Career Development Grant Application Form

  • Your Information

  • Academic Institution or Company Name
  • Please state whether you are a student or what your job title is in employment

  • Project Information

  • This section should provide a summary of your proposed research and its significance. Briefly outline the problem you aim to address, the innovative approach you will take and the key methods you will use. Highlight the anticipated impact on the field or patient outcomes. Emphasise the novelty, feasibility, and importance of the work. Conclude with a sentence linking the project to your broader career trajectory.
  • Use this section to articulate your plans for progression to research independence or your intended career pathway. Describe the skills, experiences, and competencies you need to acquire, and outline how your proposal will enable this growth. Emphasise how this award is the bridge to independence and will position you for career progression.
  • Provide a well justified breakdown of costs and how they directly support either the delivery of the research or your career development objectives. Highlight value for money and ensure the financial plan aligns tightly with the activities described in the proposal.

  • Photograph and Biography

    If you are successful with your application, your photograph and biography will be added to the DDL website
  • Accepted file types: jpg, png, Max. file size: 256 MB.
  • Accepted file types: docx, doc, Max. file size: 256 MB.

  • Terms and Conditions of the Grant

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Terms and Conditions

  1. Applications should be focused on any area of respiratory science, specifically fostering research into drug delivery to the lungs.
  2. Applications are invited from the academic and industrial sectors.
  3. The award is open to scientists with a Ph.D. whose position will outlast the duration of the proposed research project.
  4. A scientist with a Ph.D. may support an application from a person without a Ph.D. (e.g. a Ph.D. student).
  5. Funding is intended to be flexible and the DDL Committee will consider supporting any expenditure which supports the candidate’s career development. In many cases this will be the purchase of key equipment, services not currently available to the applicant (e.g. microscopy), travel, consumables and specialist software. Salary costs may be eligible, but will need to be justified.  Overheads are not eligible.
  6. It is a condition of the award that recipients provide a short project report, as well as updating the DDL Committee on how the funding specifically helped their research.  When the associated work is published it is a requirement that the applicant names the DDL Conference as a funding provider and uses the provided Career Development Logo within their publication.
  7. Applicants should be aware that details of the successful award (title, awardees and scientific summary) will be published on the DDL Conference website and social media pages.