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Purpose
This fund
offers an annual award of up to £5000 to support medical
research projects that will advance good clinical
practice in the management of Addison’s disease.
The award
is intended to assist medical researchers with the costs
of equipment, laboratory charges or other running costs.
The ADSHG is open to applications from researchers who
are facing unanticipated cost overruns on research
projects that are already underway, as well as from
researchers who are in the planning stages of their
project.
Applications for monies to be allocated towards staffing
costs will not ordinarily be considered. Applications
for amounts less than the full £5000 are welcomed as
this may allow the trustees to offer a grant to more
than one research project in a given year.
Who can apply?
The
trustees would ordinarily prefer to offer the award to
researchers working on projects at a recognised Higher
Education Research Institute and/or Medical Institute
within the UK, where the results can be shown to be of
direct relevance to clinical practice affecting our
members. The ADSHG is open to applications from
researchers based outside the UK, where their findings
may be relevant to clinical practice affecting our
members.
About the award
The
trustees of the ADSHG established the Alfred Potter
memorial research grant in 2010, when Alfred Potter
bequeathed a legacy of £5000 to the group.
Alfred was the ADSHG’s oldest member; he played an
active role in the group until just a few months before
his sad, but not unexpected, death at the age of 95. It
was indicative of Alfred’s vigour and curiosity about
life that at the age of 94 – only six months before his
death – he travelled by train from Derby to London to
attend the group’s annual general meeting and medical
lecture.
Alfred’s
life was an inspiration as to what people with Addison’s
can accomplish, with the right medical care and support.
For
full details of the award and application please
download the application form
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