Dear All, Please find below excerpts from the latest Research Funding Bulletin (available on the intranet at http://intranet.stir.ac.uk/Research/research_support/resnews.htm) which may be of interest to you. For ease of reference, excerpts with a G prefix are General Opportunities of possible interest to all, and ones with A, H, M or N prefixes may of be particular relevance to students of the Arts, Human science, Management or Natural science Faculties, as appropriate. Contents: G4) Churchill Travelling Fellowships H2) Nursing Research Scholarships H4) DoH Nursing Research & Development Awards M5/N5) ESF Functional Genomics M7/N7) MRC Computational Biology N6) Birdlife Conservation Projects G4) Churchill Travelling Fellowships Deadline: 5pm 22 October 2003 The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust invites applications for its fellowships to acquire knowledge and experience abroad. Projects are welcomed from or in the following: * fieldworkers, countryside rangers, vets and others involved in animal welfare; * the rural economy; * workers in unconventional and complementary medicine; * paediatric services; * young people under 25 on 31/12/2004; * science and technology; * the voluntary sector; * adventure, exploration and leaders of expeditions. One fellowship is offered in history. Grants cover all expenses for a stay of four to eight weeks. Contact: Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 15 Queen's Gate Terrace, London SW7 5PR. Tel: 020 7584 9315. Fax: 020 7581 0410. Email: office@wcmt.org.uk. Web http://www.wcmt.org.uk/2004Categories.asp H2) Nursing Research Scholarships Deadline: 11 July 2003 The Florence Nightingale Foundation invites applications for its Band Trust research scholarships. These are offered for one academic year, to British and Commonwealth nurses, midwives and health visitors who have a current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and are working in the UK, to: * take a course in research methods; * undertake a research module as part of a degree course; * undertake a dissertation as part of a degree course. All of these must involve research with the aim of improving practice. Applicants must have had at least two years' post-registration clinical experience and have current clinical links. Contact: Florence Nightingale Foundation (ref RES), Suite 3, 38 Ebury St, London SW1W 0LU. Email: admin@florence-nightingale-foundation.org.uk. Web http://www.florence-nightingale-foundation.org.uk/ H4) DoH Nursing Research & Development Awards Deadline: 1pm 4 September 2003 The Department of Health NHS research and development programme invites applications for its nursing and allied health professions researcher development awards. These fast-track individuals by supporting them in a research training environment. Applicants should not yet have begun their doctoral studies. The awards should be used to undertake and complete PhD/MDs. Awards are open to both clinical and non-clinical researchers. Applicants with a clinical background will have completed their clinical pre-registration training. Applicants must have clear clinical or teaching experience in their clinical area and/or have completed research projects. The award lasts three years or four years pro-rata. It covers salary, university overheads, a contribution of up to £15,000 for tuition fees and research expenses and a conference allowance of £1,000. Contact: B Sutherland, Awards Manager, National Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development, Blenheim House, Duncombe St, Leeds LS2. Tel: 01132 543838. Email: barbara.sutherland@doh.gsi.gov.uk. Web http://www.doh.gov.uk/research/rd1/nahp.htm M5/N5) ESF Functional Genomics Deadline: 3 October 2003 The European Science Foundation's scientific programme on integrated approaches for functional genomics is offering exchange grants to scientists wishing to learn a new technology or to benefit from being in another laboratory to carry out a certain experiment. Grants last up to six months and are for young scientists, who must be registered as PhD students/have a PhD. They must apply to stay in another European country. At least one of the institutes involved must be located in one of the following: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and UK. Funds are up to 1,500 euros (£1,047) per month and up to 450 euros for travel. Contact: J Goetz, ESF, 1 Quai Lezay Marnésia. 67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France. Fax: +33 3 8837 0532. Email: j.dalton@esf.org. Web <http://www.esf.org/> type "exchange grants" into the search engine. M7/N7) MRC Computational Biology Deadline: 21 November 2003 The Medical Research Council invites applications for its fellowship providing 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 coordinated 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 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. Contact: Fiona Russell, Fellowships Section, MRC, 20 Park Crescent, London W1B 1AL. Tel: 020 7636 5422. Email: fellows@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk. Web <http://www.mrc.ac.uk/index/funding/funding-personal_awards/funding-fellowsh ips/funding-other_awards/funding-computational_biology.htm> N6) Birdlife Conservation Projects Deadline: 31 October 2003 Birdlife International invites applications for the BP conservation programme awards to conduct projects that address issues of global conservation priority. Teams should be led by and contain an overall majority of undergraduate or postgraduate students in full or part-time education. They should include individuals from the host country, and preferably members from more than one country. Projects must take place in one of the following regions: Africa, Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, eastern Europe or Latin America (including Mexico) and last no longer than one year. Projects must have been approved by the host government. Three types of awards are available: * gold, silver and bronze awards: for projects receiving first-time funding; * follow-up awards: for projects following up on work completed by a first-time programme award; consolidation awards: for the best continuing conservation projects. Awards for first-time projects range from £5,000 to £12,000; * follow-up awards average £25,000, while consolidation awards receive £50,000. Contact: Programme Manager, BP Conservation Programme, c/o BirdLife International, Wellbrook Court, Girton Rd, Cambridge CB3 0NA. Tel: 01223 277318. Fax: 01223 277200. Email: bp-conservation-programme@birdlife.org.uk Web <http://conservation.bp.com/applications/default.asp> Best wishes, Natalie Bradshaw Research Services Officer Planning & Research Office, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA 01786 466691 natalie.bradshaw@stir.ac.uk