Scholarships
The BSH offer a range of scholarships for clinical and non-clinical professionals working with haematology. These range from travel grants to attend the BSH Annual scientific meeting; grants to attend international meetings; fellowships to support short-term study periods at international scientific or clinical centres; clinical fellows and Ph.D. studentships and also Start-up grants for new haematological investigators.
All applications should be made electronically with a signed copy being sent to the Scientific Secretary at the BSH Headquarters.
- BSH Annual Scientific Meeting Scholarships for Haematology Professionals
- BSH Travel Scholarships
- BSH Scientific Fellowship
- BSH Student Elective Scholarships
- BSH / Lifeblood / BSHT Joint PhD Studentships
- BSH / LRF Clinical Research Training Fellowships
- BSH Start-Up Grants
- Support for Haematology Meetings
Information is included below on other grants from external organisations such as the LRF, EHA/ASH, ELF, Mary Lucking Prize in Medicine and Children with Leukaemia. Information on other awards may be available on the advert section.
For the ASM Scholarship, Student Elective, Travel Scholarship or Scientific Fellowship, please use this form
Annual Scientific Meeting Scholarships for Haematology Professionals
This award is offered by the Society to support attendance at the British Society for Haematology Annual Scientific Meeting.
Applications are encouraged from Clinical Scientists, Biomedical Scientists, Academic Scientists, PhD students and Nurse Practitioners working in the United Kingdom. Applicants need not make a presentation at the meeting but preference will be given to those who submit an Abstract for the Meeting.
This Scholarship will be awarded up to a maximum of £500 to support registration, travel and accommodation. 40 Scholarships will be available annually.
Individuals will be eligible for funding to attend one Annual Scientific Meeting per 3 year period.
Applications should be submitted by 1st March prior to each ASM. Please note that no retrospective claims will be considered.
Each applicant should be sponsored by a fully paid up member of the British Society for Haematology.
BSH Travel Scholarships
Travel Scholarships are to support attendance at international conferences, workshops, symposia or courses. The number to be awarded is not limited and each is considered on individual merit, but the maximum value is £1000 and successful individuals will be eligible for a maximum of one Travel Scholarship (and one Scientific Fellowship) per 3 year period.
Applications are invited from younger members of the Society and recently appointed consultants. This includes clinicians and from non-clinical Lecturers and Senior Lecturers and all grades of Clinical Scientists, Biomedical Scientists, Research Scientists and Technicians. Applications from young haematologists who are not currently members of the Society will also be considered if they are sponsored by a member and have also submitted a BSH membership application form. Sponsors of applicants applying for Travel Scholarships must hold current membership of the British Society for Haematology.
Applications can be received at any time; however applications to attend the American Society of Haematology should be received by 30th September of each year. Please allow sufficient time for your application to be processed and the Trustees’ decision notified. Please note that no retrospective claims will be considered.
A brief one-page report on the benefit gained is required after return from the meeting.
BSH Scientific Fellowships
Applications are invited from younger members of the Society, recently appointed consultants and haematologists below Consultant level working in the United Kingdom. This includes clinicians and from non-clinical Lecturers and Senior Lecturers and all grades of Clinical Scientists, Biomedical Scientists, Research Scientists and Technicians. Applicants must hold current membership of the British Society for Haematology. Applications from young haematologists who are not currently members of the Society will also be considered if they are sponsored by a member and have also submitted a BSH membership application form.
The Fellowships are available for short-term visits to centres abroad in order to gain experience in a specialised field or to learn new research techniques or developments in haematology but, in general, they are not awarded for attending meetings. The Fellowship may be used to visit another laboratory for up to 3 months in order to learn new techniques or to develop a research project.
The BSH will consider providing support for travel, accommodation, living expenses and, in the case of laboratory visits, some laboratory expenses, but cannot provide a salary. Applications may be made for a maximum of one Scientific Fellowship and one Travel Scholarship per 3-year period.
