and to foster joint publications;
•short-term fellowships are for experienced researchers and seniors, and facilitate the transfer of
knowledge and techniques relevant to research from one laboratory within Europe to another.
Fellowships last up to six months.
Both of these awards are open to all scientists working in Europe. At least one contributing country should
be involved in the scheme: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK.
Contact Details
Chantal Durant
ESF
Tel: +33 3 88 76 71 27
Email: cdurant@esf.org
Web: www.esf.org
Deadline: There is no deadline
Interaction of Superintense, Femtosecond Laser Fields with Atoms, Solids and Plasmas Fellowships
Fellowships are for qualified young scientists (normally under the age of 35), who need further training
and expertise in other experimental methods for a fruitful continuation and broadening of their research
scopes.
The Fellowships are intended to initiate or strengthen links between different research groups based in
European countries. A short-term fellowship is limited to 1,524 Euro.
There is no deadline but applications should reach the ESF secretariat at least two weeks before the
planned visit takes place.
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Contact Details
Catherine Werner
ESF
Fax: +33 3 88 37 05 32
Email: c.werner@esf.org
Web: www.esf.org
Deadline: There is no deadline but applications should reach the ESF secretariat at least two weeks
before the planned visit takes place.
Vortex Programme Short-Term Fellowships and Short Scientific Visits

short-term fellowships: these are intended to promote the mobility of young researchers. This should
facilitate the access of partners to available complementary set-ups and to perform detailed studies of
nano-engineered samples with controlled regular or disordered arrays of pinning centers by different
techniques. Fellowships are intended for qualified young scientists (normally under the age of 35),
who need further training and expertise in other experimental methods for a fruitful continuation and
broadening of their research scopes. Applicants should hold at least a master's degree;

short scientific visit grants: contacts can be established and/or strengthened via individual short visits
of researchers. Visits will last up to two weeks. These visits are aimed at the optimum complementary
use of the available experimental facilities and at a closer interaction between the experimentalists
and theorists.
The awards are open to researchers working in Europe. At least one contributing country must be
involved: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.
Contact Details
Catherine Werner
ESF
Tel: +33 3 88 37 05 32
Email: cwerner@esf.org
Web: www.esf.org
Deadline: There is no deadline
Cosmology in the Laboratory (COSLAB)
These grants are intended to initiate or strengthen links between different research groups. Applicants
must apply for a stay in a laboratory in a European country other than the country of origin, except where
the exchange is between two separate communities and the aim is to promote their transdisciplinarity.
Two types of award are made:

short-term visits: typically of one to two weeks duration, these are intended to establish or enhance
links between institutes in different countries. Travel, accommodation and meals are reimbursed on
the basis of actual costs up to a maximum amount of 1,600 Euro;

