NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ACADEMIC ANAESTHESIA

 

Closing date: Noon on Friday, 25 July 2008

Aim
The grants are intended to support specific research projects performed by a Fellow of the Royal College (irrespective of geographical location) or a UK based non-clinician involved in Anaesthesia, Critical Care or Pain Management; and may be for the salaries of technical staff, research students and postdoctoral research fellows or for the purchase of items of equipment. We will not be considering applications for PhD studentship funding this round.

The Research Project
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 may be done in a university science department or in an academic clinical department, but preference will be given to projects involving co-operative research between a basic-science department and a clinical department. It is hoped that applications will be dealt with within 3-4 months of the closing date. To facilitate this, applicants are asked to give the names, addresses (and if known e-mail addresses) of TWO INDEPENDENT REFEREES IN THE SAME AREA OF RESEARCH to whom the Research Committee might refer. These should be appended on a SEPARATE sheet of the application.

The support
The award will normally not exceed £50,000 for salaries (including Superannuation and National Insurance contributions; the BJA and RCoA decline to contribute to any other indirect costs), equipment (including VAT) and running costs. If a case can be made (e.g., where a clinical appointment is essential) then the BJA/RCoA will consider funding to a maximum of £65,000. The BJA/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.

Eligibility
In addition to satisfying the criteria set out in the AIMS section, applicants must be established members of Academic Departments of Anaesthetics, Critical Care and/or Pain Management or NHS (or non-UK equivalent) 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. BJA/RCoA decline to process projects currently submitted elsewhere.

How to apply

1. Complete pages 1 to 3 of the project grant application form.
2. Use further sheets of plain A4 paper to provide the following information (head each page with your name and page number - 4 upwards and attach them to the application form):
   1. A full and detailed description of the research project in 2000 to 3000 words (plus references). Typically this will occupy three to five pages of A4 (plus references) each with 60, six-inch lines, at 10 characters per inch or 12pt Times Roman. Use the following headings:

      Title
      Aims
      Background
      Experimental design and methods
      References

   2. A detailed justification of the BJA/RCoA Project Grant support requested. NB This includes your consumable items. Reviewers often question this section of the application. If you are applying for the higher award you will need to pay particular attention to this point. For non-UK applicants please cost your application in £ Sterling and note the exchange rate used in your calculations.
   3. A list of any resources, including financial that the host institutions for the project will provide.
   4. An abbreviated curriculum vitae of the applicant and individual (if known in advance) to be employed by the grant for the project.
   5. Evidence of Ethics committee approval or a Project Licence for animal experimentation is not necessary for submission, but will be required before any grant is awarded to a successful applicant.
   6. Details of any support requested for the project from any other sources, excluding grant awarding bodies (see note under eligibility on dual submission).

3. The Head of Department must sign the declaration on page 3 of the application form (unless he or she is the Applicant). An officer of the institution administering the grant must also sign the declaration on page 3 of the application form.

Submission
Send ORIGINAL AND SIX copies of the complete SIGNED application to the NIAA Grants Officer AND an unsigned electronic version to:

Professor D G Lambert
NIAA Grants Officer
Churchill House
35 Red Lion Square
London WC1R 4SG
email: info@niaa.org.uk

Be warned, incomplete, unsigned or late applications will NOT be considered.

Download the application form here »