Additional Funding and Resources
| TITLE | SOURCE | VALUE | ELIGIBILITY | CONDITIONS |
| Medical Students | ||||
| Student Bursary | BAPRAS | £500 | Research, elective, travel related to plastic surgery | Medical Student |
| Elective Bursary | Scar Free Foundation | £1,200 | Medical elective in plastic surgery, burns or hand surgery research | Medical Student |
| Intercalated BSc Grants | RCS England | Variable | BSc in surgery related discipline | Medical Student undertaking BSc |
| Travelling Scholarships | ||||
| European Travelling Scholarships | BAPRAS | £1,000 | Travel to European Plastic Surgery Centre | SpR (year 4-6) |
| Travelling Bursary for Presentation Overseas | BAPRAS | £600 | Overseas travel to present at international national meetings | SpR, consultant |
| Travelling Bursary | BAPRAS | Up to £5,000 | Study of new Plastic Surgery techniques abroad | SpR, consultant within first 3 years |
| Young Plastic Surgeons Scholarships | EURAPS | €1,500 - 3,000 | Scholarship to spend time in European plastic surgery centre | Age <37, plastic surgery trainee, European citizen |
| AAPS-EURAPS Academic Scholarship Award | AAPS/EURAPS | $30,000 per year | 2 year academic scholarship to research between America and Europe | |
| Pre-doctoral Research | ||||
| NIHR Integrated Academic Training (ACF & CL) | NIHR | Variable | Variable based on round of funding | Check website for details |
| MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship | Medical Research Council | Salary and research expenses | Regenerative medicine, bioimaging, translational research | 3 year PhD funding Joint Society CRTFs are available for the RCS Edinburgh and the British Skin Foundation |
| PhD Training Fellowship for clinicians | Wellcome Trust | Salary and research expenses | Clinical research | 3 years funding |
| Surgical Research Fellowship | RCS England | Salary + £3,000 | Passed Part A MRCS | 1 year research funding |
| Robertson Research Training Fellowship | RCS Edinburgh | £50,000 per year | Research in Scotland | Scottish or research within Scotland, MRCS Ed |
| PhD Funding | BSSH | £50,000 per year for 3y | PhD in hand surgery | NTN Plastic surgery/ Orthopaedics; commitment to hand surgery/academia |
| Ritchie Trust Research Award | RCS Glasgow | £30,000 per year | Research in any clinical context/ for higher degree | Triennial availability, member of RCS Glas |
| Surgical Research Fellowship | RAFT | PhD funding, MD funding | 2 to 3 years | |
| Research Grant | Cancer Research UK | Various | Clinical, preclinical and translational projects | Pre- and post-doctoral funding available |
| Post doctoral / Personal Grant | ||||
| NIHR Clinician Scientist Award | NIHR | Variable | Post doctoral personal support | Up to 5 year funding |
| MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship | Medical Research Council | Variable | Post doctoral independent research | Up to 4 year funding |
| Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Award | Cancer Research UK | Variable | Post doctoral independent research | Up to 5 year funding |
| Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship | Wellcome Trust | Variable | Post doctoral independent research | Up to 8 year funding |
| BAPRAS Pump Priming Fund | BAPRAS | £20,000 | Clinical trials | Consultant |
| Consumables fund | NTN/ Consultant in first 5y | |||
| Paton Masser Memorial Fund | BAPRAS | £5,000 | Plastics research in the British Isles | |
| Helen Lawson grant for research into novel health technologies | BMA | £50,000 | Promote research into novel health technologies | Registered medical parctitioners/ BMA members |
| BFIRST Award Grant | BFIRST | £10,000 | Establishing sustainable and autonomous services in developing countries | Eligible developing countries only |
| Pump Priming Grants | RCS England | <£10,000 | One year research funding | Newly qualified consultants or senior lecturers |
| Research Grant | BSSH | £50,000 per year | Hand surgery research | |
| Pump Priming Research | BSSH | <£10,000 | Hand surgery research and systematic reviews | Potential to benefit patients in 3-5 years |
| Research Grant | British Burn Association | Up to £1,000 | Small projects/ pump priming | BBA members |
Other funding bodies offering ad hoc grants and fellowships:
Restore research
Blond McIndoe Foundation
Scar Free Foundation
CLEFT