Scholarships

The Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course Trust calls for applications for the Richard Stewart Scholarship for 2019. The scholarship, which is normally held for one year, was established by the trust in memory of the late Assoc Prof Richard Stewart FRACS, Postgraduate Dean, Wellington School of Medicine, and is currently valued at $25,000.

Applications close on Saturday 20th October, 2018

The following conditions apply:

1. The scholarship is open to medical graduates holding a degree registrable in NZ.
2. A candidate will be either a SET TRAINEE of the RACS, or a surgeon who is a fellow of the RACS. In the latter situation, a candidate will normally have held the FRACS diploma for not more than 5 years.
3. TThe scholarship will be held in a surgical department at any campus of the Otago Medical School. The candidate will usually be in a surgical research post.
4. A budget is to be submitted with the Scholarship application.
5. The monies may be used to purchase materials and equipment related to research. At the discretion of the Head of Department, they may also be used to supplement the candidate’s stipend, to fund travel related to the candidate’s research, or to present his/her research at an approved Meeting, or attend a Postgraduate Course.
6. The successful Scholarship recipient will be given 80% of the Scholarship funds at the commencement of their project and the remaining 20% on receipt of an adequate research report.
   The Trust requires a report from the successful candidate on activities undertaken on completion of the Scholarship.

Application for this scholarship should be made directly to Chairman of the Trust, Office of the Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course Trust, c/- Department of General Practice & Rural Health, 55 Hanover Street, Dunedin School of Medicine, P O Box 56, Dunedin, 9054. Alternatively may be sent electronically to bse.course@otago.ac.nz

The application should be relatively brief (not more than 2 A4 pages (excluding CV) and in a nutshell should say what you want to do and why you want to do it, and when you’re going to do it, and how much it is going to cost. It should therefore cover the following:

1. Aims and/or objectives for use of Scholarship funds
2. If for a research project, outline the proposal, how it will be achieved (ie methodology), provide a timeline, and a budget. If appropriate, ethics approval must be obtained. This can occur following the award of the Scholarship, but funding handover for such cannot occur before approval is granted.
3. If the Scholarship is to be used for other purposes – eg stipend, conference travel, attendance at a Postgraduate Course etc then the specific purpose must be stated, and a budget provided.
4. A Curriculum Vitae of the applicant must be provided.

The names and email addresses of two referees should be provided.

2018 Recipients
William Taylor (Department of Surgery Research Group/Microbiology, Christchurch); Hamish Angus, Lucia Malone, Mariya Yevstigneyeva, and Bridget Watson (Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Otago); Nicholas Shields (Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine).

The Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course Trust will call for applications for the Prof. Sandy Smith Memorial Scholarship for 2019, early in 2019. The scholarship, has been established by the trust in memory of the late Professor Sandy Smith .

Congratulations to Dr CHEERAG PATEL from Auckland, NZ who is the recipient of the Barbara & John Heslop monetary prize for gaining the highest marks in the June GSSE examinations, and of those who attended the May-June 2018 Dunedin BSE Course. Cheerag has also been awarded the Gordon-Gordon Taylor Medal from the RACS for gaining the highest marks overall throughout Australasia. This is a wonderful achievement.
As the name of our prize indicates, it is in memory of the late Professor Barbara (FRACS) and Associate Professor John Heslop (FRACS). Barbara was an Immunologist and a Professor of Pathology in the Dunedin School of Medicine, an eminent researcher, teacher and member of the RACS Examining Board. John was an Associate Professor of Surgery, an eminent surgeon, Postgraduate Dean of the School for some years and a previous President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Both Fellows had been involved in the Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course since its inception over 50 years ago.