MSc Public Health for Eye Care Scholarship
A bequest to the
School, by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Kirkpatrick’s daughters Elsie and Daphne
Kirkpatrick, endowed funding to set up scholarships ‘for the promotion and
encouragement of study in the ophthalmic section’ in memory of their father.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Henry Kirkpatrick (1871 – 1958) was interested in ophthalmology from fairly
early in his career. His career in the Indian Medical Service provided
opportunities – through work in the General Hospital, Madras, the university
and the Government Ophthalmic Hospital – to improve teaching and postgraduate
training in pathology and ophthalmology. On ret
iring from Madrid he was
ophthalmic surgeon to the Tropical Diseases Hospital and lecturer in
ophthalmology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Award
Details
This full-time
1-year studentship will cover full tuition fees at the overseas fee rate and
will provide a maintenance stipend of GBP 16,500.00 (a stipend of GBP 15,000.00
paid out as a monthly allowance, plus GBP 1,500.00 towards the successful
candidate’s summer project costs), and GBP 1,100.00 towards an alumni workshop.
Eligibility
Requirements
This scholarship is
open to all overseas, full-time applicants for the MSc PublicHealth for Eye Care course.
Application
details
- If you
have already submitted a course/study application for MSc Public Health
for Eye Care course please submit the Lt-Col Henry Kirkpatrick Funding Application to the Scholarships team by the closing date below. - If you
have not yet submitted a course/study application for MSc Public Health
for Eye Care course please submit a course application, and submit a Lt-Col Henry Kirkpatrick Funding Application to the Scholarships team by the closing date below.
The closing date for
applications is 1 March 2016.