Новый грант от RCOphth

*Open Award: Applications are invited for the newly created CHANDRA AWARD.*

Each year, the RCOphth offers a generous number of scholarships, travel awards and clinical/research fellowships in partnership with other organisations. These cover a wide variety of areas, from specialist research, to help with funding electives for undergraduates.

An award grant is a great way to enhance continued professional development and contribute to research, service development and audit for the benefit of eye care services in the UK. 2023 Travel and Research Awards will be coming soon. Please watch out for announcements in EyeMail and on College social media platforms Direct any travel Awards & Scholarship enquiries to education@rcophth.ac.uk.

We ask all our reward recipients to submit a written report within three months of completing their fellowship/research, using this report format guidance. The report is circulated to the RCOphth Education Committee and the awarding body.

Open Award: Applications are invited for the newly created CHANDRA AWARD.

Girish Chandra came from modest beginnings in India to further his ophthalmic career in the UK in the 1960’s. He subsequently worked in numerous countries in North America and Asia. He recognises that the chance to train in the UK is a valuable and cherished opportunity, and he hopes that this award will facilitate this for future ophthalmologists.

The aim of the award is to allow doctors from outside the U.K. to come to the U.K. for training or a period of clinical observation. They would need to have already secured a training or observer post to be able to apply for this award.

Funding has been generously donated by Girish Chandra who has offered the sum of up to £1,000 annually for this award. The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has been asked to undertake the administration for this new award.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 1 November 2023. Applications should be submitted to education@rcophth.ac.uk using this application form.

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