Training Scholarship UFAW Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

As part of its endeavours to encourage high quality science likely to lead to substantial advances in animal welfare, UFAW will be running a scheme to award a UFAW Animal Welfare Research Training Scholarship to enable a promising veterinary or science graduate to undertake a three-year programme of research leading to a degree at the doctorate level. This award will be open to research institutions within the British Isles and overseas institutions at which there is a UFAW University Link(please see the UFAW Website).

UFAW would particularly like to encourage applications in the following fields:

•development of methodologies aimed at elucidation of the neurological basis of sentience in animals
•developments in approaches to alleviating welfare problems in farmed, companion and/or laboratory animals through breeding
•developments in detection and alleviation of pain
•development of methods of welfare / quality of life assessment

UFAW does not wish to exclude potentially valuable projects in other aspects of animal welfare science and applications for work in other areas will also be welcomed.
Funding information

Funder:

UFAW
Value:

Likely to be up to a maximum of £100,000
Number of awards per year:

1
Funding applies to:
Open to applicants from a range of countries
Funding notes:

This award will be open to research institutions within the British Isles and UFAW may consider allowing applications from 'UFAW Link' institutions (please see the UFAW Website).
Funding duration:

3 years

Contacts and how to apply

Administrative contact and how to apply:

If you are interested in receiving an email notification when this award is open for application then please contact the UFAW Scientific Officer: scioff@ufaw.org.uk.