Awards & grants
All the latest grants, Fellowships and bursaries that are available from the RCSEd
Applications to any of our grants, Fellowships and bursary offerings are only available to Fellows and Members of the College in good standing. Applicants will have to submit their application form on the following platform: rcsed.grantplatform.com. Further information and guidance notes can also be found there.
Joint ORUK/RCSEd Orthopaedic Research Fellowship
Applications for the Joint ORUK/RCSEd Research Fellowship in Orthopaedics are invited from suitably qualified and experienced young surgeons in the field of orthopaedics. Surgical trainees who are within a year of completing the MRCS and intend to join the RCSEd are also eligible. Funding is £60,000 for a year.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 20 June 2024
Ophthalmology Research Grants
Sponsored by Sight Scotland
Applications for funding under the following categories are invited from ophthalmologists currently working in Scotland and undertaking research projects in the UK.
• Major project grants (up to £60,000).
• Small research support grants for ongoing research (up to £10,000).
The closing date for applications is Thursday 27 June 2024
Coronation Commonwealth Bursary
The Coronation Commonwealth Bursary was created in honour of the coronation of King Charles III and will provide financial assistance to outstanding individuals from Commonwealth countries to pursue an exam or course at the College.
Applicants must be from one of the Commonwealth countries. Successful applicants will receive up to £2,000 in funding to cover expenses related to their studies.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 18 July 2024
Research Fellow in Human Factors and Digital Surgical Education (jointly funded by the Circulation Foundation)
Applications for the Research Fellowship in Human Factors and Digital Education are invited from those who have completed their core surgical training and have an interest in vascular and academic surgery. Funding of £60,000 to £75,000 is available each year for two years.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 1 October 2024
Small Research Pump Priming Grant
Applications are invited from surgical trainees and recently appointed consultants. Grants are awarded for pump priming projects for a period of one year. Proposals for pilot work and new projects will be most favourably viewed.
Research project submissions should satisfy one or more of the College’s priority areas for research, as listed below.
• Surgical/dental translational research.
• Surgical/dental health services research.
• Research into surgical/dental aspects of patient safety, simulation
and nonoperative technical skills.
• Cancer research of demonstrable direct clinical relevance to the
management of solid tumours.
Funding of up to £10,000 is available.
The closing date for applications is Friday 1 November 2024
Sushruta Professorship in Plastic Surgery Medal
The Sushruta Professorship in Plastic Surgery has been established through the generosity of the Guha family to recognise a distinguished scholar in plastic surgery. The scholastic work is to be presented at a meeting of an ICOPLAST member national society. In Sushruta’s spirit, the awardee’s lifetime contribution should reflect attributes in scholarship, leadership, stewardship and humanitarian work through original research, practice, leadership and publication in peer-reviewed plastic surgery forums.
The award consists of: US$1,500 honorarium, up to US$2,000 for travel, a medal and a certificate.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 12 December 2024
Bursaries for Affiliate Medical Student Elective Placements in Africa
Applications are now open for medical students, in the UK and Republic of Ireland, who wish to apply for financial support towards their elective in Africa. The bursary will be up to £500.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 14 January 2025
RCSEd/Binks Trust Medical Student Elective Travel In association with the Binks Trust
Applications are now open for medical students in the UK and Republic of Ireland who wish to apply for financial support towards their elective abroad in surgery. The bursary will be up to £250.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 14 January 2025
Ethicon Foundation Fund Travel Grant
Applications for the Ethicon Foundation Fund Travel Grant are welcomed from Members and Fellows who are in training grade appointments and have pre-planned medical training electives abroad. The grant will provide education in an area that directly relates to their home specialty or provides relevant surgical experience that is not available in their home country. Funding of up to £1,000 is available for travel costs.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 15 January 2025
Tuanku Muhriz Fellowship in Rural Surgery
Applications are open for the Tuanku Muhriz Fellowship which provides awardees with the opportunity to gain further experience in rural surgery in Malaysia. Applicants should be higher surgical trainees (who are yet to reach consultant grade) or trainee general surgeons in the UK. Funding of up to £2,000 will be awarded for accommodation and flights.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 15 January 2025
Saleem Khwaja Memorial Fellowship in Paediatric Surgery
This Fellowship was created to honour the life of Professor Saleem Khwaja, who worked in neonatal surgery in Africa, the UK and the Middle East. He dedicated his life to mentoring neonatal surgeons. As such, applications for this memorial Fellowship are open to paediatric surgery trainees and junior consultants globally to travel overseas to learn specialist techniques and offer charitable service to another centre. Funding of up to £5,000 is available.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 27 March 2025
Dundas Medal
The medal is in commemoration of Dr Charles Robert (Bertie) Dundas FFARCS FRCP Glasgow. He was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Surgery (Anaesthetics) in Aberdeen and an honorary consultant anaesthetist from 1975 to 1995. He died in 2014 from biliary carcinoma. He was never offered palliative care while he was ill and spent his last months waiting for chemotherapy while enduring a poor quality of life. His widow, Dr Valerie Dundas, made a donation to PATCH (Palliation and the Caring Hospital) to improve the provision of palliative care in hospital.
