Fellowship opportunities from BCS and Heart Research UK

BCS-Heart Research UK fellowship schemes renewed!

Available to BCS members only

The BCS is continuing its partnership with Heart Research UK to offer fellowship opportunities. Heart Research UK is a leading charity which invests in life-saving medical research into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease, as well as supporting ground-breaking training and education.

The BCS-Heart Research UK clinical fellowship scheme offers the potential for clinical top-up training, allowing candidates across the NHS workforce to gain new clinical skills or experience in a global centre of excellence.

There are two fellowship awards available under this scheme:

Fellowship One:

Under this scheme there is one individual clinical placement for up to 3 months to a global centre of excellence for a senior trainee or consultant cardiologist. This scheme could particularly suit a clinician with unmet training needs in ACHD, cross-sectional imaging (CMR/CT), or ICC, though other sub speciality areas will be considered. The fellowship funding would be used to contribute to travel, accommodation, salary and any local medical regulatory/certification costs.

Successful candidates will be expected to provide a full report of their experience within one month of completion and a short video clip detailing their experience which will be used to promote the scheme. All fellowships must be completed by end May 2024. It is expected that each individual/team will provide a short talk on their experience at BCS Conference in June 2024.

Maximum award value of fellowship: £24,000. Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday 5 November. Apply here.

Fellowship Two:

One team placement for up to six members of each team (composition can be any NHS employees in the cardiovascular workforce) to visit a global centre of excellence for one week to observe a specific pathway of care or specific procedure for which there are plans for adoption back in the UK host centre.

This could suit a cath-lab team in complex intervention, structural intervention, EP/devices, paediatric or adult congenital HD, or an imaging department planning to start a new clinical service (e.g., cardiac CT or CMR). The fellowship funding would be used to contribute towards travel, accommodation, salary and any local medical regulatory/certification costs.

Successful candidates will be expected to provide a full report of their experience within one month of completion and a short video clip detailing their experience which will be used to promote the scheme. All fellowships must be completed by end May 2024. It is expected that each individual/ team will provide a short talk on their experience at BCS Conference in June 2024.

Maximum award value per team fellowship: £13,000. Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday 5 November. Apply here.