Scottish Heart and Arterial Risk Prevention (SHARP) are inviting medical students from Scottish Universities to apply for a summer studentship programme funding. The aim of this funding is to enable medical students to undertake clinical or pre-clinical research in any area of Cardiovascular Medicine during the summer break and in so doing, develop academically and strengthen their career prospects in. A bursary of £1000 will be available for each recipient. Project duration may exceed the summer vacation period. However, the funding per award is fixed. Scholarships are not intended to fund a student’s normal degree course (e.g., BMSc). For this year (2023), applications for funding ongoing projects that require additional funding will also be accepted. The closing time/date for 2023 applications is 5pm Thursday 15th June 2023. Students should seek supervisors and jointly apply with a clear indication of the proposed work, timescales and expected outcomes. Applications should be completed on the online SHARP Summer Studentship Application Form. Following completion of the SHARP Summer Studentship, a short report (250 words) .on the project must be completed by the supervisor and student. This should be in Word or pdf format and emailed to the SHARP office ( SHARP@dundee.ac.uk ) All outputs from the proposed research must acknowledge the role of SHARP as funder. The SHARP office ( SHARP@dundee.ac.uk ) must also be informed of any accepted manuscripts/posters or presentation arising from this work. Full details can be found by clicking on the details button or link below.

Scottish Heart and Arterial Risk Prevention (SHARP) are inviting applications for the 2023 round of the SHARP Research Project Grants. SHARP has a strong presence in the areas of medical education and scientific symposia. The society has a rich history and association with Cardiovascular Research in Scotland and is keen to actively re-engage in this area. A Research Sub-Group was recently established and tasked with exploring options for the society to undertake or support a limited package of research activity in line with the charity’s aims and available funding. The value in supporting research was believed to be (a) to promote the profile of SHARP more widely and use this involvement as a platform to increase the society’s visibility, (b) to generate clinically meaningful research outputs that will potentially benefit the people of Scotland, and (c) to act as an expansion of our educational activities to physicians, AHPs and patients.