Scholarships

The Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course Trust calls for applications for the Richard Stewart Scholarship for 2018. 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 $17,500.

Applications close on Saturday 30th September, 2017

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. The 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 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 time line, 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.

Applications close on Saturday 30th September, 2017

The Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course Trust will call for applications for the Prof. Sandy Smith Memorial Scholarship in 2017. Keep checking back for more information. The scholarship has been established by the trust in memory of the late Professor Sandy Smith and is currently valued at up to a maximum of $20,000. More than one Scholarship may be awarded, but combined total not to exceed the maximum. 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. Applicants are to ensure that if applying for Conference/Meeting travel that they are in fact available to travel during the dates applied for.
7. The successful Scholarship recipient will be given 80% of the Scholarship funds at commencement of their project and the remaining 20% on receipt of an adequate research report. 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 and Rural Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054.
   There is no specific application form but the information supplied to the Trust should include the candidate’s curriculum vitae, a brief description of the intended use of the scholarship (maximum 500 words), and the names of 2 referees.

Sandy Smith Scholarships 2016 – Congratulations to those who have been awarded a Scholarship for this year: Hannah Hampton, Liam Harold from Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Otago; Astra Heywood from Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago and Borom Blakie, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Otago who was awarded a Grant-in-Aid towards his overseas travel.

Congratulations to Dr Rebecca Shine (Papamoa, NZ) who has been awarded the Barbara & John Heslop Memorial monetary prize for gaining the highest marks in the RACS GSSE examinations of those candidates who had attended the recent (2014) Dunedin BSE Course. As the name indicates it is in memory of the late Professor Barbara Heslop (FRACS) and Associate Professor John Heslop (FRACS). Barbara was an Immunologist and Professor of Pathology in the Dunedin School of Medicine. John Heslop was an Associate Professor of Surgery and also an eminent surgeon in Dunedin, and Postgraduate Dean of the School for some years. Both Fellows had been involved in the Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course since its inception over 50 years ago. This is the first year that the prize has been awarded, and it is pleasing to see it go to such a worthy recipient.