PRESIDENT'S EARLY CAREER AWARD 2010

The Circulation Foundation is delighted to announce its new £100,000 award for 2010; the President's Early Career Award.

This is a new award designed to support outstanding young clinician-researchers.

This award will provide £100,000 over a 2 year period, £50,000 per year, which will be paid in quarterly instalments. Please see the terms and conditions for more information.

The Vascular Society is the pre-eminent organization in this country promoting vascular health by supporting excellence in education, training and research. They recognise that a particularly vulnerable time for young surgeons is the early years following their consultant appointment, when our most talented and gifted trainees begin busy clinical careers and concurrently suspend all research projects.

The Circulation Foundation, the fundraising and grant making arm of the Vascular Society, has launched the ‘President’s Early Career Award (PECA)’ which will enable surgeons to continue their research activities, alongside their busy and demanding clinical practice.

It is hoped that the award would recognise, nurture and facilitate the surgeon during the years following their substantive appointment, as they set out to develop their independent research careers.

It will be awarded by the President of the Vascular Society at the AGM in November 2010.

Eligibility

Surgeons who are members of the VS and are within the first 5 years of their substantive consultant appointment in the United Kingdom
The applicant must have a proven track record of active vascular research; this could be in basic, translational or clinical studies
There should be clear evidence that the applicant is working in an environment which would facilitate his/her research ambitions

The Application Process

If you would like to apply for this award, please complete the initial outline application form and submit to the Circulation Foundation by 5pm Friday July 2nd 2010.

Your application will be considered by our panel and if successful you will be invited to submit a detailed, full application.

If your full application is successful, you will be shortlisted and invited for an interview in September at the Royal College of Surgeons.

The successful applicant would be announced at the Society AGM in November and would be expected to receive the grant in person from the President.

Initial Application

Please complete the outline application form and send along with a short CV on 2 (single-side) A4 pages to rebecca@vascularsociety.org.uk

President's Early Career Award Outline Application Form

President's Early Career Award Terms & Conditions

The Review Process

The application will be reviewed on:

The applicant’s track record in research
The strength of the research proposal
The proposed career development pathway of the applicant, and how the PECA would facilitate this
The suitability and track record of research of the Institute or Department within which the applicant works
Mentorship – mentorship is highly desirable, and should be provided by an expert in the area of research; he/she need not necessarily be a vascular surgeon

If you would like any further information, please contact Rebecca Wilkinson on 020 7304 4779.