fellowships: for young workers these are intended primarily for experimentalists to work at another
laboratory, although applications from theorists will also be considered. They will normally be for one
month, but may be up to three months in exceptional cases. Costs for travel will be reimbursed up to
a maximum of 500 Euro on the basis of actual expenditure, and a subsistence allowance of up to
1,500 Euro per month may be paid.
At least one of the institutes involved must be located in a country supporting the programme: Finland,
Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK. However, in the case of shortterm visits priority will be given to senior scientists involved in the programme collaboration.
Contact Details
Marie Gruber
ESF
Tel: +33 3 88 76 71 07
Fax: +33 3 88 37 05 32
Email: mgruber@esf.org
Web: www.esf.org
Deadline: There is no deadline; applicants can generally expect a decision within four weeks of
submission of a complete application. Visits must take place within six months of approval.
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EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
Research Fellowship
Applications are invited for research fellowships to support the further research of young society members
in the fields of clinical microbiology and/or infectious diseases. Up to five fellowships, each consisting of a
cash award of 5,000 Euro will be awarded. Eligible individuals should not be more than five years beyond
their training as postdoctoral students or fellows. Appropriate research may be based on laboratory
investigations, clinical studies, experimental animal studies, or a combination thereof. Research must be
carried out in a European institution.
Contact Details
ESCMID
Award Committee
Hainbuchenstrasse 65
D-82024 Taufkirchen
Germany
Tel: +49 89 612 6162
Fax: +49 89 612 8176
Email: birgit.menzemer@escmid.org
Web: www.escmid.org
Deadline: November 2004
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Training Fellowships
The European Society of Surgical Oncology is inviting applications for a number of training fellowships to
support trainees in surgical oncology. The aim of these fellowships is to allow young surgeons to spend
time in another specialist centre to either expand their experience or learn new techniques. These
fellowships are competitive and applicants require support not only from their own head of department but
also from the head of department of the centre which they wish to visit. Each year, up to four fellowships
are offered for short periods of training i.e. two to three weeks, and each of these four fellowships will be
supported at the level of 2500 Euro (£1,550). In addition, each year ESSO will be offering one major
training fellowship (value 6.250 Euro) in order to support an individual who wishes to spend three months
in one or more specialist centres in order to expand his or her clinical or research experience in surgical
oncology. Applicants must be or become ESSO members. Applications will be considered twice yearly,
at the beginning of April and October.
Contact Details
Secretariat office
Avenue E. Mounier 83
B 1200 Brussels
NG5 1PB
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 537 31 06
Fax: +32 2 539 03 74
Email: esso@esso-surgeonline.be
Web: http://www.esso-surgeonline.be/
Deadline: 31 August 2004
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
External Fellowships
These Fellowships enable young researchers to propose a research project relevant to the ESA’s
research activities at the host institute of their choice, in a country other than their own. Fellowships are
awarded for one year, with the possibility of renewal up to one more year.
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Applicants must hold a PhD or doctorate or equivalent and must be working in space science or space
applications, spacecraft techniques, or fields closely connected to space activities. They must also be
nationals of ESA member states.
Contact Details
ESRIN
Personnel Service
Via Galileo Galilei
Casella Postale 64
I-00044 Frascati
Italy
Web: www.esa.int
Deadline: 31 March 2004 and 30 September 2004
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE
Jean Monnet Fellowships
Jean Monnet fellowships allow postdoctoral research leading to publications with no heavy teaching
obligations. Work must fall within one of the following:
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comparative research in a European perspective;
research on the EU or on a topic of interest for the development of Europe;
fundamental research, provided that it relates to an innovative subject of importance contributing to
the development of Europe’s cultural and academic heritage.
Fellows carry out their research in one of the institute’s four departments or in the Robert Schuman
Centre for Advanced Studies. Fellowships are open to candidates with a postgraduate doctoral degree or
equivalent research experience.
Contact Details
Academic Service
European University Institute
Via dei Roccettini 9
50016 San Domenico di Fiesole
Italy
Tel: +39 55 4685 444
Fax: +39 55 4685 377
Email: applyjmf@iue.it
Web: www.ieu.it
Deadline: 25 October 2004
FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN MICROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES
Fellowships Scheme
The aim of the fellowship scheme is to enable young scientists to pursue research for up to three months
in another European country. Grants are of up to 3,500 Euro and support travel and living costs only.
Applicants should be working microbiologists under 36 years of age. They should also be a member of a
FEMS society.
Contact Details
FEMS Central Office
Poortlandplein 6
2628 BM Delft
Netherlands
Tel: +31 15 278 5604
Fax: +31 15 278 5696
Email: fems@fems-microbiology.org
Web: www.fems-microbiology.org/fems/research/design/grants.htm
Deadline: June 2004
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FIGHT FOR SIGHT
Fellowships
Fight for Sight invites applications from postdoctoral scientists for two or three year fellowships to support
research into the prevention of blindness and treatment and cure of eye diseases. Funding covers salary,
consumables and travel expenses. Applicants must be under 35.
Contact Details
Fight for Sight
Institute of Ophthalmology
4 Bath Street
London
EC1V 9DX
Tel: +44 20 7608 4000
Email: info@fightforsight.org.uk
Web: www.fightforsight.org
Deadline: November 2004
FRAXA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Grants and Fellowships
This programme is designed to encourage research aimed at finding a specific treatment for fragile X
syndrome. Fellowships of up to $35,000 per year will be offered to support postdoctoral fellows who want
to pursue research on fragile X. Fraxa also invites investigator- initiated applications for innovative pilot
studies aimed at developing and characterising new therapeutic approaches for the treatment and
ultimate cure of fragile X syndrome. Fraxa is particularly interested in preclinical studies of potential
pharmaceutical and genetic treatments and studies aimed at understanding the function of the FMR1
gene.
Contact Details
Katherine Clapp
President
FRAXA Research Foundation
45 Pleasant St Second Floor
Newburyport, MA 01950
USA
Tel: +1 978 4621866
Fax: +1 978 4639985
Email: kclapp@fraxa.org
Web: www.fraxa.org
Deadline: May 2004
FULBRIGHT COMMISSION
Postgraduate Study Awards in the United States
The US-UK Fulbright Commission is offering awards to talented EU citizens, normally resident in the UK,
who wish to study at postgraduate level in any subject area at any approved US university. Awards are
open to all fields of study.
Applicants must hold, or expect to hold, a minimum of 2:1 honours degree from a UK university,
demonstrate strong evidence of leadership qualities or very active involvement in extracurricular activities
or preferably both.
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Contact Details
British Programme Manager
Fulbright Awards Programme Staff
Fulbright Commission
Fulbright House
62 Doughty Street
London
WC1N 2JZ
Tel: +44 20 7404 6880
Fax: +44 20 7404 6834
Email: education@fulbright.co.uk
Web: www.fulbright.co.uk
Deadline: 31 October 2004
GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Postdoctoral Fellowships
These fellowships provide support to scholars, whose doctoral degrees have been or will be officially
conferred between 1 January 1997 and 1 January 2003, to pursue interpretative research projects that
make a substantial and original contribution to the understanding of art and its history. Fellowships
provide a $40,000 (£25,820) stipend for a 12-month period to begin between 1 June 2003, and 1
September 2003. Applicants who are employed outside the United States may apply for a shorter
research period if they are unable to obtain a full year of leave, and funds will be apportioned accordingly.
Contact Details
Nancy Micklewright
Program Officer
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Getty Grant Programme
1200 Getty Center Drive
Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1685
Tel: +1 310 440 7374
Fax: +1 310 440 7703
Email: researchgrants@getty.edu
Web: www.getty.edu/grant/research
Deadline: November 2004
GOTTLEIB DAIMLER UND KARL BENZ FOUNDATION
Young Scientist Fellowship Programme
Awards help PhD students working towards a dissertation who are planning a research stay in a German
host institution. The programme is open to all disciplines and countries. Candidates should not be older
than 30 years and must have been awarded their last academic degree within the last year. Fellowships
last up to two years.
Contact Details
Petra Jung
Gottlieb Daimler-und Karl Benz Stiftung
Dr-Carl-Benz-Platz 2
68526 Ladenburg
Germany
Tel: +49 6203 109216
Fax: +49 6203 10925
Email: info@daimler-benz-stiftung.de
Web: www.daimler-benz-stiftung.de
Deadline: 1 April and 1 October, annually
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HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
Dissertation Fellowships
Fellowships are awarded each year to individuals who will complete the writing of the dissertation within
the award year. Areas of interest include violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social
change, the socialisation of children, intergroup conflict, interstate warfare, crime, family relationships,
and investigations of the control of aggression and violence. These fellowships of $10,000 are designed
to contribute to the support of the doctoral candidate to enable him or her to complete the thesis in a
timely manner, and it is only appropriate to apply for support for the final year of PhD work.
Applicants may be citizens of any country and studying at colleges or universities in any country.
Contact Details:
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
527 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
USA
Tel: +1 212 644 4907
Fax: +1 212 644 5110
Web: www.hfg.org
Deadline: 1 February 2004
HEREDITARY DISEASE FOUNDATION
John J Wasmuth Postdoctoral Fellowships
Support is offered for research projects that will contribute to identifying and understanding the basic
defect of Huntington’s disease. Areas of interest include trinucleotide expansions, animal models, gene
therapy, neurobiology and development of the basal ganglia, cell survival and death, and intercellular
signalling in striatal neurons.
Milton Wexler Postdoctoral Fellowships
These fellowships support research projects that will contribute to identifying and understanding the basic
defect of Huntington’s disease. Areas of interest include trinucleotide expansions, animal models, gene
therapy, neurobiology and development of the basal ganglia, cell survival and death, and intercellular
signalling in striatal neurons. Successful candidates will receive a stipend of between $39,000 and
$56,000.
Contact Details
Allan Tobin, Scientific Director
Hereditary Disease Foundation
11400 West Olympic Boulevard
Suite 855
Los Angeles, CA 90064-1560
USA
Tel: +1 212 928 2121
Fax: +1 212 928 2172
Email: atobin@mednet.ucla.edu
Web: www.hdfoundation.org
Deadline: 15 February and 15 October annually
HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAMME
Long-Term Fellowships
This programme promotes basic research in the life sciences aimed at elucidating the complex
mechanisms of living organisms.
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Awards provide three years’ support for postdoctoral research abroad in a laboratory of the fellow’s
choice. The final year may be held in either the host laboratory or in the fellow’s home country. Fellows
can be a national of, or they must train in, a supporting country: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Republic of
Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA.
Deadline: September 2004
Short-Term Fellowships
This programme supports basic research in the life sciences aimed at elucidating the complex
mechanisms of living organisms. Fellowships provide support for up to three months to learn new
techniques or establish new collaborations in another country.
Fellows can either be a national of or they must train in a supporting country: Austria, Belgium, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic
of Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA.
Deadline: There is no deadline
Contact Details
Human Frontier Science Programme
Bureaux Europe
20 Place des Halles
67080 Strasbourg Cedex
France
Tel: +33 3 88 21 51 34, Fax: +33 3 88 32 88 97
Email: fellow@hfsp.org
Web: www.hfsp.org
HUMANE RESEARCH TRUST
Grants
The Humane Research Trust's grants program considers applications for projects which do not involve
the use of live animals or animal tissue.
Contact Details
Gilly Prime, Scientific Officer
The Humane Research Trust
29 Bramhall Lane South, Bramhall,
Stockport, Cheshire SK7 2DN
Tel: +44 161 439 8041, Fax: +44 161 439 3713
Email: Members@Humane.freeserve.co.uk
Web: www.btinternet.com/~shawweb/hrt
Deadline: Applications forms can be requested any time
INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH/PAST AND PRESENT SOCIETY
Fellowships
The Institute of Historical Research and the Past and Present Society invite applications for a one-year
postdoctoral research fellowship in history tenable at the institute. The fellowship will be awarded to a
graduate who expects to have submitted his/her doctoral thesis in history by 1 October of the year of the
fellowship. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a broad interest in processes of social,
economic, political and cultural change, as manifested in their particular field of study.
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Contact Details
Nicola Cowee
Institute of Historical Research
University of London
Senate House
London WC1E 7HU
Tel: +44 20 7862 8747, Fax: +4420 7862 8745
Email: Nicola.Cowee@sas.ac.uk
Web: www.history.ac.uk
Deadline: March 2004
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN
John J Bonica Trainee Fellowship
The fellowship is intended to support training in clinical and basic science research in the field of pain.
Applicants will be expected to designate the institution and mentor of his/her proposed training. A stipend
of $25,000 for 12 months will be provided. Funding to cover travel costs worth up to $3,000 may also be
awarded.
Contact Details
IASP Secretariat
Fellowship Programme
909 NE 43rd St., Suite 306
Seattle WA 98105-6020
USA
Tel: +1 206 547 6409
Fax: +1 206 547 1703
Email: iaspdesk@juno.com
Web: www.iasp-pain.org/
Deadline: 1 September annually
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC RESEARCH
Grants
The International Foundation for Music Research seeks:

to explore music’s role in learning and cognitive development;