Scientific Fellowships have a maximum value of £2500. The number to be awarded is not limited and each is considered on individual merit.
A formal report is required at the completion of the Fellowship. When submitting an application, please allow sufficient time for this to be processed and the Trustees’ decision notified. Please note that no retrospective claims will be considered.
BSH Student Elective Scholarships
The Society provides Student Scholarships with a maximum value of £600 to support undergraduates undertaking electives in the field of Haematology.
Applications should include details of the project, approximate costs involved, brief curriculum vitae, a letter of support from the Dean or Clinical Tutor and a letter from the person supervising the project at the host institution.
A copy of the Elective report is required at the completion of the Scholarship.
BSH / Lifeblood / BSHT Joint PhD Studentships
The British Society for Haematology has formed a partnership with Lifeblood and the British Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis to fund a 3-year PhD Fellowship which began on 1st January 2007. This prestigious award is designed to promote the recruitment of scientists into Laboratory Haematology. After peer review and interview the award was given to Prof David Lane with Drs Roger Preston and James Crawley for a study entitled: Activated Protein C and Sepsis.
BSH / LRF Clinical Research Training Fellowships
The British Society for Haematology has formed a partnership with the Leukaemia Research Fund (LRF) to support Clinical Research Training Fellowships in malignant haematology.
This prestigious award is designed to promote clinical research and the recipient is selected by the Officers of the BSH from those Clinical Research Fellowships awarded by the LRF following the summer scientific panel.
To date the BSH / LRF Fellows are:
2005-2008: Dr Andrew Chantry (Sheffield)
2006-2009: Dr Nicholas Heaney (Glasgow / Belfast)
2007-2010: To be awarded
BSH Start-up Grants
A small number of Start-up grants, of up to approximately £7000 each, are available each year to support consumable expenses for projects which will potentially lead to full grant proposals.
They are aimed at providing young investigators the opportunity to follow a research plan leading to a full grant application. There is no set application form, but they should include all relevant supporting information including a research plan, costing, and short curriculum vitae of the applicant(s). These will be reviewed by members of the Scientific Sub-Committee and also external reviewed. The applicant must be a current BSH member or be sponsored by one.
A report on the outcome of the research supported by the BSH Start-up grant is required at the completion of the grant including indicating if further funding has been obtained on the basis of the grant.
Applications may be made at any time and should be submitted electronically to the daphne.harvey@b-s-h.org.uk and a signed hard copy submitted to:-
The Scientific Secretary
British Society for Haematology
100 White Lion Street
London
N1 9PF
UK
Meeting Support
Requests can be made to the BSH for support with running small focused meetings. The maximum amount of support is £1000 and this must be repaid in whole or part if the meeting makes a profit. The meeting can be on any haematology-related subject but must be open to all BSH members and held in the UK, and the organisers must publicly acknowledge the support from the Society. If a registration fee is payable, this also applies to BSH members. The meeting should be advertised on the BSH website.
There is no set application form and can be made at any time, but applications should be made at least 12 weeks before the meeting and should include all relevant supporting information including target audience, a preliminary programme and meeting costs/budget. These will be reviewed by members of the Science Sub-Committee. A copy of the final accounts should be sent to the Scientific Secretary as soon as possible after the meeting.
External Research Grants
Leukaemia Research Fund Research Awards
Leukaemia Research Fund offers awards of increasing seniority for haematologists to plan a career path in a research area of relevance to the aims and objectives of the Leukaemia Research Fund, namely the routine cure of the leukaemias, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, myelodysplasia and the myeloproliferative disorders. This provides a seamless progression of awards from Research Fellowship to Clinician Scientist to Bennett Senior Fellowship. The expectation will then be a tenured appointment at Senior Lecturer or Professorial level.
