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Travelling Fellowships

Click below to learn more about each of our Travelling Fellowships and any current closing dates:

The College is excited to launch a new digital platform for Fellows, Members and Affiliates to search, plan and apply for College Awards, Grants, Bursaries and Fellowships in 2023 and beyond. Create an account and find all our opportunities here.

Tuanku Muhriz Fellowship in Rural Surgery 

The Tuanku Muhriz Travelling Fellowship is open to Fellows and Members of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Applicants must be in good standing with the College. The Fellowship provides funding of up to £2,000 for travel to Malaysia to gain further experience and training in rural surgery.

Details of the placement are still to be finalised. However to give an idea of the flavour of this fellowship, last year the placement started at Jempol, Negeri Sembilan. Jempol is one of the rural districts in Negeri Sembilan, the state of Tuanku Muhriz, in peninsular Malaysia. One of the activities during this placement was to observe and learn about the environmental and health challenges that the indigenous people (Orang Asli) face. Applicants will either be:

  • Surgeons who are Higher Surgical Trainees who have not yet attained Consultant grade
  • Trainee General Surgeons, around the time of their appointment to a Consultant post, to enable them to study in centres with particular expertise relating to the rural surgery
  • Surgeons making short visits to learn new surgical techniques, or to work in centres developing a rural surgery service

Applications close on Wednesday 10 January 2024.

Submit your application on the Grants and Awards platform here: rcsed.grantplatform.com/

 

Fellowship in Dental Education and Clinical Experience 

The Fellowship in Dental Education and Clinical Experience is open to Fellows and Members of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Applicants must be in good standing with the College.

The Fellowship provides funding for travel to the United Kingdom from Malaysia to gain further experience and training in Dental Education and Clinical Experience. Applicants will either be: 

  • Trainee Dental Surgeons, around the time of their appointment to a Consultant post, to enable them to study in centres with particular expertise relating to the Dental Education and Clinical Experience;
  • Dental Surgeons making short visits to learn new techniques, or to work in centres developing a Dental Education and Clinical Experience service;
  • Dental Surgeons who are Higher Surgical Trainees who have not yet attained Consultant grade.
  • Those dentists whose specialty is linked with the specialist lists recognised by the General Dental Council of the United Kingdom. Please see https://www.gdc-uk.org/registration/your-registration/specialist-lists

Applications close on Tuesday 16 January 2024.

Submit your application on the Grants and Awards platform here: rcsed.grantplatform.com/

For further information, please contact the Research and Grants Co-Ordinator, Development and Partnerships Office by email at awards@rcsed.ac.uk

Saleem Khwaja Memorial Fellowship in Paediatric Surgery

Saleem Khwaja was a Professor of Paediatric Surgery who worked in the United Kingdom, Africa, and the Middle East. He contributed widely to the specialty, particularly neonatal surgery and children’s surgery in the tropics. Recognized as an outstanding teacher and mentor, Professor Khwaja was committed to developing early-career paediatric surgeons. The Fellowship was established in recognition of his life-long commitment to teaching, research, and education.

Applications for the Saleem Khwaja Memorial Fellowship in Paediatric Surgery are invited from Higher Surgical Trainees or Junior Consultants (up to two years post-appointment), who are Members or Fellows of the College, in good standing. The Fellowship provides funding for travel abroad to gain further education and training, or to offer charitable service to another centre in support of skill development.

Applications close on Wednesday 27 March 2024.

Submit your application on the Grants and Awards platform here: rcsed.grantplatform.com/

For further information, please contact the Research and Grants Co-Ordinator, Development and Partnerships Office by email at awards@rcsed.ac.uk.

Joint RCSEd/SOMS/Shanghai Head & Neck Fellowship

Applications are invited from Members/Fellows (MRCS/FRCS) of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Scottish Oral and Maxillofacial Society (SOMS) for a 4-6 weeks Fellowship in either:

  • Head and Neck Oncology in Shanghai at the department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Science, School of Stomatology, 9th Peoples Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and the Cranial Base Unit 9th Peoples Hospital, Shanghai.
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Ninth Peoples Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University.
  • Esophageal Cancer Surgery, National Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 17 South Panjiayuan, Chaoyang District, China.
  • Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Centre for Respiratory Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Quangzhou Medical University, Quangzhou, China.

The funding for this Fellowship is  £4,000 to cover costs.

From the experience of previous Fellows, the level of operative experience required to benefit most from the time is equivalent to a final year post FRCS (Intercollegiate) trainee. Other applicants, including Consultants up to two years post appointment, will be considered on merit, but this level of operative experience should be seen as a benchmark.

Applications close on Wednesday 10 January 2024.