expand understanding of music’s role in all aspects of life for well and infirm elderly – particular
emphasis on well being and treatment, interim and long term care.
IFMR will fund multi-year research projects for one, two or three years in the range of $20,000 to
$100,000; higher grant awards will be considered pending research design;
Support is also available for conferences and dissemination activities about music research and for oneyear research fellow/assistantships that extend and/or expand work-in-progress that may yield outcomes
within the foundation’s current area of funding priorities.
Letters of inquiry may be sent to the foundation at any time for initial review by foundation administrative
staff.
Contact Details
International Foundation for Music Research
5790 Armada Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
USA
Email: info@music-research.org
Web: www.music-research.org
Deadline: Letters of inquiry may be sent to the foundation at any time for initial review by foundation
administrative staff.
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INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL FEDERATION
FIP Fellowships
Applications are invited for international fellowships in pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice.
These permit recipients to perform research and/or be trained outside his/her own home country.
Fellowships are open to anyone who is employed in either the practice of pharmacy or the
pharmaceutical sciences, and has achieved a PhD, a PharmD, masters or the equivalent. Awards will not
exceed 10,000 Euro.
Contact Details
FIP Foundation for Education and Research
Andries Bickerweg 5
PO Box 84200
2508 AE The Hague
Netherlands
Tel: +31 70 3021988
Fax: +31 70 3021999
Email: foundation@fip.org
Web: www.fip.org/foundation
Deadline: 31 March, 15 June, 15 November
THE INTERNATIONAL RETT SYNDROME ASSOCATION
Grant Programme
The International Rett Syndrome Association is requesting proposals for biomedical, clinical, and
therapeutic research on Rett syndrome. The objective of this opportunity is to stimulate interest by new
investigators, and to enable new and established investigators to test the feasibility of new ideas on a
small scale; and to enable investigators to generate pilot data for proposals for US National Institutes of
Health or other foundation funding. The following grants are available:
•small grants: these grants should be hypothesis-based proposals, which can be high-risk high reward, to
obtain pilot data for a traditional NIH type proposal. Funding is up to $50,000 (£34,200) per year, with two
renewals possible;
•postdoctoral fellowships: these awards are intended to support fellows beyond the first year of research
fellowship. Awards will provide funding for one or two years at up to $35,000 per year;
•translational research: these studies are intended to enable basic research findings to move towards
clinical application and treatment. These need not be hypothesis-based.
Contact Details
Cheryl Dunigan
International Rett Syndrome Association
9121 Piscataway Road
Suite 2B
Clinton, MD 20735
USA
Tel: +1 301 856 3334
Fax: +1 301 856 3336
Email: irsa@rettsyndrome.org
Web: www.rettsyndrome.org
Deadline: September 2004
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INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST CANCER
Translational Cancer Research Fellowships
This scheme aims at enhancing the translation of basic, experimental, and applied research insights into
their clinical or population applications in the form of new ideas, drugs, treatments, diagnostics, and of
vaccines and other effective prevention or intervention strategies. Proposals are invited in the bridging
areas connecting cell and molecular biologists to patients in the clinic or to populations in the field. The
award value of the 12-month long fellowship is $55,500.
Contact Details
International Union Against Cancer
3 Rue Conseil-Général
1205 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 809 18 40
Fax: +41 22 809 18 10
Email: fellows@uicc.org
Web: www.uicc.org/
Deadline: 1 December annually
JOSE CARRERAS INTERNATIONAL LEUKAEMIA FOUNDATION
ED Thomas Fellowship
The José Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation invites applications for its ED Thomas fellowship
for studies relating to the field of diagnosis, prevention and cure of leukaemia and related haematological
malignancies. The fellowship provides funding of $50,000 for one year, renewable for two years.
Candidates must hold a MD or PhD degree and have completed at least three years postdoctoral training
but must be less than 10 years past their first doctoral degree.
Contact Details
Fundacion International José Carreras
Muntaner, 383 2n
08021 Barcelona
Spain
Fax: +34 93 201 0588
Email: fundacio@fcarreras.es
Web: www.fcarreras/es/ang
Deadline: November 2004
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION (UK)
Regular research grants (up to £625,000 over three years) and special research grants (up to
£15,625,000 over five years) are available for research better accomplished using more than one lab;
work bringing together experts from different fields or resource facilities designed to expedite research;
fellowships; career awards; innovative grants; postdoctoral fellowships; career awards and innovative
grants (seed funding for developmental work where current data are insufficient for a research grant).
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Contact details
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
19 Angel Gate
City Road
London
EC1V 2PT
United Kingdom
Tel: (020) 7713 2030
Fax: (020) 7713 2031
Web: http://www.jdrf.org.uk
Deadline: Preliminary applications to be submitted every February and September
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The applicant is required to work with a sponsor who is affiliated full-time with an accredited institution
and who can provide a training environment conducive to beginning a career in research relevant to
diabetes.
The fellowships are intended for investigators in a relatively early stage of their career. Their first degree
(MD, PhD, DMD, DVM, or equivalent) will have been received no more than five years before the
fellowship. Applicants may not have faculty appointments. Applicants from international, for-profit and
non-profit, and public and private organisations are eligible. The award amount will between $36,592 and
$50,116 depending on postdoctoral experience.
Contact Details
Jim Richard, Grant Administrator
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Grant Administrator
120 Wall Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10005-4001
USA
Tel: +1 212 479 7621
Email: jrichard@jdrf.org
Web: www.jdfcure.org
Deadline: August 2004
KAY KENDALL LEUKAEMIA FUND
Research Fellowships
The Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund invites applications from postdoctoral or medically qualified scientists
with a PhD, MRCP, MRCPath or equivalent for its research fellowships. Applicants of any nationality are
eligible. Work will be carried out over a three year period in an appropriate institution in the UK. Priority
will be given to applicants seeking to pursue novel lines of research.
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Contact Details
Elizabeth Storer
Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund
Allington House (1st Floor)
150 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5AE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7410 7045
Email: liz.storer@sfct.org.uk
Web: Click here
Deadline: January annually
LAM FOUNDATION
Fellowships
The LAM Foundation invites applications for its fellowship for the study of the cellular and molecular basis
of the abnormal smooth muscle proliferation that occurs in the disease lymphangiomyomatosis. These
fellowships are granted for three years, subject to annual reviews. This award aims to enable
investigators to gather sufficient preliminary data to apply for more substantial funding.
The sponsor should be a recognised authority in a field of research pertinent to LAM and possess the
necessary laboratory and training resources. Fellowships are intended to support postdoctoral level
investigators (MD or PhD) who will be performing LAM research in the laboratory of an established
scientist who is an expert in areas which are directly pertinent to LAM.
Fellowships provide a maximum of $50,000 (£33,340), renewable for two additional years. Applications
are welcome from investigators of all nationalities.
Contact Details
Sue Byrnes
LAM Foundation
10105 Beacon Hills Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45241
USA
Email: lam@one.net
Web: www.lam.uc.edu/html/proposal.html
Deadline: 1 September annually
THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
Fellowship Awards
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society invites applications for its research fellowship awards to provide
support for promising investigators with less than two years of postdoctoral research training. Fellows are
encouraged to embark on an academic career involving clinical or fundamental research in or related to
leukaemia, lymphoma, Hodgkins disease and myeloma. Funding of $40,000 per year is available for
three years.
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Contact Details
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
1311 Mamaroneck Ave
White Plains, NY 10605
USA
Tel: +1 914 821 8843
Fax: +1 914 821 8946
Email: researchprograms@tlls.org
Web: www.leukemia.org
Deadline: preliminary forms 15 September; full applications 1 October 2004
LEUKEMIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
New Investigator Research Grants
Funding of $75,000 for one year is available. Grants may be renewable for a second year. Investigator
must be a staff member within five years of beginning an independent lab.
Deadline: February 2004
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Funding is available for the following awards:
•postdoctoral fellowship: funding of $30,000 per year for two years is available. Fellows, who must be of
MD or PhD status, can have up to three years of training, excluding medical residency, prior to receiving
the grant award;
•physician-scientist postdoctoral fellowship: funding of $45,000 per year is available for two years.
Fellows of MD, DO, DVM, or equivalent status who are yet established as independent investigators are
eligible to apply.
Deadline: March 2004
Contact Details
Hollis R Brownstein, Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
LRF
820 Davis Street
Suite 420
Evanston
Illinois 60201
Tel: +1 847 424 0600
Fax: +1 847 581 0779
Email: hollis_lrf@ameritech.net
Web: www.leukemia-research.org
Deadline: 15 February 2004
LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH FUND/ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Five Year Clinician Scientist Awards
The Leukaemia Research Fund in partnership with the Academy of Medical Sciences is inviting
applications for two five-year clinician scientists posts. The awards aim to combine the completion of
specialist training in haematology with postdoctoral research in an approved laboratory. Entry to the
scheme will normally be at SHO or SpR level and candidates will have to completed a PhD/DPhil or
