CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION

Up to two awards to be made

AIM
The studentship is intended to support a specific research project in Anaesthesia, Critical Care or Pain Management that will enable a home-EU-national student to register for a Ph.D. at a UK University.

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants (supervisor) must be established members of Academic Departments of Anaesthetics, Critical Care and/or Pain Management or NHS Departments of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and/or Pain Management. The grant must be administered by one of these Departments and have the support of the head of that Department.

THE STUDENTSHIP
Preference will be given to projects that involve the application of basic science to Anaesthesia, Critical Care or Pain Management but clinical research projects will also be considered. The work will normally be done in a University science department. Preference will be given to projects involving co-operative research between a basic-science department and a clinical department.

THE SUPPORT
This is essentially fixed as follows:

1. Stipend for 3 years at current MRC rates.
2. Fixed contribution of £5,000 per annum towards running costs with the stipulation that this is not used for travel.
3. University registration fees at home-EU student rate. The total cost of the studentship is therefore estimated at <£75,000

The BJA and RCoA also ask applicants to note that the two bodies will wish to share any intellectual property rights and income arising from this work with the host institution.

CONDITIONS

1. An annual progress report will be required which should include publications, presentations and training that the student has made/received. An additional statement of progress from the student will be required.

2. BJA/RCoA support should be acknowledged on all publications.

3. Copies of all publications and a hard bound copy of the thesis should be sent to the Grants Officer on completion of the studentship.

4. Any intellectual property or income accruing from this work will be shared between the BJA/RCoA and the host institution.

   HOW TO APPLY

   1. Complete pages 1 to 3 of the studentship application form.

   2. Use further numbered continuation sheets as indicated;

      1. Describe your project in no more than 5 pages 1.5 spaced with 2.5cm margins as follows
         1. Hypothesis upon which the studentship is based
         2. Scientific background to the project
         3. Methods used to investigate the problem
         4. Expected milestones during the studentship (what will the student be doing during years 1-3?)

      2. List of references

      3. Any supporting/preliminary data. This must be self-contained and NOT EXCEED 2 PAGES

      4. Ethical and Animal use issues (see III below)-If appropriate use this section to highlight any ethical, recruiting or animal use issues. There may be none.

      5. CV of supervisor and any formal named co-supervisors. Please highlight (i) the number of successful higher degrees supervised along with time to submission, (ii) any non-completions and (iii) any publications that are relevant to this application. The primary supervisor should normally have supervised two successful higher degrees. If not a second more senior supervisor must be nominated in the application.

      6. Details of the supervisory environment. The BJA/RCoA would like to be assured that “The PhD Student” would be placed in an environment where he/she will be able to flourish. Please provide details of; (i) University (Generic and transferable skills) and Departmental training (Project specific skills) programme. (ii) Your formal monitoring scheme including any provision for mentoring/pastoral care adopted by your University/Department; include details of any probationary periods and transfer processes (this is different from 1d above). (iii) How many other research students are currently supervised in the Department in which the student will work.

      7. CV of student (if known)

      8. a structured lay abstract of the proposed research (not more than 500 words)

      9. If possible combine this into a single document (.pdf preferred)

   3. Studies with clinical material and/or laboratory animals It is expected that Ethics committee approval and informed consent will be sought for all studies using clinical material. All animal work must be performed in accordance with local and Home Office guidelines.

      Submission
      Please upload your application to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/niaa-grants

      Send ORIGINAL AND SIX hard copies of the complete SIGNED application to the NIAA Grants Officer:

      Professor D G Lambert
      NIAA Grants Officer
      Churchill House
      35 Red Lion Square
      London WC1R 4SG
      

      email: info@niaa.org.uk

      Please be advised that, incomplete, unsigned or late applications will NOT be considered.

      Download the application form here »