Terms and Conditions of Fellowships, Grants & Awards

Terms and Conditions: One Year Research Fellowship

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The research fellowship provides 12 months of funding to support trainee members of the College who are ideally registered for a higher degree and want to complete a dedicated year of research in support of their first significant research project.

Eligibility

Subscribing trainee members of the College in a training post, or trainees who have passed the MCQ papers and will sit the final MRCS examination at this College, are eligible to apply. This year for the first time we also welcome applications from SAS Surgeons, but note that total funding available for a successful candidate will not exceed ST6-8, Nodal point 5 on the payscale for junior doctors.

Trainees who are working in approved LTFT posts may also apply, noting: -Their time working should be wholly focused on research
- We cannot support a candidate wanting to undertake a split between research and clinical activity. -The fellowship must be completed within two years.

The applicant must be employed by a UK University or NHS Trust, and the research must be undertaken in the UK

Terms and Conditions: Honorary One Year Research Fellowship

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Members of the College who have already successfully secured funding to support their first significant research project may wish to apply for an RCS England Honorary Research Fellowship. Applicants should ideally be registered for a higher degree and want to complete a dedicated year of research in support of their first significant research project. As a successful Honorary fellow they will be eligible to attend the two day research methods course, attend the Diplomates ceremony and take advantage of any other opportunities available to an RCS England Research Fellow that may arise.

Eligibility

Subscribing trainee members of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in a training post, or trainees who have passed the MCQ papers and will sit the final MRCS examination at this College, are eligible to apply. SAS Surgeon members of the College are also eligible to apply.

The applicant should be employed by a UK University or NHS Trust, and the research must be undertaken in the UK.

Applications for an Honorary research fellowship are subject to the same review process as a funded fellowship application, with peer reviewers and the panel for Viva Day not being aware of the applicant’s alternative funding.

Terms and Conditions: Pump Priming Grants

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The Royal College of Surgeons of England is offering awards to newly appointed consultants (appointed since 2017), senior lecturers, SAS doctors and post-doctoral trainees in surgery who are working at hospitals and universities within the UK. The aim of the awards is to give assistance to such surgeons in the early stages of their independent research careers.   Awards will be made competitively and may be used flexibly to support the award holder’s research programme.

Eligibility

- Must be members or fellows of RCS England
- In addition, successful applicants must remain in good standing with their membership fees throughout the tenure of the award
- Must not have received a pump priming grant from us before
- Must be consultants (appointed since 2017), senior lecturers or post-doctoral trainees or SAS doctors in the early stages of their independent research careers
- Must be working in surgery in the UK.