expect to have received their doctorate prior to taking up an award. The posts must be supernumerary to
existing SpR rotations and offer a flexible programme of training integrated with protected research time.
Contact Details
David Grant, Scientific Director, LRF
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7405 0101
Email: scientific@lrf.org
Web: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/lrf-/
Deadline: 12 September 2003
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LEVERHULME TRUST
Early Career Fellowships
Fellowships provide career development opportunities for those with a proven record of research who do
not hold or have not held a full-time established academic post in a UK university or comparable
institution. Eligible applicants should be resident in the UK and should normally be under age 35 and hold
an awarded doctorate or have equivalent research experience at the time of taking up the award.
Fellowships can be held at universities or at other higher education institutions in the UK. Applicants from
all fields of research are eligible to apply.
The trust will contribute 50 per cent of each fellow’s total salary costs up to a maximum of £17,500 per
annum; the balance is to be paid by the host institution. Research expenses of up to £1,500 per annum
may also be sought. These fellowships last for two years and the salary will be paid according to the
national scale for academic staff based on age and experience.
Information on these fellowships will be available from the trust from 1 January 2003.
Contact Details
Jean Cater
Early Career Fellowships
Leverhulme Trust
1 Pemberton Row
London EC4A 3BG
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7822 6952
Email: jcater@leverhulme.org.uk
Web: www.leverhulme.org.uk
Deadline: 16 March 2004
LIZARD ISLAND RESEARCH STATION
Doctoral Fellowships
These are intended to support field work at the Lizard Island Research Station by a PhD student who will
carry out significant coral reef research. The fellowship is currently worth $6,000 per year for Australians
and $7,000 for foreigners, and each may run for up to three years. Applications are invited from people
who are enrolled, or are about to become enrolled, in a PhD program at any university. The PhD project
must be in a scientific discipline relevant to coral reefs and it must make good use of the facilities at
Lizard Island Research Station.
Contact Details
Lyle Vail and Anne Hoggett, Directors
Lizard Island Research Station
PMB 37
Cairns QLD 4871
Australia
Tel: + 61 7 4060 3977
Fax: + 61 7 4060 3055
Email: lizard@austmus.gov.au
Web: www.lizardisland.net.au/research/doctoral-fellowships.htm
Deadline: 1 October annually
LLOYD'S TERCENTENARY FOUNDATION
Fellowships
Two-year postdoctoral research fellowships are available in the following categories: engineering;
medicine and healthcare; safety and environmental studies; science and technology. The fellowships are
tenable from October 2004.
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Applications are sought from candidates intending to pursue research at institutions in the UK. Applicants
must hold PhD or MD qualification awarded within the past four years and the fellowships are not open to
candidates holding academic posts at universities or equivalent positions at other research
establishments. Only in exceptional circumstances will applications be considered from candidates who
are over 30 years of age.
Application form is available on the website.
Contact Details
Lloyd’s Tercentenary Foundation
Lloyd’s
One Lime Street
London EC3M 7HA
United Kingdom
Web: www.lloyds.com/ubdex.asp?itemid=2598
Deadline: December annually
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Special Research Training Fellowships in Bioinformatics and Neuroinformatics
These provide up to four years’ support for specialist multidisciplinary research training at a predoctoral or
postdoctoral level. Recipients will be encouraged to register for a PhD or MD if they do not already have
one.
This scheme is available to non-biological, biological, non-clinical and clinical individuals with PhDs or
MDs or with informatics research experience at a predoctoral level. All applicants should have some prior
research experience.
Science graduates should hold either a PhD/DPhil in a relevant discipline or hold a research-oriented
masters degree and have undertaken a period of appropriate postgraduate work.
Medical and dental applicants should be immediate post-registration up to specialist registrar grade or
equivalent level in general practice. Nurses, midwives and researchers in the professions allied to
medicine must have completed their professional training and have a relevant research-oriented MSc or
demonstrate relevant research experience.
Deadline: 7 July 2004
NHS Health Region Special Training Fellowships in Health Services and Health of the Public
Research
The Medical Research Council, in partnership with the UK health departments, invites applications for its
special training fellowships in health services and health of the public research. These provide up to four
years funding. The award also provides the opportunity to enhance the research training through
placement in an overseas research centre, or a second UK research centre. Science graduates should
hold a PhD or DPhil in a relevant discipline, or expect to have received their doctorate by the time they
intend to take up the award. Medical and dental graduates should be immediate post-registration up to
specialist registrar grade or equivalent. Nurses, midwives and members of the professions allied to
medicine must have completed their professional training and hold a relevant research-oriented masters,
or equivalent.
Deadline: September annually
Research Training in Computational Biology
This fellowship scheme provides specialised multidisciplinary research training in the field of
computational biology and in the modelling of complex biological systems where the functions of different
components are co-ordinated in space and time. Fellows may undertake a relevant masters degree
during the first part of the fellowship, followed by a period of specialist research training. Award holders
are encouraged to register for a PhD (or MD) if they do not already have one. The scheme is available to
those with non-biological, biological and clinical and non-clinical backgrounds, individuals with PhDs/MDs,
or with informatics research experience at a predoctoral level. Applicants should have some prior
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research experience. Applicants with advanced training in the physical or mathematical sciences or in
information technology who wish to apply their expertise to biological problems are encouraged. Fellows
may spend up to one year in an overseas institution. Science graduates should hold either a PhD/DPhil in
a relevant discipline or hold a research-oriented masters degree. Medical and dental applicants should be
up to specialist registrar or equivalent in general practice or dentistry. Allied health professionals must
have completed their professional training and hold a masters degree, or equivalent.
Deadline: November annually
Clinician Scientist Fellowships
These awards offer up to four years of support for outstanding clinical researchers who wish to
consolidate their research skills and make the transition from postdoctoral training to becoming
independent investigators. This scheme also incorporates two further grants:
•the patient-oriented fellowship which provides up to five years support for research that requires a
greater proportion of time (up to 40 per cent) to be spent in clinical work;
•the MRC/Academy of Medical Sciences tenure-track fellowship which provides five years funding to
support career development and promote recruitment into clinical academic medicine.
Awards provide the opportunity to spend some time in an overseas research centre, UK industry or a
second research centre. Clinician scientist and patent-oriented clinician scientist fellowships are open to
hospital doctors, dentists, general practitioners, nurses, midwives and members of the professions allied
to medicine. The MRC/Academy of Medical Sciences fellowships are open only to hospital doctors,
dentists and general practitioners. Medical and dental graduates should be of specialist registrar or
consultant status or the equivalent level in general practice. Nurses, midwives and researchers in the
professions allied to medicine must have completed their professional training. Candidates will have
obtained a PhD/DPhil or MD in a basic science/clinical research project, or expect to have received their
doctorate by the time they propose to take up the award.
Deadline: November annually
Contact Details
Medical Research Council
Fellowships Section
20 Park Crescent
London W1B 1AL
Tel: +44 20 7636 5422
Email: fellows@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
Web: www.mrc.ac.uk
MIGRAINE TRUST
Fellowships
The Migraine Trust invites applications for its project grants, training fellowships for medical graduates
and PhD studentships for basic and clinical research into the causes, alleviation and cure of migraine or
other primary headaches. Candidates for training fellowships should be medical graduates with MRCP or
equivalent currently in training. Research grants should be undertaken at hospitals and universities only
and are funded at up to £100,000. PhD studentships last three years.
Contact Details
Bruce Roberts, Grants Administrator
Migraine Trust
45 Great Ormond Street
London WC1N 3HZ
Tel: +44 20 7831 4818
Fax: +44 20 7831 5174
Email: migrainetrust@compuserve.com
Web: www.migrainetrust.org
Deadline: March 2004
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NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER
Fellowships
The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships (September 20045 to May 2006) for
advanced study in the humanities. Most of the center's fellowships are unrestricted. However, the
following designated awards are available for the academic year 2004-05: three fellowships for scholars
in any humanistic field whose research concerns religion or theology; three fellowships for young scholars
(up to 10 years beyond receipt of doctorate) in literary studies; a fellowship in art history or visual culture;
a fellowship for French history or culture; a fellowship in Asian Studies.
The center welcomes senior and younger scholars from all nations and humanistically inclined individuals
from the arts, the natural and social sciences, and the professions. Applicants should have a doctorate or
have equivalent scholarly credentials, and a record of publication.
Funding of up to $50,000 plus round-trip travel for fellows and immediate families is provided.
Contact Details
Fellowship Program
National Humanities Center
Post Office Box 12256
Research Triangle Park
North Carolina 27709-2256
USA
Email: nhc@ga.unc.edu
Web: www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/index.htmu
Deadline: October 2004
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL (NERC)
Fellowships
The Natural Environment Research Council invites applications under its fellowship scheme to support a
small number of outstanding environmental scientists to establish and develop a research career. Awards
are available at three different levels:

