Applications closed
Background:
The RCR established the RCR–Cyclotron Trust Visiting Fellowships to provide opportunities for clinical oncologists to visit Particle Treatment Centres abroad. The Fellowships are made possible by a generous financial donation from the Cyclotron Trust, for which the RCR would like to express its gratitude.
Nature:
The visits will contribute towards achieving the highest possible standard for a modern, world-class radiotherapy service in the UK. A key component of this is clearly to develop the knowledge and expertise of Clinical Oncologists regarding Particle Therapy. The aim of the Fellowships is to improve the understanding of new applications of particle therapy. They will allow appropriate patients to be selected for consideration for particle therapy from within the NHS system by the wider oncology community. The Fellowships will enable better informed discussion of the potential role of particle therapy with appropriate patients. In response to the greater availability of training and support to the UK proton therapy programme, this year, visit proposals are invited to centres that provide a service of protons and carbon ions. Priority will be given to applications to visit one of the four such European particle centres (Heidelberg, Marburg, Pavia and Med-AUSTRON). Travelling Fellows should take the opportunity also to gain an appreciation of both the proton therapy and carbon ion programmes available at these centres. Consideration will be given to proposals to visit centres in China or Japan but, in this round, the application would need to be exceptional. Equally, a special case to visit a centre providing only proton therapy therapy will be considered.
Contact details of the four European Centres cited above is available is available here.
Funding:
Up to £2,000 per visit.
Eligibility:
The Fellowships are open to Consultant and post-FRCR Specialist Registrar Clinical Oncologists who are Fellows of the RCR in good standing, resident in the United Kingdom and in active clinical NHS practice at the time of the application and the award/visit. Proposals for ‘paired’ visits with a colleague from medical physics will be welcome. Those eligible for the Visiting Fellowships may be awarded only one Fellowship under this scheme.
To apply:
Candidates will need to submit: a brief CV and an explanation of why the applicant is suitable for such a Fellowship (in the case of paired applications, the CV of the medical physicist colleague should be included); a description of the proposed visit, including the name of the host centre, the host lead consultant or professional, dates of the visit, the specific aims and a summary of the benefits to both the applicant and their department; evidence that the host centre has agreed to honour the terms of the Fellowship (ie, a letter or email confirming the arrangements); a budget plan, indicating estimated travel and accommodation costs with a note indicating the source of funds to meet any costs exceeding £2,000; and two references from consultant clinical oncologists/Fellows of the RCR - one of who should be the Head of the Department in which the applicant is working. All applications will be considered by an Assessment Panel chaired by the Vice-President, Clinical Oncology.
A list of current and previous successful applicants is available.
All enquiries should be submitted to the Professional Services Administrator