This new award is intended to provide support to new academic lecturers to set up research labs and/or buy in teaching, to encourage the development of optometric career researchers.
The College awards up to 11 postgraduate research scholarships on an ongoing basis.
The aim of the Summer Research Scholarship Scheme is to encourage high calibre optometry undergraduate students to consider a career in research or academia by sponsoring a short period of experience in an active research laboratory.
The aim of travel bursaries is to provide financial assistance to postgraduate students to enable them to present papers on their research at conferences.
Summary of the research carried out by some of those awarded the College Research Scholarships in 2005