Doctoral Fellowships in Health Services and Health of the Public Research Guidance for applicants seeking awards made by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The Guidance has the following sections: 1) Background 2) Financial Support 3) Completing the Application Form 4) Making an Application 5) Assessment of Applications all of which should be read thoroughly by all potential applicants to ensure that the form is completed correctly. 1. BACKGROUND The Doctoral Fellowships in Health Services and Health of the Public Research are part of CSO’s portfolio of capacity building intiatives. awards are intended to give graduates in relevant disciplines the opportunity to work towards a PhD and provide research training in an area of research relevant to the needs of the NHSScotland. Please note that application for support in obtaining a Professional/Clinical Doctorate will not be accepted. The awards are tenable in Health Services Research, Health Economics, Public Health, Health Technology Assessment, Health Psychology etc but are not available for laboratory based research. The research undertaken via the Fellowship should have a translational focus (see the CSO Strategy , Aim 1) Eligibility It is likely that candidates for awards will either be graduates in disciplines relevant to health services and/or medical research, for example psychology, sciences, statistics, social sciences, information technology etc or graduate qualified nurses or members of the allied health professions. In addition, candidates must fulfil the eligibility criteria outlined in Appendix A. Duration The Fellowships are available for 3 years full time (or part time pro-rata) and it is expected that they will commence within 6 months of any offer of award. If an applicant’s full-time salary at time of application exceeds the salary limit it is possible to undertake the Fellowship on part-time basis to come within the limit, but in these cases the award will not extend beyond 3 years. Keywords 1 primary and up to 5 secondary keywords must be provided. The Keywords List can be found on the website. The primary keyword should identify the area within which the proposed research falls. If it does not fall within any of these areas then please insert N/A. 2. FINANCIAL SUPPORT Funding will normally cover: a) Reimbursement of the basic salary of the award holder, with increments, based on an appropriate point for the individual on the relevant pay scale up a maximum of
Doctoral Fellowships in Health Services and Health of the Public Research Guidance for applicants seeking awards made by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The Guidance has the following sections: 1) Background 2) Financial Support 3) Completing the Application Form 4) Making an Application 5) Assessment of Applications all of which should be read thoroughly by all potential applicants to ensure that the form is completed correctly. 1. BACKGROUND The Doctoral Fellowships in Health Services and Health of the Public Research are part of CSO’s portfolio of capacity building intiatives. awards are intended to give graduates in relevant disciplines the opportunity to work towards a PhD and provide research training in an area of research relevant to the needs of the NHSScotland. Please note that application for support in obtaining a Professional/Clinical Doctorate will not be accepted. The awards are tenable in Health Services Research, Health Economics, Public Health, Health Technology Assessment, Health Psychology etc but are not available for laboratory based research. The research undertaken via the Fellowship should have a translational focus (see the CSO Strategy , Aim 1) Eligibility It is likely that candidates for awards will either be graduates in disciplines relevant to health services and/or medical research, for example psychology, sciences, statistics, social sciences, information technology etc or graduate qualified nurses or members of the allied health professions. In addition, candidates must fulfil the eligibility criteria outlined in Appendix A. Duration The Fellowships are available for 3 years full time (or part time pro-rata) and it is expected that they will commence within 6 months of any offer of award. If an applicant’s full-time salary at time of application exceeds the salary limit it is possible to undertake the Fellowship on part-time basis to come within the limit, but in these cases the award will not extend beyond 3 years. Keywords 1 primary and up to 5 secondary keywords must be provided. The Keywords List can be found on the website. The primary keyword should identify the area within which the proposed research falls. If it does not fall within any of these areas then please insert N/A. 2. FINANCIAL SUPPORT Funding will normally cover: a) Reimbursement of the basic salary of the award holder, with increments, based on an appropriate point for the individual on the relevant pay scale up a maximum of
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