In recognition of Bertie’s lifelong enthusiasm for teaching, research and innovation, an annual award to recognise efforts to improve the provision of palliative care for patients when they are in hospital is fitting.
The award is open to individuals or teams (medical, nursing or paramedical) working in any hospital in the UK.
The applicant does not have to be a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The term hospital applies to both acute and community hospitals.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 10 April 2025
Congratulations to the following
AWARDS AND GRANTS RECIPIENTS
Joint RCSEd-Cutner Research Fellowship
Ignatius Liew, Specialist Registrar Trauma and Orthopaedics, Cambridge University Hospitals.
‘Femoroacetabular impingement and hip osteoarthritis: identifying new treatment targets.’
Global Surgery Foundation
David Sedgwick, General Surgical Consultant, Mentor and Educator in the UK and internationally with charities such as Operation Hernia and Africa-Scotland Training Charity. Establishment of credentialed Basic Surgical Skills course in Rwanda delivered by Rwandan Faculty.
Muhammad Zeeshan Aslam, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University of Dundee. Masterclass in endoscopic urology in Liberia.
James Budge, Academic Clinical Lecturer, St George’s. Endovascular education in Kenya using a low-cost and open-source endovascular simulator.
Becky Sandford, Consultant in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. Developing a diabetes foot centre of excellence in Mombasa, Kenya.
Jennifer Watt, International Fellow in Surgical Oncology, The Royal London Hospital and Barts Cancer Institute.
Provision of sustainable surgical care and training in Techiman, Ghana.
Bikash Kumar Shah, M.B.B.S Candidate, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Nepal. Surgical site infection control in reducing mortality in Nepal.
Joint RCSED-Toffeln Travelling Fellowship
Andrew Jenkinson, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, Swansea. ‘Microsurgical anastomosis in reducing the surgical morbidity in head and neck cancer.’
Tuanku Muhriz Fellowship in Rural Surgery
Nadhirah Kahar, Higher Surgical Trainee General Surgery, Yorkshire and Humber Deanery. ‘Health equity in the Global South and Global North.’
Bursaries for Affiliate Medical Students
Elective Placements in Africa
Eleonor Frost, University of Aberdeen. Elective Placement: Tintswalo Hospital, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
James Francis, University of Nottingham. Elective Placement: Milton Park Medical Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Justyna Gromala, Imperial College London. Elective Placement: Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Small Research Pump Priming Grant
Mark Hughes, Consultant Neurosurgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer. ‘Angiogenic pathway proteins in pituitary adenoma.’
Rahima Dawood Travelling Fellowship
Professor Ewen Harrison OBE, Professor of Surgery and Data Science, University of Edinburgh.
In memory
Surgical Fellow honorary
Roy Yorke CALNE FRCSEd (Hon) 1993
Norman IRONS FRCSEd (Hon) 1994
Gilleasbuig Iain MACMILLAN FRCSEd (Hon) 1998
Surgical Fellows ad hominem
Sengamedu Srinivasa BADRINATH FRCSED 1999
Roger Malcolm GREENHALGH FRCSEd 1999
Surgical Fellows and Members
Abdur-Rahman DURRANI FRCSEd 1972
Bandusiri Dharmwansa Perera EDUSSURIYA FRCSEd 1970
Richard Andrew FORRESTER MRCSEd 2011
John Khodadad FOZDAR FRCSEd 1959
Riccardo GUARDINI FRCSEd 1984
Paul Lee LEVICK FRCSEd 1980
Donald Bernard LONGMORE FRCSEd 1958
James Jeffrey MACCABE FRCSEd 1961
David Oliver MAISELS FRCSEd 1966
Edgeworth David MCINTYRE FRCSEd 1954
Pravinchandra Ratilal MEHTA FRCSEd 1958
Edgar Charles Vincent PRICEFRCSEd 1962
Peter Robert SCOTT FRCSEd 1959
Fintan Thomas SHANNON FRCSEd 1971
Alexander James SPENCE FRCSEd 1968
Joseph Chi Kee SU FRCSEd 1963
Mel Patrick TOHILL FRCSEd (Plast) 2000
Dental Fellows and Members
Paul Richard GEISSLER
FDS RCSEd DRD RCSEd 1964
For more information about the College’s awards and grants contact:
Research and Grants Coordinator, Development and Partnerships Office, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DW
Tel: +44 (0)131 527 1616 • Email: awards@rcsed.ac.uk • Web: bit.ly/2wKpRTr
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