Senior Lecturer Research Scholarship

Recipients are required to:

- present their research at the annual meeting of the Surgical Research Society of Australasia, or at the Education Section of the RACS Annual Scientific Congress, at least once during the scholarship period or within 12 months following the scholarship period.

Please also refer to the:

- Scholarships and Grants program Research Scholarship policy (PDF 584.32KB)

- Senior Lecturer Research Scholarship guideline

To be eligible for this scholarship, you need to be a RACS Fellow or a Year 4 or 5 SET Trainee who:

- is establishing an academic career in surgical research and education
- is affiliated with a university academic department of Surgery or hospital department of Surgery in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand
- can provide a statement of support from your nominated institution describing the senior lecturer post for which you are, or will be, employed.

Trainees: you need to give evidence of a strong research background and be in your final two years of traineeship. You will be required to upload the written support of your respective Training Board within your application.

FRACS applicants: you may apply providing, if successful, you can submit evidence of completing all RACS Fellowship requirements when accepting your scholarship offer.

SET applicants are ineligible for this scholarship.

Your focus as a senior lecturer needs to be on surgical research and/or educational activities.

The senior lecturer position is defined as working up to 50 per cent clinical load and the remainder in research and teaching.

Your application is to include:

- your career and employment details

- your research proposal and proposed budget.

Selection

- assessment is via written application with shortlisted applicants invited to interview.

- the selection panel is comprised of representatives of Research and Academic Surgery, the Scholarship and Grant Committee and the Academic Surgery Committee.

 Awarding

- your institution is required to co-fund this Fellowship to the same amount as the Foundation for Surgery.

- this scholarship is comprised of a stipend only and will be paid to the administering institution following receipt of a valid tax invoice. Payment will be made in one instalment prior to 1 March in the scholarship year.

Application is via the Scholarships and Grants Program online platform, RACS Unlock, hosted by Survey Monkey Apply.

You may register as an applicant on RACS Unlock at any time, however applications will not display on your dashboard until the Scholarships and Grants Program application opening date. There is no need to re-register if you already have a RACS Unlock registration.

Please note: emailed applications are not accepted.

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