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Chapman Research Fellowship Advice to Applicants December 2017

VJ Chapman Research Fellowship – advice to applicants

General

The VJ Chapman Fellowship will be awarded to a medical graduate committed to a career in Neurology or Neurosurgery, to give them the opportunity of spending a period in clinical or biomedical research. This may be combined with advanced clinical training in neurology, but the research component should be at least 50%. Applicants should be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents enrolled in or who have recently completed an advanced clinical training scheme. The award will not normally be taken up until at least the fourth year after graduation.

Mental health Research. The Neurological Foundation will accept applications designed to further the knowledge and treatment of primary neuropsychiatric or neuropsychological disorders, provided the research takes a mechanistic approach to discovering or treating a component of the disorder that might be due to an underlying neurological problem. Applications which deal only with the clinical management of mental health disorders will not be considered.

Conditions

The Fellowship will be tenable at an approved sponsoring institution either in New Zealand or overseas. The application must be accompanied by the formal written agreement of a senior member of the staff of the sponsoring institution to undertake the duties of supervisor of the Fellow’s work and director of their research project. There must be formal written agreement by the sponsoring institution itself to employ the Fellow, and to provide the facilities for the project.

Other responsibilities of Fellows

Fellows may undertake, with their supervisor’s approval, clinical or teaching responsibilities relevant to their research. Any remuneration for this may be deducted from the Fellow’s stipend. Fellows may devote time to study for a higher degree (MD, PhD etc.), but normally not for professional examinations. (FRACP, FRACS etc.).

Salary

The salary will be based on that which would have been applicable had the Fellow continued in a clinical post in New Zealand.

Reports and Publications

The Fellow will supply reports on their work when requested by the Foundation and acknowledgethe support of the Foundation in publications and media related to the Fellowship.

Making Application

The closing datesare May 1st and October 1steach year. An interview will be arranged between the applicant and representatives of the Foundation and its Scientific Advisory Committee.Electronic application forms can be obtained from the Foundation’s website Intending applicants should make themselves known to the Foundation well before this date, so that details of the application can be discussed. The signed original plus 15double sided copies of the application are required. In addition, please submit an electronic copy of the form (in MS Word, not a PDF) to

Further enquiries to:

Dr Douglas Ormrod

Research Manager

Neurological Foundation of New Zealand

PO Box 110022, Auckland Hospital, Auckland 1148

(66 Grafton Road, Auckland 1010 – for courier)
Ph: [64 9] 309 7749
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