postdoctoral research fellowships: initially tenable for periods of up to three years, renewable for
further two years. This early career development award is intended to provide further postdoctoral
experience and to support outstanding environmental scientists as they become independent
investigators. Up to one year can be spent at a collaborative institution in the UK or overseas;

advanced research fellowships: these awards are tenable for up to five years and can be extended
for a further five years. Up to two years can be spent at a collaborative institution in the UK or abroad;

senior research fellowships: these awards are tenable for up to five years and can be extended for a
further five years. Awards are intended to enable proven researchers of international standing at
mid/peak career level to devote themselves to personal research. Up to two years can be spent at a
collaborative institution in the UK or overseas.
Applicants for any of the awards must not hold a tenured post in a UK university at the time of application.
Deadline: 15 November 2004
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Contact Details
NERC
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon SN2 1EU
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1793 411500
Fax: +44 1793 411501
Web: www.nerc.ac.uk
NERC/EPSRC
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Environmental Mathematics and Statistics
This is a joint capacity building initiative with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
aimed at enhancing the quality and quantity of collaborations between the mathematical/statistical and life
science/ environmental communities. Applications are invited from mathematicians/statisticians and
environmental scientists for postdoctoral research fellowships. Awards last three years and are intended
to allow:

postdoctoral scientists with a mathematical or statistical background to carry out a prolonged period
of research in an environmentally focused research group;

postdoctoral scientists with a life science/environmental science background to carry out a prolonged
period of environmentally related research using cutting-edge mathematical or statistical techniques.
Applicants must not hold a tenured post in a UK university at the time of application. Fellowships may be
full or part-time.
Contact Details
EMS Programme Co-ordinator
NERC
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1EU
Tel: +44 1793 411506
Email: liho@nerc.ac.uk
Web: www.nerc.ac.uk
Deadline: May and November annually
NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY
Fellowships
The maximum award is £15,000 per annum for up to three years.
Contact Details
Heidi-Mai Warren, Research and Scientific Co-ordinator
National Osteoporosis Society
Camerton
Bath
BA2 0PJ
Tel: +44 1761 471771
Fax: +44 1761 471104
Email: hm.warren@nos.org.uk
Web: www.nos.org.uk
Deadline: September 2004
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NUFFIELD FOUNDATION
New Career Development Fellowships
The Nuffield Foundation invites applications for its social science new career development fellowships.
The scheme consists of a partnership between a new postdoctoral social scientist and an established
senior social scientist that will allow promising new researchers the opportunity of working, free of
teaching or administrative responsibilities, on a project of their own design. Funding is available for up to
three years’ salary for the new career post and some support for the senior partner, as well as research
project costs. The total budget must not exceed £120,000.
Applicants must usually have completed a PhD and have no more than five years experience since their
PhD award.
Contact Details
Louie Burghes
Nuffield Foundation
28 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3JS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7631 0566
Email: ncdf@nuffieldfoundation.org
Web: www.nuffieldfoundation.org
Deadline: November 2004
ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Agricultural Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development invites
applications for postdoctoral fellowships under its co-operative research programme on biological
resource management for sustainable agricultural systems. Areas of research interest are:

new agricultural products for sustainable farming and industry;

quality of animal products and safety of food;

enhancing environmental quality in agricultural systems;

