Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course Trust Dedicated to the advancement of surgical education and research
Professor Sandy Smith Memorial Scholarship

The Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course Trust calls for applications for the Prof. Sandy Smith Memorial Scholarship for 2010. The scholarship, has been established by the trust in memory of the late Professor Sandy Smith and is currently valued at up to $10,000. The Scholarship will be administered by the Trust which will undertake the selection process.

The following conditions apply:

  1. The scholarship is open to medical and science graduates holding a degree recognised in NZ.
  2. A candidate will normally not have held his/her degree for more than five years.
  3. The successful candidate will usually hold a post in one of the Schools of Medicine or Health Sciences of the University of Otago.
  4. The scholarship is to be used in a way approved by the Trust and must have application to microbiology in relation to medicine. Examples include attendance at an appropriate meeting, seeding funding for a research proposal, or to supplement the successful applicant's stipend. Other uses may apply.
  5. A proposed budget should be included as part of the application. 
  6. On completion of the scholarship, the recipient must submit to the Trust, within two months, a report of activities undertaken.

Application for this scholarship should be made directly to Chairman of the Trust,
Office of the Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course Trust,
Department of General Practice, Medical School, P O Box 913, Dunedin.

There is no specific application form, but the information supplied to the trust shouldinclude the candidate’s curriculum vitae, a brief description of the intended use of the scholarship (maximum 500 words), and the names of 2 referees.

Applications close on Monday 2nd August, 2010.