The Society is pleased to announce the first beneficaries of the new Teaching and Research Grant schemes. The David Jordan Teaching Grants aim to fund cutting-edge educational research and the development of new educational resources.
Three teaching grants were awarded to Gordon Cooper (University of Sheffield), Charlotte Haigh (University of Leeds) and Nicholas Freestone (Kingston University).
Charlotte Haigh explained: “The grant will allow me to run a new module at Leeds on ‘Extreme Physiology’, highlighting whole systems physiology in our curriculum. The module will also be put together as an open access web resource for any other higher education institutions, schools, colleges or community groups.”
The Research Grants are aimed at academics in their first permanent position. The grant can be used to start a new project, to conduct pilot work or to finalise a project.
In all cases the aim is to enable early-career researchers to attract more funding. The successful applicants were: Abdelali Agouni (University of Surrey), Philip Atherton (University of Nottingham), Stephen Bailey (University of Exeter), Alan Barker (University of Exeter), Sangeeta Chawla (University of York), Alan Harper (Keele University), Dervla O’Malley (University College, Cork) and Mark Rae (University College, Cork).
Alan Harper said: “The Physiological Society has always been a fantastic supporter of my career; giving me the opportunity to give my first oral presentation at a conference as an undergraduate and providing me with travel funds to attend international conferences during my PhD studies. So I’m very excited and grateful for their continued support, and helping me to kickstart my research career at Keele University.”