The Academy of Medical Sciences has awarded twenty-eight medical, dental and veterinary schools across the country with INSPIRE funding to engage undergraduates with health research.
INSPIRE has been part of the Academy’s career development programmes since 2012, and aims to foster a research culture in all clinicians entering the NHS, all dentists and all vets. INSPIRE projects are designed and delivered locally by academics at each institution, allowing the activities to reflect the diverse spectrum of research happening across the country. This year, the INSPIRE funding panel were delighted to see a growing number of collaborations between medical schools, which will develop and strengthen student research networks as the projects get underway.
Chair of the INSPIRE grant panel, Professor Jonathan Seckl FRSE FMedSci, said:
The Academy of Medical Sciences, most generously supported by the Wellcome Trust, is delighted to inspire the next generation of research leaders amongst the students at 28 of the UK’s schools of medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine. This crucial resource will enable students to engage in research and related activities and develop interests in discovering new solutions to the world’s major health challenges. We are particularly pleased to see so many important links between clinical schools and with industry in this round of INSPIRE projects.
The Academy is delighted to award an INSPIRE grant to the following schools:
King's College London
Hull & York Medical School
University of Leeds School of Medicine
University of Birmingham Medical School
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh
University of St Andrews
Cardiff University School of Medicine
University of Southampton
University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
Keele University School of Medicine
The University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Warwick
University of Liverpool
Imperial College London
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Leicester Medical School
University of Plymouth
University of Dundee
University of Liverpool Institute of Veterinary Science
University of Nottingham
University of Exeter Medical School
University of East Anglia
University of Bristol School of Veterinary Sciences with University of Bristol School of Medicine
University of Edinburgh
Newcastle University
University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
University of Manchester
For more information about the INSPIRE scheme, visit our web page, or see our case studies of projects funded in previous rounds.