Each year, the RCOphth offers a generous number of scholarships, travel awards and clinical/research fellowships in partnership with other organisations. These cover a wide variety of areas, from specialist research, to help with funding electives for undergraduates.
We ask all our reward recipients to submit a written report within three months of completing their fellowship/research, using this report format guidance. The report is circulated to the RCOphth Education Committee and the awarding body.
Open Awards
Glaucoma UK and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Research Award 2023 (£100,000)
• The closing date for applications is 11 April 2023.
• A postgraduate research award to facilitate research into glaucoma.
• Up to £100,000.
The charity Glaucoma UK and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists are working in partnership to run this prestigious award which has previously funded a range of research topics from prospective stem cell treatments to the use of big data in patient risk stratification.
This is a postgraduate research award up to the value of £100,000 to facilitate research into glaucoma. Applicants may be trainees seeking support for a fellowship or senior researchers seeking a grant for a project. Applications are invited from departments and individuals based in the UK and Ireland, but the research studies may be carried out elsewhere.
Glaucoma UK encourages patient orientated research and research directly concerned with the improvement of the management of glaucoma. This award is funded by Glaucoma UK. The application process is administered by The Royal College of Ophthalmologists so any queries should be directed to [email protected] .
The application form can be found here.
Upcoming Awards
An award grant is a great way to enhance continued professional development and contribute to research, service development and audit for the benefit of eye care services in the UK.
Please direct any travel Awards & Scholarship enquiries to [email protected].
The Ulverscroft David Owen Award 2023
Ulverscroft David Owen Prize Application Form – 2023
Previous recipients:
Application criteria:
- The first author and senior author should apply together.
- Either the first or lead author must be an ophthalmologist.
- At least one of the authors must be a member of the RCOphth.
- The applicants should be based and have undertaken the research reported at a British institution.
- The paper must have been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal after 1 January 2021.
- Applications open: 17 October 2022
- Applications close: 6 January 2023
- Announcement of winner: 4 February 2023
- Award made at Congress 2023 Awards Ceremony in Birmingham