Clinical Research Training Fellowship
This award is for clinicians in training to obtain a MD or PhD. MD fellowships are for two years and are intended to encourage translational research. PhD fellowships are for three years to provide training in more fundamental research. Candidates must be in receipt of an NTN. Preferred entry is at SpR level but SHO may also be considered. Awards may be considered throughout the year.
Clinician Scientist
This award is in partnership with the Academy of Medical Sciences and is part of a national scheme to promote recruitment into academic medicine. The award is for 5 years. Candidates must have completed (or will shortly complete) a PhD/DPhil and will combine research with the completion of specialist training. Awards are made in October each year.
Bennett Senior Fellowship
This 5 year fellowship is the only UK award dedicated to experimental haematology and is specifically designed to allow outstanding young UK based clinical and non-clinical scientists to progress to independent investigator status. The fellowship provides personal support together with funding for a research assistant and consumables. Up to two years of an award may be spent at an approved laboratory overseas. Awards (both non-clinical and clinical) are made in February each year.
Travel
Two year fellowships are available for UK based clinical and non-clinical post-doctoral investigators under 35 years of age to benefit from working at the worlds premier research institutes. Applicants must be affiliated to a UK University.
Awards are made in June each year.
European Fellowship
This fellowship is tenable in any accredited laboratory at a European centre of excellence for haematological research.
International Fellowship
This fellowship is tenable in any accredited laboratory at a non-European centre of excellence for haematological research.
If you wish to discuss these awards in more detail contact
Dr David Grant
LRF Scientific Director
Tel: +44 (0)20-7405 0101
Email: scientific@lrf.org.uk
The EHA-ASH International Fellowship Award
The EHA-ASH International Fellowship Award was offered for the first time in 2006. This new award has been developed as a partnership between the European Hematology Association (EHA) and the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to provide hematologists in training or early in their careers the opportunity to conduct research in another country.
The purpose of the program is to give both clinical and laboratory-based researchers an opportunity to establish new collaborations and experience research in a different environment. Applicants must first register their interest by submitting a letter of intent, which is due by 3rd September. For further details and deadlines please visit the website: http://www.ehaweb.org/ehaweb/fellowships
Elimination of Leukaemia Fund Grants and Fellowships
Each year the Elimination of Leukaemia Fund, ELF, awards a number of grants and fellowships. There are three classes of award that are specifically directed at nurses. For more information about all ELF grants, or to request application forms, visit the website: www.elf-fund.org.uk
Grants for Hospital Wards
Each year ELF awards a number of small valued grants to help haematological wards and units procure items that would directly improve the care, support and treatment of patients. These grants are only awarded for items that have a specific haematological purpose.
Project Grants
ELF awards its major grants for work that has an immediate, or near future, benefit to patients. The few grants that are awarded for translational research and clinical trials are given to work being undertaken at King’s College London and the associated hospitals.
Professional Support Grants
Each year ELF provides a number of small valued grants to organisations to help support conferences, workshops and similar activities, and to individuals to help support work which falls outside the terms of our Travel and Training Fellowships. These grants are also awarded to fund equipment purchases and to develop or expand treatment facilities.
Travel and Training Fellowships
ELF’s Travel & Training Fellowship scheme enables clinicians, nurses, clinical scientists and related health professionals resident and working in the UK to advance their knowledge and expertise in the treatment of blood cancers by attending conferences, specialist courses, first-degree haematology modules for nursing degrees, formal in-house courses, workshops and short visits to centres of excellence. Applications are considered monthly.
Children with Leukaemia
A UK charity dedicated exclusively to fighting Britain's biggest childhood cancer; for more information on research grants visit: http://www.leukaemia.org
Mary Evelyn Lucking Prize in Medicine
This Prize is awarded trienially by Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge for a significant contribution or research normally completed within seven years of taking the final MB degree in the field of
(a) Leukaemia research,
(b) Nephrology
(c) Dermatology.
It is open to UK residents under the age of 40 years and is of the value of not less than £500.
For further information contact
Professor Brian Johnson
email: jmw65@cam.ac.uk
