BMFMS/WoW Entry Level Scholarship

BMFMS in partnership with Wellbeing of Women will jointly fund one Entry Level Scholarship (ELS) to provide a single candidate with up to £20,000 for research lasting normally up to one year. Funds are for directly incurred research costs and may include a salary contribution. These awards will fund pre-doctoral researchers in a basic science, clinical or translational research project aimed to improve maternal and fetal health and the improvement of pregnancy care.

Awards are intended to provide ‘pump-priming’ funds to enable professionals involved in pregnancy care to be exposed to a research environment and to obtain pilot data that will enhance an application for a research fellowship (PhD or MD).

Applicants do not have to be members of the BMFMS, but successful candidates are expected to join the Society on receipt of their award. Applicants would normally be new to the research discipline and will not previously have been heavily involved in substantial or funded research projects.

An ELS is not intended as a ‘top-up’ for existing grants. Its primary purpose is to support a single individual at an early stage of their research career.

For more information and for the  application form and guidance please see here

Submission deadline: Monday 7 July 2025 at 1pm