Arnold Klopper Scholarship

Applications are invited for the Arnold Klopper Scholarship for 2023-24 which is valued at £1,000.

Students who are registered for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition at the University of Aberdeen are eligible to apply. Students must be researching issues directly affecting women’s health. Preference will be given to projects supervised or co-supervised in the Aberdeen Centre for Women’s Health Research.

The scholarship is available to home or overseas students to assist with research project costs including research outputs (conference presentation, open access publication, etc). Fees for Master degree research projects supervised by ACWHR will also be considered.

Applicants must demonstrate strong academic potential.

There is no set application form. Applications should include information about the course of study being undertaken, why financial support is needed, and what the Scholarship funds will be used for.

The applications should be accompanied by: A copy of the applicant's curriculum vitae (max 2 pages & can include link to google scholarly or PURE or similar for full list of publications), a max of 500-word summary of the student’s project in a scientific abstract format, a summary of how the funds will be used, a letter of support from the student's supervisor.

Applications should be emailed to:

Kelly Gray via email only at [email protected]

1st of May 2024

The successful candidate must produce a report within six months of completion of their project.

A successful student can only be awarded one of the 2 research scholarships (AFZ Giles/ Arnold Klopper) from ACWHR in a period of 2 successive academic years.