The Sir Robert Boyd Fellowship

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The Sir Robert Boyd Fellowship Application

The Sir Robert Boyd Fellowship will be awarded to an excellent early career researcher working in bio-medicine/health research. We have a special interest in diseases of older people; by the terms of the Trust endowment we do not fund research exclusively focused on children. The primary aim of the Fellowship is to support junior researchers in the transition to independent scientist. A Boyd Fellowship will be awarded approximately every 3 years.

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Assessment Process
1. Applications will be assessed by an ad-hoc panel that will include Trustees of the Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust and relevant experts as required.
2. Applicants whose applications pass the eligibility and quality threshold will be invited for interview with the selection panel.
3. Final decision will be made on the basis of:
  1. Quality of applicant and his/her potential to become a leader in the chosen field;
  2. Quality of the host research team, environment and proposed training programme.
  3. Quality of proposal and it potential for impact in the chosen field;
  4. Where two applications score equally on criteria a., b. and c. preference will be given to an applicant from a black, asian or minority ethnic background as this group are generally underrepresented in biomedicine/health research.
Post Award
The award will be made in instalments at the beginning of each year. Boyd Fellows and their sponsors will each be expected to submit a short annual report on progress of their training and project following the template set out in Terms and Conditions; the following year’s instalment of the grant will be dependent on a satisfactory annual report. At the end of the award period, Fellows will be expected to submit a final report and meet with the Trustees to discuss the outcomes of the award.
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I have read and understood the Boyd Fellowship application requirements.
- The Boyd Fellowship is open to researchers who are working, or who propose to work, in their first postdoctoral position at a University in the North West of England.
- Only one application is allowed from each University and it is expected that each participating institution will run their own internal competition to select the applicant for each competition round. As part of the application process the University will be required to provide a summary of this internal competition and how they selected their applicant. Applications will be from the researcher, sponsored by the supporting University.
- Fellowships will provide funding for up to £300,000 over 3-5 years and this may cover any justified cost required to perform the proposed research. This could include salary support of the proposed fellow, funding for a technician or PhD student to work with the fellow, research consumable costs etc.
- Ideally, but not necessarily, the fellow will be working in an area of research need which is relatively underfunded (e.g. cancer and cardiovascular research would have a lower priority for the Trust).
- Awards will be made on the basis of three main criteria: i. the potential of the applicant to be a first class independent scientist as judged on the basis of their prior academic achievements (e.g. publications and awards bearing in mind the early career stage of the applicant); ii. the track record of the host laboratory/facility in conducting excellent research and in nurturing young biomedical/health researchers and the training programme that will be provided; iii. The excellence of the proposed research project and its potential to make a measurable impact in the proposed field of work.
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The Sir Robert Boyd Fellowship

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