BMUS Research & Innovation Grant
BMUS are proud to announce its new Research & Innovation Grant offering funding up to a maximum of £10k per annum to embrace any initiative that furthers the aims and objectives of BMUS.
Examples of how the grant could be used :
- Organising a meeting, study day, or network around a specific topic or group
- Creating guideline documents, or patient information materials, (e.g. a booklet for children undergoing an ultrasound exam to read with their parents so that they can understand more about what will happen during the scan).
- Implement an ultrasound service innovation. Write a report for the Ultrasound journal about whether your initiative was successful in improving patient comfort or outcomes (e.g. introduction of a bladder scanner to improve bladder volume reproducibility for pelvic radiotherapy treatment)
- Develop ultrasound teaching materials, simulations, or online tools/apps that can be made available through the BMUS website.
- Conduct a national audit, survey, or service evaluation (e.g. of ultrasound QA, or AAA screening) to inform best practice.
- Investigate a new ultrasound technology and provide some recommendations, or a systematic literature review/evidence synthesis.
- Investigative studies (e.g. safety of HIFU ‘liposuction’)
- Scientific and clinical research studies.
- Outreach and public patient involvement.
Grant Terms and Conditions
The grants are to fund ultrasound-based education, studies or research projects which align with the broad aims of the Society which are:
- To guide ultrasound practitioners in maintaining high standards of professional clinical ultrasound practice
- For the advancement of scientific and clinical medical ultrasound research and technology
- For leadership in medical ultrasound education and training, including provision of advice and information to the public.
Applications are welcome from BMUS members who have been a BMUS member for at least 1 year prior to the grant application. Co-applicants do not have to be BMUS members.
- Applications will be assessed throughout the year
- The maximum grant awarded is £10,000. However, more than one grant may be awarded up to the maximum allocated sum of £10,000 annually.
- On completion of the work, the successful applicant will be required to submit a short report to the BMUS quarterly newsletter, present the findings of the award at the BMUS annual scientific meeting (ASM) as either a poster or oral presentation and acknowledge BMUS funding in all publications related to this work.
- Travel and subsistence to BMUS ASM (in the year following the award) to present the results of the project should be included in the application (maximum £450).
- An assessment panel comprising of members of BMUS Council will consider applications and the decision-making process can take up to 6 months. The decision of BMUS is final and binding.
Format of Application
The case for the Research & Innovation Grant should be a maximum of 2 pages long. Due to the wide-range of topics that BMUS are willing to consider for funding under this scheme, no clear structure will be imposed on the application except that each proposal must have
- a clear aim,
- justification of the resources requested,
- how the proposal will benefit BMUS members, the wider ultrasound community, or patients, bearing in mind the Society’s aims and objectives
- a supporting letter from the Head of Department.
Applications should be made using the form which can be downloaded here and should be sent to office@bmus.org marked for the attention of Emma Tucker.
Successful applicants will be informed by email notification and also announced at the BMUS Annual Scientific Meeting in December each year.
Information & Application Form