Research, Travel and Award Opportunities

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Over the last 20 years, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh has committed over £7 million to support over 700 individual surgeons working in university departments and hospitals throughout the UK and internationally, enhancing the College’s surgical research aims and ambitions. This professional development support is mainly conducted through:

The Research Committee, Ophthalmology sub-committee and Ethicon Board contribute to the achievement of these aims by awarding a diverse range of grants, fellowships and bursaries each year, the results of which have been a vast array of projects and research which have influenced surgical practice nationally and internationally.

Browse all currently open Fellowships, Grants and Bursaries, by creating a Good Grants account here. Please note, eligibility for all of our offerings includes affiliation or membership to the College.

To highlight the College's commitment to improving patient care, we publish a biennial Research Report which promotes the investigative work carried out by recipients of the College's awards and grants. Please find below the latest RCSEd research reports:

For further information about any of the fellowships, awards, grants or bursaries offered by the College, please contact Faye Brown, by email at f.brown@rcsed.ac.uk or by telephone at +44 (0) 131 527 1621

Research, Travel and Award Opportunities

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

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