connecting scientific progress to sustainable and integrated agro-food systems.
Applications are invited from nationals of the following participating countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Netherlands, Turkey, UK and USA, who wish to undertake co-operative research in another participating
country.
Researchers should be under 50 years old and hold a PhD, or equivalent experience, and a permanent or
contract position. Fellowships cover travel expenses and a subsistence allowance of up to 430 Euro
(£275) per week. Funding is available for two to 26 weeks.
Contact Details
James M Lynch
School of Biomedical and Life Sciences
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 5XH
Tel: +44 1483 689721
Fax: +44 1483 689728
Email: J.Lynch@Surrey.ac.uk
Web: www.oecd.org/agr
Deadline: September 2004
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PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY RESEARCH COUNCIL (PPARC)
Postdoctoral Fellowships
PPARC invites applications for its postdoctoral and advanced fellowships. Applications are particularly
welcome from candidates who are temporarily residing overseas and intend to use the fellowship as a
means of re-establishing themselves in this country. Funding of between £19,000 and £26,000 is
available for postdoctoral and £31,000 for advanced fellows. Postdoctoral fellowship candidates must
have or expect a PhD.
Contact Details
Education and Training Section
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1SZ
Tel: +44 1793 442000
Fax: +44 1793 442036
Email: fellowships@pparc.ac.uk
Web: www.pparc.ac.uk
Deadline: 15 October 2004
PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Fellowships
Fellowships enable members of the medical and scientific professions working in the UK or Ireland in
experimental and/or pathologically or microbiologically related research to travel to other institutions for
periods of up to 12 months to learn new techniques of value in their clinical and/or laboratory research.
Up to £5,000 is available.
Contact Details
Roselyn Pitts
Pathological Society of Great Britain
2 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AF
Tel: +44 20 7976 1260
Fax: +44 20 7976 1267
Email: administrator@pathsoc.org.uk
Web: www.pathsoc.org.uk
Deadline: 1 March and 1 October annually
PLASTIC SURGERY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Research Fellowship Grant
The Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation invites applications for four research fellowship grants.
These grants are awarded for the purpose of encouraging research and academic career development in
plastic and reconstructive surgery. The four fellowship awards are:
•PSEF Fellowship: this award for $30,000 is granted for research in any area related to plastic surgery;
•Lyndon Peer Fellowship: this $30,000 award is for research related to cleft lip and palate or craniofacial
surgery;
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•Fresh Start Surgical Gifts Fellowship: this $30,000 award is for research related to pediatric
reconstructive surgery;
•Mercedes-Benz Fellowship: this $30,000 award is for research related to pediatric plastic and
reconstructive surgery.
Applicants may be plastic surgery residents planning to interrupt their training for a research experience;
recent residency graduates wishing to supplement their clinical training with a research experience; or
any of the above individuals who will be committed to research training for 12 months. There are no
nationality or geographical restrictions.
Contact Details
Nancy Guzzo
PSEF Central Office
444 E Algonquin Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
USA
Tel: +1 847 228 9900 ext. 361
Email: NAG@plasticsurgery.org
Web: www.plasticsurgery.org
Deadline: November 2004
RAMSAY MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP TRUST
Fellowship Programme
The Ramsay Memorial Fellowship Trust invites applications for its postdoctoral fellowships for chemical
research. The award is usually funded at the lower part of the lecturer’s salary scale for British universities
to which may be added up to £1,000 per annum.
Contact Details
Executive Secretary
Ramsay Memorial Fellowship Trust
c/o Academic Services (Registrar's Division)
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
Tel: +44 20 7679 5775
Fax: +44 20 7679 5789
Email: g.hawes@ucl.ac.uk
Deadline: November 2004
RESEARCH INTO AGEING
Prize Studentship
Research into Ageing invites applications from prospective supervisors for a project starting in October
2004. The organisation supports research into the biology of ageing and diseases and disabilities
associated with older people. The stipend is £14,500 per annum outside Greater London and £15,500
inside London. The award includes university fees of £3,000 per annum and running costs of £3,000 per
annum.
Research Fellowships
These allow postdoctoral scientists, or those who are medically qualified, to become independent
researchers and to undertake research of high quality with the aim of improving the health and quality of
life of elderly people. Applicants should have no more than 10 year’s postdoctoral experience.
Fellowships are tenable for up to three years and cover personal support and research expenses which
are usually not more than £15,000 per annum.
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Contact Details
Ian Jarrold, Project Administration Officer
Research into Ageing
PO Box 32833
London N1 9ZQ
Tel: +44 20 7843 1572
Fax: +44 20 7404 6816
Email: ijarrold@ageing.org
Web: www.ageing.org
Deadline: 28 May 2004
RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE
Fellowships
Resources for the Future is offering fellowships for one year’s research in areas related to natural
resources, energy or the environment. Social scientists as well as natural scientists interested in policy
relevant interdisciplinary research are encouraged to apply. The award is open to individuals who have
completed a doctorate degree. Teaching and/or research experience at the postdoctoral level is preferred
and individuals holding positions in government as well as at academic institutions are eligible. Fellows
will receive an annual stipend based on their current salary, plus research support and an allowance of up
to $1,000 for moving or living expenses.
Contact Details
Co-ordinator for Academic Programs
Resources for the Future
1616 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036 1400
USA
Tel: +1 202 328 5060
Fax: +1 202 939 3460
Email: macauley@rff.org
Web: www.rff.org
Deadline: 28 February 2004
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING/ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
RESEARCH COUNCIL
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The Royal Academy of Engineering, together with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council, invites applications for its postdoctoral research fellowships. These awards enable young
researchers to establish an independent research career in a UK university. The award covers salary plus
a support fund of £10,000 per annum. Fellowships are aimed at outstanding young researchers from all
branches of engineering, normally under the age of 32, who have a maximum of three years postdoctoral
experience and who have recently been awarded, or are about to be awarded their PhD.
Contact Details
Robert Barrett, Manager, Research Support
The Royal Academy of Engineering
29 Great Peter Street
London
SW1P 3LW
Tel: +44 20 7222 2688
Fax: +44 20 7223 0054
Email: research@raeng.co.uk
Web: www.raeng.org.uk
Deadline: October 2004
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ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH/CHILDREN
NATIONWIDE
Children Nationwide Research Training Fellowship (N.B. This Fellowship has been temporarily
discontinued)
These awards are sponsored for three years and are open to all paediatricians in training (who must have
the MRCPCH Part II examination) and are expected to lead to a higher degree (preferably a PhD thesis).
The fellowships can be focused on any topic of interest in child health.
Contact Details
Amanda Leighton
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
50 Hallam Street
London
W1W 6DE
Tel: +44 20 7307 5600
Fax: +44 20 7307 5693
Email: amanda.leighton@rcpch.ac.uk
Web: www.rcpch.ac.uk
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON
Samuel Leonard Simpson Fellowships in Endocrinology
The purpose of these fellowships is to enable endocrinologists to learn new techniques and acquire new
experience, ideas and stimulation by travel and exchange of views. Applications will be considered from
suitably qualified people in the UK wishing to make visits abroad or from those wishing to visit the UK. Up
to £20,000 is available each year and will be awarded to one or more candidates.
Contact Details
Academic Registrar
Royal College of Physicians
11 St Andrews Place
Regent's Park
London NW1 4LE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7935 1174
Email: conferences@rcplondon.ac.uk
Web: www.rcplondon.ac.uk
Deadline: end of June annually
ROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS
Karol Sicher Cancer Research Fellowship
This biennial fellowship of up to £5,000 enables clinical oncologists and clinical radiologists to spend up to
three months in the UK or abroad to undertake a research project in any aspect of cancer diagnosis,
assessment or management, for up to three months (during 2004) in the UK or abroad. The fellowship is
open to members and fellows of the college holding a clinical appointment of any grade in the UK.
Contact Details
Helen Crook, Education Administrator
Royal College of Radiologists
38 Portland Place
London W1N 4JQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7636 4432 ext 150
Email: helen_crook@rcr.ac.uk
Web: www.rcr.ac.uk/enquiries
Deadline: November 2004
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ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND/BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF
ENDOCRINE SURGEONS
Endocrine Fellowships
The Royal College of Surgeons of England and the British Association of Endocrine Surgeons jointly
invite applications for their surgical research fellowship. Funds are available to support a two-year offservice fellowship in any aspect of endocrine surgery. Fellows or members of the royal college in a
training post or an SHO who have passed the MCQ papers and will sit the final parts of the MRCS(Eng)
examination are eligible to apply.
Contact Details
Research Board
Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7869 6611
Email: research@rcseng.ac.uk
Web: www.rcseng.ac.uk
Deadline: June 2004
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND
One-year Surgical Research Fellowships
Applicants may study any aspect of surgery or surgical care including basic science, diagnosis, treatment,
surgical technology, logistics or audit. The research can also be self-contained or part of a wider research
programme. The fellowships are open to fellows or members of the Royal College in a training post, or an
SHO who has passed the MCQ papers and will sit the final MRCS (Eng) examination. Each fellowship is
worth up to £40,000.
Deadline: February 2004
Harry Morton Surgical Research Fellowship Exchange
The college will support two one-year off-service fellowships, one in the UK for Canadian applicants, and
one in Canada for UK applicants. The fellowships can be in any aspect of surgical care including basic
science, diagnosis, treatment, surgical technology, logistics or audit. The fellowships will cover salary, oncosts, some running expenses and the cost for return travel. Fellows or members of the college in a
training post or an SHO who has passed the MCQ papers and will sit the final parts of the MRCS(Eng)
examination are eligible to apply.
Deadline: August 2004
Contact Details
Research Board
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7869 6611
Email: research@rcseng.ac.uk
Web: www.rcseng.ac.uk
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ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851
Research Fellowships
Research fellowships allow young scientists or engineers the opportunity to conduct research for two
years.
Fellowships are open to candidates in any of the physical or biological sciences, in mathematics, in
applied science or in any branch of engineering. Candidates in science subjects should have a PhD or be
about to obtain one; candidates offering engineering must be of at least postgraduate standing and all
should preferably be less than 30 years old. Candidates must be recommended by professors or heads of
departments of universities or other institutions of equivalent status in the UK.
Contact Details
C Carpenter
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Imperial College
London SW7 2AZ
Tel: +44 20 7594 8790
Fax: +44 20 7594 8794
