Funding for two bursaries.
Are you a PhD student in the field of ageing and age-related diseases who is considering transferring from Biological/Biomedical to Social Sciences, or vice versa, or hopping from academia to policy making institutions. If so then this funding call could be for you.
Two bursaries of up to £5000 each are available to support PhD students in the field of ageing and age-related diseases to train in a new discipline and promote interdisciplinarity across researchers based in institutions part of UKAgeNet and the Dunhill Medical Trust Academy. The proposed project can be an extension of the PhD program of work, a new interdisciplinary angle or a new project. Involvement of the supervisors is an advantage, but not essential, provided there is a letter of support.
The scheme, funded by a Dunhill Medical Trust Academy Excellence Award for Senior Leadership conferred to Professor Ilaria Bellantuono, aims to:
- acilitate the development of interdisciplinary skills of the next generation of ageing researchers by immersing them in environments which challenge traditional academic silos;
- Develop vital new research collaborations across disciplines in the main challenge areas related to the field of ageing;
- Facilitate the sharing of insight and learning and establish synergies and connections needed for the integration of the biomedical- and the social- based sciences needed to tackle challenges holistically.
- Allow PhD students to work directly with stakeholders to accelerate impact (i.e. with policymakers and non-governmental organisations.
- Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in environmental research
This funding call is open exclusively to PhD members of the Dunhill Medical Trust Academy (see here for details on applying), or PhD students based in a founding member institution of UKAgeNet.
Funding covers only directly incurred costs and may be requested to support the following types of activities:
- Extension to PhD student salary for the specific purpose of completing the project output (expected to be 2-3 months);
- Travel and subsistence costs for the ECR discipline hopper
- Consumables
The deadline for applications is Monday 4th November 2024. To learn more and apply click here.