The BSGAR Committee are pleased to invite applications for the Research Fellowship - to re-launch in Feb 2026. The bursary value is for the cost-to-trust value of 1 PA of the applicant’s time (anticipated to be around ~£16,000) for one year. Research projects must be related to the field of GI and abdominal radiology and the applicant must be:
- An NHS Consultant subspecializing in GI and abdominal radiology who is a BSGAR member in good standard (≥1 year)
- Supported by an academic mentor
- With a hypothesis-driven piece of work with proposed output which is achievable within 1 year
- Applying with the support of their departmental lead
Applications should be emailed to
[email protected], with supporting documentation, before the
closing deadline (to be announced). Applications should be accompanied by an up-to-date short CV (max 2 pages) for the applicant and academic mentor and written agreement of the host department.
Please complete all sections of the
application form. You may embed two figures within the project plan, but this should not be used to overcome the 3 page limit in part 2(B).
The value and total numbers of bursaries will be decided at the discretion of the scoring subcommittee.
Queries can be directed to
[email protected] and will be answered as soon as possible. Applicants must be supported by an academic mentor, applicants are encouraged to identify their own mentor but those who do not have a mentor are encouraged to contact the mentors who have volunteered their time for this purpose.
Click here for academic mentor list. 
