Education

 Annual SMA Bursary Schemes

New: SMA  Awards will be made TWICE per year with

TWO closing dates

January 31^st AND September 30^th each year

The Scottish Microbiology Association is proud to announce the launch of two biannually awarded bursary schemes. There are two levels of support, one award will be made at each level twice a  year.

£1000: Biomedical Scientist SMA members only and is specifically intended to support formal further education. This may be funding for  fees, a research project a Masters level degree, overseas visit etc, which contributes to the outcome of the study objective.

£600 for any non consultant grade SMA member to use towards any course/further study/conference relevant to Microbiology.

Applicants MUST be a Member of the SMA to be eligible for support, and have attended at least one SMA scientific meeting prior to making the application.The expectation is that successful applicants will present the outcome of their study as a short paper at the AGM.

Applications must be original and entirely the applicant’s own work. The applications must be received by the Secretary by 5 pm on the closing dates 31st January and  30^th September  each year.

The Council members will form a Judging Panel and  will consider all applications and mark them on the basis of:

o    Content

o    Learning Outcome

o    Impact

o    Originality in respect of research idea

o    SMA participation

Assessors must score out of 10 each of the above components and provide feedback to the applicant.

Council Members are excluded from applying and will declare an interest and distance themselves from the judging process if entries are from their own departments.

A pro forma application is provided with a maximum word count  1500: SMA Award Application Entries must be submitted, typewritten and preferably in an electronic format to the SMA, scottishmicrobiology@gmail.com

Testimonies

The SMA Bursary is aiding a study into genotyping of RT-PCR positive Acanthamoeba isolates.

                                                                                              – Lisa Connelly

“It was great, really interesting and met a lot of interesting people”

                                                                                               – Isla Abel

        (Attended the Anaerobe Course in Cardiff with the help of the SMA)

“I used this SMA bursary to fund part of my MSc course in Infectious Diseases at the University of London”

                                                                                            – Sanna Connelly

SMA Award Application v 3

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