Grantholders e-newsletter
Issue 24: January 2011
Contents
Funding opportunities
2. Senior Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine
3. Other forthcoming application deadlines
Other updates
4. The Wellcome Trust’s 75th anniversary
5. Bloggers, Tweeters, the Trust needs you!
7. Clinical Trials Methodology Conference 2011 – hold the date
Conferences, advanced courses and workshops
For information on all Wellcome Trust Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences, please visit the website.
1. Investigator Awards
Details of the Expert Review Group membership for the Investigator Awards scheme are now available on the website.
Funding opportunities
2. Senior Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Applications for Senior Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine will be considered on an annual basis after the next full application deadline in May 2011. Full details of the scheme and the new deadlines can be found
here.
3. Other forthcoming application deadlines
Biomedical Vacation Scholarships – 11 February
International Engagement Awards – 4 February
International Ethics Research Studentships – 1 March
Intermediate Clinical Fellowships – 18 March
Research Career Development Fellowships – 4 April
Career Re-Entry Fellowships – 4 April
See all current calls on the website.
Other updates
4. The Wellcome Trust’s 75th anniversary
2011 marks our
75th anniversary. During the year we will be highlighting the work of some of the people who have been central in helping us pursue our vision, as well as celebrating with an exciting series of events through the summer.
5. Bloggers, Tweeters, the Trust needs you!
Are you an avid blogger? Has Twitter or Facebook facilitated discussions and collaborations about your work? If so, we’d like to hear from you and how people are using new media in their professions (we do our bit with a
blog,
Twitter,
Facebook page and
YouTube channel) and would love to involve you or highlight your channels. So
tweet us or email the blog Editor,
Mun-Keat Looi.
6. ‘High Society’
Wellcome Collection's major winter exhibition, '
High Society', explores the role of mind-altering drugs in history and culture, challenging the perception that drugs are a disease of modern life. The exhibition runs until Sunday 27 February 2011.
7. Clinical Trials Methodology Conference 2011 – hold the date
The Hubs for Clinical Trials Methodology Research have been established to develop new methodologies to improve the design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials. As a result of this, the first Clinical Trials Methodology Conference will be held Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 October 2011. Further details of the conference can be found
here.