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Professor Keith Gull FMedSci FRS, Panel Chair reflects on the success of the first round of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Networking Grants, and announces the launch of the second round. “We are delighted with the success of this new scheme, which has funded 40 ...
Read moreAccelerating access to medical innovation
The Academy today published the report of a joint FORUM meeting with CASMI, the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research on ‘Accelerating access to medical innovation: a research agenda for innovation science’. In summer 2017, the Academy, in p...
Read moreStarter Grants for Clinical Lecturers open for applications
We are pleased to announce that Round 19 of the Starter Grants scheme is now open to applications from clinicians in veterinary, human and dental medicine. The Starter Grants scheme is open to Clinical Lecturers who are looking to develop and strengthen their research careers, by pr...
Read moreHead of Programmes, Dr Rachel Macdonald, would like to thank all those who have been instrumental in supporting our Mentoring programme over the last fifteen years as we celebrate this ...
Read moreDr Susie Candy, Director of Biomedical Grants and Policy, reflects on the early days of mentoring. How did the Academy’s Mentoring programme first come about? When the Academy of Medical Scie
Read moreWhat does a good mentor look like?
Dr Susie Candy, Director of Biomedical Grants and Policy, on the key values that good mentors share. Every mentor is different but there are some key values that they share. First is the neutrality – a mentor should have no agenda but to support the mentee and to lo...
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