Email: royalcom1851@ic.ac.uk
Web: www.royalcommission1851.org.uk
Deadline: 27 February 2004
ROYAL SOCIETY
University Research Fellowships
These fellowships provide support for research in all branches of the natural sciences, including
agriculture, mathematics, technology, medical and engineering sciences. Fellows should be currently
employed in the UK, or, if not employed, have at some time been resident in the UK for a continuous
period of three years other than for the purpose of receiving full-time education.
The fellowship is tenable for five years. Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent research experience
plus between two and seven years full-time postdoctoral experience by 1 October 2003. Salaries are paid
on the non-clinical academic and academic-related staff salary scales currently runs £22,191 to £33,679
with research expenses set at £13,000 in the first year and £11,000 thereafter.
Deadline: January annually
Industry Fellowships
Jointly funded with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Biotechnology and
Biological Sciences Research Council and Rolls-Royce, the scheme enables industrial scientists,
mathematicians and engineers to carry out research or course development in a UK research or higher
education institution, and provides similar opportunities for corresponding academic employees to
undertake a project in industry.
Subjects covered include all natural sciences, including mathematics and engineering but excluding
social sciences.
Applicants should be at mid-career stage. They should hold a PhD or be of equivalent standing in their
profession and hold either a substantive academic post in an institute of higher education in the UK or be
employed as a scientist, mathematician or engineer in UK industry. Awards last up to two years.
Deadline: June 2004
Contact Details
Research Appointments Department
Royal Society
6-9 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AG
Tel: +44 20 7451 2545
Fax: +44 20 7451 2543
Email: ukresearch.appointments@royalsoc.ac.uk
Web: www.royalsoc.ac.uk
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Fellowships from the USA to the UK
These research fellowships aim to increase scientific collaboration between centres of excellence in the
UK and the USA. They are offered to encourage active and innovative American postdoctoral scientists to
undertake the highest quality research in UK laboratories for extended periods of between one and three
years.
Grants cover research in all branches of the natural sciences. Awards are not granted in the areas of the
social sciences or clinical medical research.
Applicants must either have a recent PhD, or expect to obtain a PhD in advance of the proposed start
date, or be scientists who have just obtained a tenured position in a US university and have the
opportunity for sabbatical leave.
Fellowships are only open to persons who are US nationals living in the USA at the time of application.
Appointments are tenable for a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 36 months to start between 1 June and
1 October.
Levels of remuneration will be calculated on a sliding scale commensurate with current UK academic staff
salaries (up to c £35,000 per annum plus a London allowance of £2,134 per annum where applicable). An
allowance for reasonable research expenses (for consumables, equipment and conference travel) of up
to £12,000 per annum will be available. In addition there will be a contribution to transatlantic travel of up
to £2000 at the beginning and end of each fellowship, to include dependants.
Contact Details
Royal Society
Tel: +44 20 7451 2552
Email: usafellowships@royalsoc.ac.uk
Web: www.royalsoc.ac.uk
Deadline: January annually
ROYAL SOCIETY/JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE
Japan/UK Fellowships
This programme is open to UK researchers and is run in association with the Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science. The fellowships are aimed at excellent young postdoctoral UK scientists to enable
them to spend a period of research in Japan from 12 to 24 months, which may be viewed as critical to
their career development.
Contact Details
International Exchanges Section
Royal Society
6 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AG
Tel: +44 20 7451 2557
Email: japan@royalsoc.ac.uk
Web: www.royalsoc.ac.uk/funding/fo/japansum.htm
Deadline: September 2004
ROYAL SOCIETY/NATO
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The programme aims to strengthen scientific links between the UK and central and eastern Europe and
the former Soviet Union. Recently qualified postdoctoral scientists from central and eastern Europe and
the former Soviet Union may apply for 12-month fixed-term fellowships tenable in a UK laboratory.
Fellows are expected to return to their countries upon completion of the fellowship, and fellowships are
aimed at scientists who have not spent significant periods of time abroad.
Fellowships are offered for research in the areas of the natural sciences, including mathematics,
engineering, medicine and the scientific research aspects of psychology, archaeology, geography,
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agriculture and the history of science. Social sciences and clinical medical research are not eligible for
this programme.
Candidates must be nationals of, and ordinarily resident in, one of the following countries: Albania,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Candidates from Poland, Hungary and the Czech
Republic are eligible to apply for the October 2003 round only.
Hosts must be ordinarily resident in the UK and, if non-EU nationals, must have held a permanent
position in the UK for three years.
All applicants for these fellowships must be of PhD or equivalent status. Candidates must have obtained
their PhD within the last five years and must not have had more than seven years PhD level experience.
Contact Details
Royal Society
International Exchanges Section
6 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AG
Email: nato@royalsoc.ac.uk
Web: www.royalsoc.ac.uk/funding/fuk/natosum.htm
Deadline: 1 October 2004
ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY
Hickinbottom Fellowship
This fellowship supports research into chemistry, and especially experimental organic chemistry.
Candidates must be no more than 36 years of age on 31 October of the year of nomination, must have a
PhD or equivalent in chemistry, and must be working in a chemistry department in a university or college
in the UK.
Fellowships normally last three years with funding of £10,000.
Contact Details
Royal Society of Chemistry
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1V 0BN
Tel: +44 20 7440 3325
Email: langers@rsc.org
Web: www.rsc.org
Deadline: June 2004
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Denis Burkitt Fellowship
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene invites applications for its Denis Burkitt fellowship for
practical training, travel or direct assistance in relation to a specific project. Preference will be given to
clinico-pathological, geographical and epidemiological studies on non-communicable diseases in the
continent of Africa. One fellowship to the maximum value of £7,000, or two of up to £3,500 each are
available. Application forms must be returned six months in advance of the proposed study.
Deadline: 31 March 2004
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Cyril Garnham Fellowship
The aim of this award is to encourage young scientists to carry out short-term field projects in tropical
medicine and hygiene.
One fellowship of up to £2,000 will be awarded annually. It is to be used for short term field projects of up
to two years’ duration. Preference will be given to topics in parasitology or medical entomology and to
applicants with less than five years’ postdoctoral experience.
There are no nationality or age requirements, and membership is not required, but applications from nonfellows should be supported by a fellow of the society.
Deadline: September 2004
Contact Details
Administrator
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Manson House
26 Portland Place
London W1B 1EY
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7580 2127
Fax: +44 20 7436 1389
Email: mail@rstmh.org
Web: www.rstmh.org.uk
SOCIETY FOR GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
International Research Fellowships
The awards allow scientists to travel to or from the UK or the Republic of Ireland in order to carry out a
defined piece of research in any field of microbiology.
Applicants must be of postdoctoral level or above. Visits may be for up to three months. Awards cover
return travel, subsistence allowance and a contribution towards the costs of consumables in the host
laboratory.
Contact Details
Grants Office
Society for General Microbiology
Marlborough House
Basingstoke Road
Spencers Wood
Reading RG7 1AG
Tel: +44 118 988 1800
Email: grants@sgm.ac.uk
Web: www.sgm.ac.uk
Deadline: 11 October 2004
SOCIETY FOR RENAISSANCE STUDIES
Fellowships
The society awards two fellowships each year.
One fellowship is awarded to a graduate student at either a university or a polytechnic, full-time or parttime, who is about to complete a doctoral thesis on a topic related to the society's interests. A travel grant
of £500 will be awarded to help complete the thesis or a related project.
One fellowship is awarded to teachers in secondary schools or further education. A travel grant of £500
will be awarded to facilitate the development of course-material or to complete a research project already
begun on a topic or topics related to the society's interests.
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The society's interests include any aspect of the study of the renaissance such as the history, art,
architecture, philosophy, science, technology, religion, music, the literatures and languages of Europe
and of the countries in contact with Europe during the renaissance.
Contact Details
David Rundle, The Honorary Secretary
SRS
Mansfield College
Oxford OX1 3TF
Email: david.rundle@history.oxford.ac.uk
Web: www.sas.ac.uk/srs/pages/fellshps.htm
Deadline: 15 November 2004
THE STROKE ASSOCIATION
Clinical Fellowship
The Stroke Association invites applications for two clinical fellowships of £35,000 each for one year.
These fellowships will be awarded to departments that can provide an educational training programme
and the expert supervision required to enable a specialist registrar to gain the appropriate clinical
experience required for a career in the prevention, treatment or rehabilitation of stroke. A specified SpR
must be nominated to undertake the training.
Contact Details
Research Office
The Stroke Association
Stroke House
Whitecross Street
London EC1Y 8JJ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7566 0348
Email: research@stroke.org.uk
Web: www.stroke.org.uk
Deadline: March 2004
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, ALL SOULS COLLEGE
Visiting Fellowships
These fellowships enable scholars to spend one to three terms of the academic year of October 2004 to
June 2005 carrying out study or research in Oxford. Fellowships are open in all subjects and to
candidates from all countries. Preference will be given to candidates between the ages of 35 and 65
during the relevant academic year.
Contact Details
Julie Edwards, Secretary to the Dean of Visiting Fellows
All Souls College
Oxford OX1 4AL
Tel: +44 1865 279308
Fax: +44 1865 279299
Email: julie.edwards@all-souls.ox.ac.uk
Web: www.ox.ac.uk
Deadline: September 2004
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UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Wolfson Non-Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowships in Humanities and Social Studies
Up to six non-stipendiary junior research fellows in humanities and social studies are available each year.
Candidates should have had at least three years’ relevant postgraduate experience by commencement of
the fellowship, and in the case of postdoctoral applicants, no more than three years should have elapsed
since receipt of a doctorate.
Contact Details
The President's Secretary
Wolfson College
Oxford OX2 6UD
Fax: +44 1865 274136
Email: sue.hales@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
Web: www.ox.ac.uk
Deadline: March 2004
WELLBEING/ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS
National Birthday Trust Fund Fellowship
The purpose of the fellowship is to support a study into epidemiological and social issues relating to
maternity care. Applications from multidisciplinary groups to support the salary of a doctor or midwife are
also invited.
The grant is for a maximum of three years and will be a maximum of £100,000, with no more than
£50,000 awarded in the first year. Grants of one year’s duration will be up to £50,000. Applicants must
