The Home of Rest for Horses is inviting applications for its 2007 grants for non-invasive research into equine diseases.
Applications should reflect the mission of The Home "Good Health is Good Welfare. The Home promotes the health and welfare of horses through support for needy cases, education and research to reduce disease and suffering" and will have to be endorsed by its scientific sub-committee.
Veterinary schools, university departments, research institutes and charities in the United Kingdom that have an interest in the horse are eligible to apply. Veterinary practices with registered equine hospitals may also apply for the equine scholarships and appropriately qualified individuals may apply for the clinical awards.
The grants fall into three sectors:
Scientific Projects
Applications will be accepted for equine research projects from all UK veterinary schools, institutions and specialist private referral practices. Research must be non-invasive and ethically approved and must have a strong relevance to equine welfare needs. In the past, research projects have been supported for Strangles, Navicular, Sweet Itch, Colic, Ragwort Poisoning, Grass Sickness, Osteoarthritis, Cardiology, Equine Herpesvirus, Laminitis, Farriery, Dentistry, Recurrent Airway Obstruction.
Clinical Training Scholarships
The aim of an equine scholarship is to provide specialist clinical training to a veterinary graduate who has at least two years’ experience in veterinary practice, and whose degree is recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Subjects include pathology, surgery, internal medicine, epidemiology and anaesthesia. Institutions eligible are UK university veterinary schools, other university departments and institutes in the UK that have an interest in the horse, recognised charitable institutions in the UK e.g. The Animal Health Trust, and equine veterinary practices with registered equine hospitals in the UK.
Clinical Awards
Clinical Awards provide specialist training in equine clinical subjects to veterinary surgeons in the UK. Applications are invited from individuals whose degree is registered with the RCVS and who intend to work in the equine field in the UK after the period of the award. These awards are granted to:
Applications should reflect the mission of The Home "Good Health is Good Welfare. The Home promotes the health and welfare of horses through support for needy cases, education and research to reduce disease and suffering" and will have to be endorsed by its scientific sub-committee.
Veterinary schools, university departments, research institutes and charities in the United Kingdom that have an interest in the horse are eligible to apply. Veterinary practices with registered equine hospitals may also apply for the equine scholarships and appropriately qualified individuals may apply for the clinical awards.
The grants fall into three sectors:
Scientific Projects
Applications will be accepted for equine research projects from all UK veterinary schools, institutions and specialist private referral practices. Research must be non-invasive and ethically approved and must have a strong relevance to equine welfare needs. In the past, research projects have been supported for Strangles, Navicular, Sweet Itch, Colic, Ragwort Poisoning, Grass Sickness, Osteoarthritis, Cardiology, Equine Herpesvirus, Laminitis, Farriery, Dentistry, Recurrent Airway Obstruction.
Clinical Training Scholarships
The aim of an equine scholarship is to provide specialist clinical training to a veterinary graduate who has at least two years’ experience in veterinary practice, and whose degree is recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Subjects include pathology, surgery, internal medicine, epidemiology and anaesthesia. Institutions eligible are UK university veterinary schools, other university departments and institutes in the UK that have an interest in the horse, recognised charitable institutions in the UK e.g. The Animal Health Trust, and equine veterinary practices with registered equine hospitals in the UK.
Clinical Awards
Clinical Awards provide specialist training in equine clinical subjects to veterinary surgeons in the UK. Applications are invited from individuals whose degree is registered with the RCVS and who intend to work in the equine field in the UK after the period of the award. These awards are granted to:
- Diploma Candidates already enrolled with the RCVS and who have progressed to the point of applying for RCVS final approval of experience and permission to enter the forthcoming examination
- Fellowship by Thesis Candidates who are registered with the RCVS and whose proposed course of study and title of their thesis must have been approved by the Fellowship Board
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