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SAS Careers stories – Reflections on the journey

16 October 2024

As part of our SAS Careers series, two RCPCH SAS committee members share their career stories and reflections on what led them to a career as a SAS doctor in paediatrics.

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Specialist, associate specialist and specialty doctors - careers information

Specialist, Associate Specialist and Specialty (SAS) doctors are a diverse group of doctors with a wide range of skills and experience, and form an essential part of the paediatric workforce. This resource covers the need to know about SAS careers in paediatrics, whether you are a current SAS doc...

Paediatric careers

Continuing professional development

Retina UK - PhD Grant [OPEN]

https://retinauk.org.uk/medical-research/research-funding/

Proposals must focus on inherited macular dystrophy.

Award programme/theme

Studentship / PhD support

Funding amount range

£100,001 to £250,000

Submission deadline

6 January 2025

Novo Nordisk UK Research Foundation - Clinical Projects [CLOSED]

https://nnukrf.org.uk/how-to-apply

Clinical Projects are wide ranging and should have clear application to clinical practice.

Award programme/theme

Project grant

Funding amount range

Under £50,000

Submission deadline

31 March 2025

Leverhulme Trust - Research Project Grants [OPEN]

https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/research-project-grants

These grants are for university-based researchers to undertake an innovative and original project.

Award programme/theme

Project grant

Funding amount range

Over £500,000

Maximum duration

5 years

Leverhulme Trust - Research Fellowships [OPEN]

https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/research-fellowships

For experienced researchers in any discipline to complete a piece of research.

Award programme/theme

Fellowship (award type)

Funding amount range

£50,001 to £100,000

Maximum duration

2 years

Submission deadline

7 November 2024

Leverhulme Trust - International Fellowships [OPEN - CLOSES SOON]

https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/international-fellowships-0

For established researchers to develop new knowledge, skills and ideas in one or more research centres outside the UK.

Award programme/theme

Fellowship (award type)

Funding amount range

£50,001 to £100,000

Maximum duration

2 years

Submission deadline

7 November 2024

Leverhulme Trust - Emeritus Fellowships [OPEN]

https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/emeritus-fellowships

These fellowships are for senior researchers who have retired or partially retired from an academic post to complete a research project and prepare the results for publication.

Award programme/theme

Fellowship (award type)

Funding amount range

Under £50,000

Maximum duration

2 years

Submission deadline

30 January 2025

Breakthrough T1D - Innovative Awards [CLOSED]

https://www.breakthrought1d.org/explore-research/funding-opportunities/

Breakthrough T1D provides seed funding for highly innovative, high-risk-high-reward research with significant potential to accelerate the mission of Breakthrough T1D. Proposals should address key outstanding questions and have the potential to lead to a challenge or a change in the current paradigm or conventional wisdom and/or lead to a groundbreaking discovery.

Award programme/theme

Project grant

Funding amount range

£100,001 to £250,000

Maximum duration

1 year

Submission deadline

24 October 2024

Breakthrough T1D - Conference Awards [OPEN]

https://www.breakthrought1d.org/explore-research/funding-opportunities/

This is a rolling application for institutional support for scientific meetings, conferences, and workshops relevant to the Breakthrough T1D mission. Individual conference attendance (e.g. personal registration fees, travel, etc.) is not supported.