Training fellowships
Centenary Fellowship for Medical Technicians
Travelling fellowship open to full-time permanent staff of the Faculty of Medicine. The award is in the form of a lump sum payment intended to help the recipient to meet the costs associated with travel undertaken with the aim of professional development.
Applications should take the form of a letter to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and include the following:
- outline of proposed travel plan including costings, relation to work in the Discipline and benefit to the professional career of the applicant;
- the names of two referees who can provide confidential reports in support of the application.
Applications are invited for Centenary Fellowships for medical technicians for 2005. The object of the Fellowship is to provide opportunities for medical technicians to travel in order to acquire further professional knowledge and experience. The value of the fellowships will be subject to funds available.
The fellowships are open to permanent full-time technical staff who are employees of the University and who are employed within the Faculty of Medicine. Preference shall be given to those staff who work within the disciplines of Anatomy and Histology, Physiology and Biochemistry.
Applications should include the following:
- An outline of the proposed travel plan including costings. The plan must relate to the work of the applicant's discipline and also provide for the development of the technician's professional career. Attendance at an overseas conference, undertaking practical experience, short periods of academic study and interstate study visits to other institutions would all be acceptable.
- The names of two referees who can provide confidential reports in respect of the interest and ability of the applicants in their area of expertise.
Applications should be submitted by 31 July each year to:
Ms Marie Topping
Rm 231, Office of the Dean
Faculty of Medicine
Edward Ford Building (A27)
Ph: 02 93515692
Email:
Vernon Barling Memorial Fellowship
Established in 1981 by colleagues of Eric Vernon Barling, MBE, MB BS, FRCS FRACS FACS, who died in a motor car accident in 1978 after having been for many years a clinical teacher in the Department of Surgery of the University.
The Fellowship is awarded under the following conditions:
- The name of the Fellowship shall be the Vernon Barling Memorial Fellowship.
- The object of the Fellowship shall be to assist young surgeons in Australia who wish to undertake further clinical surgical training overseas prior to taking up hospital appointments in Australia. Preference will be given to those applicants without sufficient means to undertake clinical surgical training overseas.
- The Fellowship shall be awarded to a person holding the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of the University of Sydney, or equivalent degrees of an approved institution, who wishes to undertake clinical surgical training at an overseas institution or institutions approved from time to time by the Faculty of Medicine.
- The annual income from the Fund shall be available for award for the Fellowship.
- The Fellowship shall be tenable for one year only and will be awarded as funds are available. The Fellowship may be held in conjunction with any other endowed scholarship or fellowship, as a travel grant or grant-in-aid.
- The Fellowship shall be awarded by the Dean of the Faculty on the recommendation of the Head of the discipline of Surgery.
- At the conclusion of the tenure of the Fellowship, the fellow shall submit a paper or report embodying the results of the investigations or experience. If any work is published as a result of holding a Fellowship, the fellow shall acknowledge the tenure of the Fellowship.
The Fellowship is advertised annually; applications close in May/June.
Conditions updated 7 July 2004