Submit your application on the Grants and Awards platform here: rcsed.grantplatform.com/

Further information can be obtained from Mr Roger Currie at r.currie@rcsed.ac.uk

The Alban Barros D'Sa Memorial Travelling Fellowship in General Surgery

The Alban Barros D'Sa Travelling Scholarship allows those starting out in their surgical careers to attend education events which would otherwise be out with their grasp. The Scholarship was generously donated by the family of the late Alban Barros D’Sa, Fellow and Examiner at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Mr Barros D’Sa’s interest was in supporting surgeons in training, and the scholarship will provide up to £1,000 towards attending international educational meetings and conferences.

Applications for the Alban Barros D’Sa Memorial Travelling Fellowship are invited from Members or Fellows of the College, in good standing, who are Higher Surgical Trainees who have not yet attained Consultant grade. The Fellowship provides funding for travel abroad to gain further experience/training.

The funding for this Fellowship contributes in part, or in whole, to the cost of one period of study/attachment. You must itemise the various costs of your proposed Travelling Fellowship. Funding for £1,000 only will be considered. Funding sought above this level will lead to disqualification of application.

Applications are now closed and are advertised yearly in February/March with a closing date in June.

Submit your application on the Grants and Awards platform here: rcsed.grantplatform.com/

For further information, please contact the Research and Grants Co-Ordinator, Development and Partnerships Office by email at awards@rcsed.ac.uk

The Faculty of Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare (FRRHH) Fellowship

RCSEd’s Faculty of Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare (FRRHH) are excited to announce their very first faculty Fellowship, open to members of FRRHH in good standing who wish to or currently work within remote, rural, and humanitarian healthcare. The fellowship will provide financial support for projects and activities that support individuals’ access and exposure to different healthcare systems and contexts.  Those that will develop the knowledge, skill and experience required to work in remote, rural and humanitarian healthcare.

Individuals are invited to apply for a maximum of £5000 per fellowship application. Funding will support project activity such as research, training, education, and travel opportunities for individuals relating to remote, rural, and humanitarian healthcare. All disciplines, career grades and nationalities are welcome to apply, including clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals.

The faculty is delighted to bring this fellowship to members so early in the faculty’s development.  To apply or find out about joining The Faculty of Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare, please email frrhh@rcsed.ac.uk

Applications are now closed.

For further information, please contact The Faculty of Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare at frrhh@rcsed.ac.uk

The Sir James Fraser Travelling Fellowship in General Surgery

In 1998 Lady Fraser gifted a sum of money to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in order to set up a trust fund in the memory of her late husband, Sir James Fraser. A Travelling Fellowship has been established and is known as The Sir James Fraser Travelling Fellowship.

Applications for the Sir James Fraser Travelling Fellowship are invited from Members or Fellows of the College, in good standing, who are Higher Surgical Trainees in General Surgery but who have not yet attained Consultant grade. The Fellowship provides funding for travel abroad to gain further experience/training in the field of General Surgery.

Funding will be up to 2,000.

Applications are now closed and are advertised once every two years in February/March with a closing date in June. It will next open in 2024. 

For further information, please contact the Research and Grants Co-Ordinator, Development and Partnerships Office by email at awards@rcsed.ac.uk

The Cutner Travelling Fellowship (Orthopaedics)

Applications for the Cutner Travelling Fellowship are invited from Fellows or Members of the College in good standing. The Fellowship provides funding of up to £3,000 towards travel abroad for either:

(a) Trainee orthopaedic surgeons around the time of their appointment to a consultant post, to enable them to study in centres with particular expertise relating to the responsibilities of their new appointment, or

(b) Surgeons making short visits to learn new orthopaedic techniques, or to work in other centres to develop orthopaedic surgery.

Applications are now closed and are advertised yearly in February/March with a closing date in June.

Submit your application on the Grants and Awards platform here: rcsed.grantplatform.com/

For further information, please contact the Research and Grants Co-Ordinator, Development and Partnerships Office by email at awards@rcsed.ac.uk

RCSEd ToffeIn Travelling Fellowship

The RCSEd and ToffeIn are delighted to announce a travelling fellowship which will support our Fellows and Members to undertake critical surgical training, education and research in any speciality (UK & abroad) for up to three months.

Potential applicants must demonstrate that the fellowship will help them to learn novel techniques or observe surgical practise. Our selection criteria will place particular emphasis on the excellence of the candidate and the innovative qualities of the work to be undertaken. Applicants are encouraged to include patient benefit and outcomes of their proposed fellowship in their application.

Funding of up to £3,000 is available per fellowship. Applicants will have to be:

  • Members or Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, in good standing, who are in surgical training grades or new consultant surgeons within the first 5 years of substantive appointment.

The applications deadline is Thursday 4 January 08:00 GMT 2024 | Submit your application on the Grants and Awards platform here: rcsed.grantplatform.com

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