RD Lawrence Fellowship
Funds students and early career scholars with mentoring support for RD Lawrence Fellowship in biotechnology and medical technology.
The RD Lawrence Fellowship is Diabetes UK's flagship postdoctoral award, providing up to £525,000 over four to five years to researchers seeking to establish an independent diabetes research career at a UK academic institute or NHS Trust. The fellowship is named after RD Lawrence, a founder of the British Diabetic Association, and is reserved for postdoctoral scientists with three to ten years of …
Postdoctoral researchers (3-10 years experience) establishing independent diabetes research careers at UK academic institutes or NHS Trusts.
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