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Research Opportunities

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This is a selection of Research Opportunities. More details of these and other opportunities are available from Mylne Powell in the Research Office; ext 3812 (mornings only); email: M.Powell@sussex.ac.uk; http://sussex.ac.uk (see For Staff..Research Funding).

THE LEVERHULME TRUST SPECIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 1997: to provide opportunities for those with a proven record of research who do not hold and have not held a full-time established academic post in a UK university. Special Research Fellows will be expected to undertake a significant piece of publishable research during the tenure of the award. Closing date: 14 March 1997.

NATIONAL R&D PROGRAMME ON CANCER - Second call for proposals. Two areas of research: the psychosocial consequences for patients who have increased participation in clinical decision making; Comparison of the effectiveness of different psychosocial interventions for patients and their families. Closing date 31 January 1997.

MRC TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIPS 1996/97 COMPETITION YEAR: to enable clinical and non-clinical workers in the biomedical field with at least two years of postregistration or postdoctoral experience to undertake a period of advanced specialised research training overseas. Closing date: 3 March.

MAFF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP SCHEME: Invitation to tender for a three-year study concerned mainly with an evaluation (in relation to landscape, wildlife and historical objectives) of management agreements formed under the scheme. Closing date: 7 February 1997.

MRC FRENCH EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS 1996/97 COMPETITION YEAR: to enable clinical and postdoctoral non-clinical workers in biomedical fields to undertake a period of research training in a suitable centre in France and hence strengthen links between scientists and institutions in the two countries. Closing date: 3 March 1997.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MEDIA FELLOWSHIPS: to provide opportunities for scientists from any area of science to experience first-hand how the media work. Fellows spend four to eight weeks working with a newspaper or magazine, or in radio or television. Closing date: 31 March 1997.

MRC GENOME PROJECT: priority areas: systematic approaches to the analysis of function of gene products including gene identification and expression; technology development relevant to sequencing, bioinformatics and systematic analysis of function. No closing date.

MRC BIOINFORMATICS: priority areas: improved co-ordination, integration and interoperability of existing databases; Development of databases describing biological function; novel applications, development and evaluation of software; co-ordination of epidemiological data on risk and genetic disease and evaluating demographic effects. Open competition, no closing date given.[MRC Communique Dec 96]

POPULATION STUDIES AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH: The Wellcome Trust call for proposals. Priority areas: Research directed to the improvement of reproductive health in adolescents and adults; Research on the socioeconomic and environmental consequences of long-term demographic change. No closing date. [Wellcome Trust News] BMA RESEARCH AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 1997: The Association is offering a number of Research Awards and Fellowships in various fields of medicine. Closing date: 21 March 1997. [BMA letter Dec 96]

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Friday January 17th 1997