Guts UK/Dr Falk F1 / F2 Research Award

Guts UK/Dr Falk 2025 F1/F2 Research Awards Application Form

Dr Falk Pharma and Guts UK invite applications for a £2,500 research award for a medical doctor at F1 or F2 grade to facilitate prospective research in an area relevant to gastroenterology (including hepatology and pancreatology).

Applications should be completed through the form below. A PDF version of your application will be sent to your email address after you submit the form (check your spam/junk folder if you have not received it and please ensure you use an email account that will allow the delivery of the PDF attachment). Please print this off, obtain all relevant signatures and email a scanned signed full application to [email protected] by 17 February 2025 at 5pm. The application will only be considered complete once we receive the signed version. Applications received after this time will not be considered.

Please do not exceed the word limits set in the application form and ensure all rich text formatted sections use 11 size font.

If there are any issues, please contact [email protected]

Application Form: * REQUIRED
Tick box to confirm this is the award you want to apply for.
- Guts UK/Dr Falk 2025 F1/F2 Research Awards
Applicant's name * REQUIRED
Title First Last
Applicant's address for correspondence * REQUIRED
Address Line 1 Address Line 2 City County Postal Code Country
Applicant's email * REQUIRED
Applicant's phone * REQUIRED
Applicant’s academic record * REQUIRED
Add in reverse chronological order. Include Honours and Awards. Click on the + button to add more rows.
Institution Degree Class Subject Year of award
Present and previous posts * REQUIRED
Most recent first.
Start date End date Job title Location
Details of next post if present post ends before project is due to finish * REQUIRED
Include dates of contract and location. Write N/A if not applicable.
List previous publications
Write N/A if not applicable.
Department where the research is being undertaken * REQUIRED
Institution address * REQUIRED
Project supervisor
Provide name, job title, department and email address.
Title of the project * REQUIRED
Maximum 30 words. Please choose an informative title.
Proposed project start date * REQUIRED
Please indicate a realistic start date.
DD slash MM slash YYYY
Proposed project duration (in months, max. 12 months) * REQUIRED
Description of project to be undertaken * REQUIRED
Maximum 2,500 words (excluding references). Structure the text into Background; Hypothesis and Aims; Methods; Feasibility of study; Potential impact of outcome. Add references if needed (maximum 30).
Scientific summary * REQUIRED
Please provide a scientific summary. Maximum 200 words.
Lay summary * REQUIRED
Please provide a lay summary. Maximum 200 words.
Use simple lay terms to describe the project and include the following:
• A simple title (maximum 10 words)
• The issue that you are addressing and how you plan to approach it (include information on the condition(s), service, treatment, etc. as applicable)
• How this project's outcomes will benefit patients in the near future
This summary will be used by Guts UK when describing your work to the public. Please check the readability score of your lay summary using a readability checker such as:
http://www.readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php
Corresponding figures (optional)
Please use this section to upload any tables or images to support your project. Upload a single file of maximum 2 pages length. Ensure tables and images are referenced clearly in the project text.
Max. file size: 50 MB.
Budget for consumable items required for the project * REQUIRED
Capital items will not be funded. Where there are no consumable costs, such as a computer based project, costs associated with presenting your research (e.g., travel to meetings or for training, or for open access publication) are eligible. All costs are in UK pounds (£). The maximum award is £2,500 and applications exceeding that amount will be rejected. The award is payable to the institution where the research is to be undertaken.
Please use the + button to add more rows.
Item description Cost
Total cost of the research project (£) * REQUIRED
Please ensure you have added up all the budget items listed in the section above.
Supervisor's endorsement
Scan and upload a single file of maximum 1 page length. Please make sure the endorsement includes the following information:
Signed ……………………………………………………………
Dated ……………………………………............................…
Name................................................................................
[BLOCK CAPITALS]
Job Title............................................................................
[BLOCK CAPITALS]
Max. file size: 50 MB.
Guts UK Standard Release Form
Tick the box to indicate the applicant's institution accepts and agrees to the Guts UK Standard Release Form terms. As a charity it is best practice for Guts UK to announce the awards it funds on its website.
- In submitting this application, the applicant’s institution accepts and agrees to the terms relating to the Guts UK Standard Release Form set out below:
  
  Summary information about the successful application, including the title of the project, the applicant’s name and institution, the summary of the project, and the value of the award, might be published on Guts UK website and on social media channels, as soon as the award is announced.
Data Protection Information * REQUIRED
Tick the box to indicate that relevant staff at the applicant’s institution have been informed about the data protection information set out below.
- In submitting this application, the applicant’s institution confirms that it has informed relevant staff about the data protection information set out below:
  
  Guts UK may contact applicants, co-applicants and their institutions by email, telephone or post about their applications or other pertinent issues. Personal and other data on applications to grants and other awards will be stored by Guts UK to aid the processing of applications, and for auditing, review and evaluation purposes, and as set out in the Standard Release Form (see above). Information will not be shared with any third party except for aiding those purposes (e.g. data sharing of grant and other awards with the Association of Medical Research Charities). All personal information will be stored and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (and any subsequent legislation and guidance relating to data protection, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 and the Data Protection Act 2018). Processing of personal data is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by Guts UK and with other third parties as set out above, and will be limited to that which is proportionate to those interests. Further information as to how Guts UK use and protect your data is available in Guts UK’s Privacy Policy, accessible from https://gutscharity.org.uk/privacy-policy/
Award publicity with Dr Falk
Dr Falk would like to liaise with the successful applicant to publicise the award and the project. Please check the box below to indicate you agree to be contacted by Dr Falk about this.
- I agree to be contacted by Dr Falk with regards to the preparation of relevant publicity materials and support for media coverage of the award and the project.
I wish to apply for the Guts UK/Dr Falk F1/F2 Research Award 2025. * REQUIRED
Add your full name in the online form and then sign and date here when preparing the scanned signed version of the application.

Institution	Degree	Class	Subject	Year of award

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Guts UK/Dr Falk F1 / F2 Research Award

Guts UK/Dr Falk 2025 F1/F2 Research Awards Application Form

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