The Laurent Fellowship for Respiratory Health
Overview of the Laurent Fellowship for Respiratory Health
The Laurent Fellowship for Respiratory Health started as a tribute to Geoff Laurent, a globally renowned respiratory health researcher.
The Fellowships are aimed at developing and expanding Geoff Laurent’s life-long passions for meaningful research, exchange of knowledge, and ability to lead academic partnerships – in particular, the universities he was most involved with: UWA and UCL.
There are two fellowship schemes: The Early to Mid-Career Laurent Fellowship in Respiratory Health and the Senior Laurent Fellowship in Respiratory Health.
Both Laurent Fellowships will be offered annually and sufficient to support travel costs, living expenses and accommodation and, in the case of the Early to Mid-Career Fellowship, laboratory consumables.
Early to Mid-Career Laurent Fellowship
This Fellowship represents an opportunity for an applicant to undertake respiratory health research in an internationally recognised centre of excellence which, in this scheme, involves laboratories in the highly ranked Department of Respiratory Medicine at UCL. The Fellowship will support travel costs, living expenses and accommodation as well as support for laboratory consumables. Funding will be available for a period of between one and three months.
This Fellowship is designed to provide early to mid-career scientists with the opportunity to experience research in an internationally recognised centre of excellence which, in this scheme, involves laboratories in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at University College London.
This Fellowship represents an opportunity for an applicant to undertake respiratory health research in an internationally recognised centre of excellence which, in this scheme, involves laboratories in the highly ranked Department of Respiratory Medicine at UCL. The Fellowship will support travel costs, living expenses and accommodation as well as support for laboratory consumables. Funding will be available for a period of between one and three months.
The successful Early to Mid-Career Fellow will take up the position in one of the Department of Respiratory Medicine’s Laboratories at UCL. Presently, there are three large centres likely to be offering hosting opportunities for a candidate and include:
- Centre for Inflammation and Tissue Repair
- Lungs for Living Research Centre
- Centre for Respiratory Biology
The primary contact for the Laurent Fellowship at UCL will be Professor Rachel Chambers, with whom the possibility of a laboratory placement should be discussed well before submitting an application.
Details of a suitable project and the laboratory host will be required for any application. To contact Professor Chambers, please email Nicole Halliday at nicole.halliday@ucl.ac.uk.
The Early to Mid-Career Laurent Fellowship in Respiratory Health is open to researchers with a doctoral degree awarded within eight years of an application being made and who are either:
- currently employed at UWA,
- adjunct staff in Centres associated with UWA-affiliated medical research institutes or
- have recently completed their doctoral degree in respiratory health research at UWA.
Senior Laurent Fellowship in Respiratory Health
The Senior Laurent Fellowship in Respiratory Health is designed to encourage the establishment of viable research collaborations between senior respiratory health scientists at UWA and its Centres within affiliated institutes and those at UCL. Funding will be available for a period of between two to four weeks to enable a successful applicant to travel from UWA to UCL or vice versa. Senior Researchers at either institution will be eligible to apply.
Selection Committee
The Selection Committee will comprise Professor Peter KIinken AC, Chief Scientist for Western Australia, Professor Rachel Chambers on behalf of UCL and Emeritus Professor Geoff Stewart on behalf of the Institute and UWA.
Applications
Applications for the Laurent Fellowship for Respiratory Health are now open.
Please send completed applications to:
The Chairperson
Laurent Fellowship Selection Committee
sarah.cermak@resphealth.uwa.edu.au
Applications close Friday 26th May 2023, late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
The Laurent Fellowships for Respiratory Health are made possible by a group of dedicated friends and longstanding scientific colleagues of Geoff Laurent’s who wished to ensure that his legacy will not be forgotten. Further information on the history and purpose of the Fellowships can be found here.