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glyn white research Fellowship

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254 - 260 Albert St
East Melbourne
Victoria 3002 Australia

+61 3 9417 1699 (t)
+61 3 9419 0672 (f)
ranzcog@ranzcog.edu.au

The Glyn White Research Fellowship

About the Fellowship

The Glyn White Research Fellowship was founded in 1989 in memory of the late J Glyn White, CBE, Fellow ad eundem FRACOG, a specialist in neonatal paediatrics. The Fellowship is financed with monies from the William Angliss Charitable Trust.

Conditions of Award

The purpose of the Glyn White Research Fellowship is to promote research in perinatal medicine.

Eligibility

The Fellowship will be open to graduates in medicine or science, who preferably have had some involvement in medical research in Australia and/or overseas. The applicant must be an Australian citizen. The Fellowship is tenable only in Victoria and only at approved teaching hospitals. The Fellowship may not be used for any activity involved in or associated with embryonic research.

Tenure

The Fellowship is for a period of two years, conditional on a satisfactory progress report six months into the Scholarship.

Application

Applications are to be submitted using the RANZCOG Research Foundation Application Form. In years where a Scholarship is advertised, the date for receipt of applications is 30 June.

Applications are assessed by the Scholarship Selection Committee of the RANZCOG Research Foundation.

Administration of the Scholarship

The Scholarship is to be undertaken in a hospital, university department or research institute. Time spent undertaking the Research Fellowship may be recognised for part of the pre-Fellowship training for the FRANZCOG.

Stipend and Allowances

The annual stipend is $A30,000.

Report on the Scholarship

A progress report is to be prepared six months into the project, including the research supervisor's assessment of the fellowship holder's work. This progress report will be assessed by the Scholarship Selection Committee of the RANZCOG Research Foundation prior to confirmation of the second year of the Fellowship.

Following completion of the project, a full report is to be submitted to the Research Foundation by 31 January. This report will be reviewed by the Board of Directors and the Scholarship Selection Committee.

The RANZCOG is to be acknowledged in any publication or thesis resulting from work undertaken during the tenure of the Scholarship by stating that the author was the recipient of the Glyn White Research Fellowship for a particular period. A copy of any published article arising from research carried out under the Glyn White Research Fellowship is to be submitted to the RANZCOG Research Foundation when available.

Article for RANZCOG'S O&G Magazine

This should be a lay overview of the project (200 words) stating why the project is an important area for study, what the project set out to achieve etc. It will be due 31st January in the year following completion of the project. The article will be published in the RANZCOG O&G Magazine and may be used for other promotional uses by the Foundation.

Application Form

Applications should be submitted on the appropriate form with supporting documentation as required.

Applications may be submitted:

For further information please contact:

Ms Georgina Anderson
College House
254-260 Albert Street
East Melbourne Victoria 3002 Australia

(t)

+61 3 9412 2932

(f)

+61 3 9419 0672

(e)

ganderson@ranzcog.edu.au

Closing Date for Applications

In years where a Scholarship is advertised, the date for receipt of applications is 30 June.

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