work in established research groups in maternity units, universities or research organisations in the UK or
Republic of Ireland.
Contact Details
Tom Bagnall
WellBeing
27 Sussex Place
Regent's Park
London NW1 4SP
Tel: +44 20 7772 6338
Email: tbagnall.wellbeing@rcog.org.uk
Web: www.wellbeing.demon.co.uk
Deadline: 22 January 2004
WELLCOME TRUST
Biomedical Ethics Programme: Research Leave Awards
The Wellcome Trust invites preliminary applications for its biomedical ethics programme research leave
awards to enable university or equivalent staff to be released from teaching and administrative duties in
order to undertake an uninterrupted period of research. Applicants must hold an established, long-term
post in a university, or other institution of higher education in the UK or Republic of Ireland. Funds cover
the cost of a temporary replacement for the applicant for up to one year.
Contact Details
Grants Section
Wellcome Trust
183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE
Tel: +44 20 7611 8415
Fax: +44 20 7611 8254
Email: biomedicalethics@wellcome.ac.uk
Web: www.wellcome.ac.uk
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Deadline: preliminary applications due 1 July, 1 November 2003 and 1 February; full applications due 1
August, 1 December and 1 March annually
Short-Term Fellowships for Clinicians and Scientists in Biomedical Ethics and Social Research
Applicants must be in mid-career and hold established posts to which they will return on completion of the
fellowship. Fellowships normally last three to four months. The trust provides the salary of a replacement
lecturer for the duration of the award.
Contact Details
As above
Deadline: preliminary applications due 1 July; full applications due 1 August 2004
Career Development Fellowships in Clinical Tropical Medicine
These fellowships are intermediate level fellowships for clinicians with a good record of clinical tropical
medicine research. Awards are for up to six years.
Applicants should have completed general medical training and MRCP (or equivalent) examinations.
Fellows will possess on entry, or pursue, a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the universities
of Liverpool or London. All applications must be submitted through one of the Wellcome Trust centres for
research in clinical tropical medicine.
Deadline: preliminary applications due 1 July; full applications due 1 September 2004
Contact Details
Tropical Medicine Programme
Tel: +44 20 7611 8409
Fax: +44 20 7611 7288
Email: tropical@wellcome.ac.uk
Web: www.wellcome.ac.uk
Deadline: preliminary applications due 1 July; full applications due 1 September annually
Career Posts in Clinical Tropical Medicine
These posts are for individuals who wish to undertake their research primarily in the tropics. Awards are
for five years in the first instance.
Applicants should have completed general medical training and MRCP (or equivalent) examinations.
Fellows will possess on entry, or pursue, a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the universities
of Liverpool or London. All applications must be submitted through one of the Wellcome Trust centres for
research in clinical tropical medicine.
Contact Details
See above
Deadline: as above
Training Fellowships in Tropical Health Services Research
These fellowships provide opportunities for training and research particularly into the effectiveness of
health interventions in developing countries of the world. Studies of all aspects of human and animal
health are encouraged. Fellowships will provide up to three years’ support for young clinical or nonclinical
graduates, who wish to pursue a career in health services research.
Clinical candidates should not normally have more than 10 years’ clinical or research experience since
their first medical, dental or veterinary degree and should have completed general medical training and
preferably MRCP or equivalent where relevant. Non-clinical candidates should have at least two years
and not more than eight years postdoctoral research experience. Awards are tenable in UK and Ireland
universities. Preliminary applications may be submitted no later than two months before the closing date.
Contact Details
See above
Deadline: September 2004
Training Fellowships in Clinical Tropical Medicine
These fellowships are for candidates at an early stage in their academic career, with limited research
experience, who wish to pursue a period of research training in tropical medicine, and/or undertake a
research project in the tropics. Applicants should not normally have more than 10 years clinical or
research experience since their first medical degree. Awards are usually for three years, of which up to
two years may be spent overseas.
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Applicants should have completed general medical training and MRCP (or equivalent) examinations.
Fellows will possess on entry, or pursue, a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the universities
of Liverpool or London. All applications must be submitted through one of the Wellcome Trust centres for
research in clinical tropical medicine.
Contact Details
See above
Deadline: preliminary applications due 1 July; full applications 1 September annually
Project and Programme Grants
Programme grants provide support for up to five years for internationally competitive research relevant to
animal and human health. This long-term funding gives researchers the opportunity to concentrate on a
programme of research without having continually to seek funds. These grants should also encourage
researchers to pursue new ideas and avenues as they arise.
Applicants should normally hold an established post in a university or institution in the UK, Republic of
Ireland or The Netherlands and should have a good track record of research.
The amount of funding depends on the scientific need of the work. However, recent awards have rarely
exceeded £1.2 million.
Contact Details
Tel: +44 20 7611 8888
Email: r.christou@wellcome.ac.uk
Web: www.wellcome.ac.uk
Deadline: There is no deadline
Career Development Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Science
This scheme enables postdoctoral scientists to become independent research scientists. Candidates
should have between three and six years’ research experience from the date of their doctoral degree,
although allowances can be made. The sponsoring laboratory must be in an eligible UK or Republic of
Ireland academic institution.
Fellowships are tenable for up to four years and provide research expenses, including research
assistance, and a salary in the range of £29,000 to £39,000.
Deadline: outline applications can be made at any time; full applications on invitation only
Contact Details
Iain Frame
Career Development Programme (RCDF)
Tel: +44 20 7611 8433
Email: i.frame@wellcome.ac.uk
Web: www.wellcome.ac.uk
Deadline: outline applications can be made at any time; full applications on invitation only
Fellowships for Clinicians and Scientists
The aim of this scheme is to encourage research in the history of twentieth-century medicine and medical
science. This scheme enables academically based clinicians and scientists to undertake a short-term
period of full-time research at a Wellcome unit for the history of medicine or similar centre. Applicants
must be resident in the UK, Republic of Ireland or the Netherlands. They must be in mid-career and hold
established academic posts to which they will return on completion of the fellowship.
Fellowships last three to four months, during which the trust provides a salary for the replacement lecturer
and a set amount for travel etc.
Contact Details
Grants Section (History of Medicine)
Tel: +44 20 7611 7202
Fax: +44 20 7611 8254
Email: hom@wellcome.ac.uk
Web: www.wellcome.ac.uk
Deadline: preliminary applications 20 June; full applications 1 August 2004
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Research Fellowships in the History of Medicine
These fellowships support postdoctoral scholars not in tenured or otherwise long-term established
academic posts, who wish to carry out an extended period of research on a specific project. The
application must be sponsored by an established member of the department, unit or institute in the UK,
Republic of Ireland or the Netherlands in which the award is to be held.
The award lasts up to three years and the trust provides research expenses and a salary.
Contact Details
As above
Deadline: preliminary applications due 20 June; full applications due 1 August annually
Awards in Non-Communicable Diseases Research in Developing and Restructuring Countries
The Wellcome Trust is inviting applications for project grants and research training fellowships for the
initiative research into non-communicable diseases research in developing and restructuring countries.
Proposals dealing with all aspects of non-communicable diseases can be considered, including
psychiatric illness, cardio/cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, tobacco and alcohol related diseases,
cancer, as well as injury related research, and nutrition based disorders.
Two types of funding are available under this initiative:
1. Project grants for research costs of up to five years. These are open to investigators in developing and
restructuring countries either independently or in collaboration with investigators from the UK and to UKbased researchers with collaborators in the developing or restructuring world. Applicants must hold an
established post in an eligible university or research institute in an eligible country, or in a university in the
UK or Irish Republic.
2. Research training fellowships for up to four years, which are intended to assist junior investigators from
developing and restructuring countries to develop research careers in non-communicable diseases in
their home countries. Candidates should normally hold, or expect to obtain, a PhD degree, or be medical
graduates with equivalent research experience (up to six years postgraduate).
Applications for both types of funding will be considered throughout the year.
Contact Details
The Grants Section (International)
Non-communicable Diseases Initiative
Tel: +44 20 7611 7236
Fax: +44 20 7611 7288
Email: tropical@wellcome.ac.uk
Web: www.wellcome.ac.uk
Deadline: There is no deadline
Entry-level Training Fellowships
A
Applications are invited for entry-level training fellowships for medical, dental and veterinary graduates.
These fellowships enable graduates with no research experience to develop research proposals and test
their suitability for a career in research. Candidates should not normally be more than seven years from
the date of their first medical or dental qualification, although allowances are made. Candidates should
have completed, or be about to complete, general professional training. Fellowships are tenable for one
year only, and cannot be extended. Fellowships provide research expenses (but not funds for equipment)
and a salary.
Contact Details
Louise Leong
Career Development Programme (Entry level)
Tel: +44 20 7611 7320
Fax: +44 20 7611 8687
Email: l.leong@wellcome.ac.uk
Web: www.wellcome.ac.uk
Deadline: preliminary applications due July; full applications due August annually
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WELSH OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE (WORD)
Project Grants
Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care is calling for proposals for grant
funding from the Welsh scheme for the development of health and social research. This programme is for
newcomers to research in the areas of biomedical science, health and social care.
This scheme will fund two years research grants to support salary and related costs of up to £30,000 per
year; three year studentships to support a PhD student and give the primary researcher experience in
supervision of research and supervision of up to £20,000 per year.
Contact Details
Wales Office of Research & Development for Health and Social Care
The National Assembly for Wales
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 2920 825252
Web: http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/word/word
Deadline: Two calls advertised annually
WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL TRUST
Travelling Fellowships
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust invites applications for its fellowships to acquire knowledge and
experience abroad. The trust wishes to fund projects in the following fields: conservation and the
environment; medicine and health; science and technology; Europe.
Contact Details
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
15 Queen's Gate Terrace,
London SW7 5PR
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7584 9315
Fax: +44 20 7581 0410
Email: office@wcmt.org.uk
Web: www.wcmt.org.uk
Deadline: October 2004
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