The KKLF Fellowship Programme

Senior Research Fellowships (5 years)

The principle objective of The Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund Senior Research Fellowship programme is to facilitate the careers of truly outstanding biomedical scientists who have already, or are likely to achieve international status as researchers in leukaemia or a closely related field. It is likely that the appointees will already have considerable experience in basic research.

The appointment will normally be made at the level of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer on either clinical or non-clinical payscales as appropriate. The fellowship will cover the cost of the fellow's salary for 5 years and may support up to 2 assistants, together with costs of laboratory consumables, but will not contribute to departmental overheads.

Designation of post

The incumbent will be designated Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund Senior Research Fellow.

Personal and academic background of candidates

Only scientists of the highest calibre will be offered a fellowship. If, in the judgement of the selection panel, no candidate of sufficiently high standard is found, then no appointment will be made.

The candidate is likely to be a non-clinical biomedical scientist or a clinician with a background in basic research. They may be of any nationality, however they must be intending to work for the larger part of the fellowship in the United Kingdom with the expectation of remaining in the UK thereafter. Short periods of secondment to institutions outside the UK may be approved.

Applicants may or may not be medically qualified. They should, however, have a recognised higher degree (PhD, MRCP, MRCPath or equivalent), although exceptions may be made in special circumstances.

Work to be supported

The work to be supported will typically be bench-based research addressing one or more questions relating to epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis or treatment of leukaemia or a closely allied malignancy.

The work will be carried out at an established research institute within the United Kingdom. The application must be accompanied by a statement from the departmental chairman or laboratory director indicating that he/she has read the research application and is prepared to make available all appropriate facilities if the candidate is awarded a senior fellowship.

Research proposal

The application should include a scientific proposal of up to 10 single-spaced pages plus references, costings and CV. It will be treated as a confidential document but will inevitably be seen by selected external reviewers.

Applicants should complete the approved Application Form and include the research proposal (aims, background, plan of investigation, justification for budget). Applications should also include a 2-page CV for each supervisor/mentor to include selected published papers and current grants. Applications should be sent by email, in addition to providing a hard copy with original signatures. The trustees will take account of annual inflation and of salary increases related to nationally negotiated pay scales and these should not be built into the application.

Invitation for applications

Advertisements for applications for the Senior Fellowships are posted in Nature, The British Journal of Haematology, Leukaemia and on www.jobs.ac.uk.

Applications for the current round of awards should be received on or before 28 April 2008.

For further information and/or an application form contact info@kklf.org.uk