NZSSD is pleased to announce that in collaboration with the New Zealand Diabetes Research Foundation it will support studentships for $6000 (incl. GST) for the 2023/2024 summer.
Projects must be diabetes related and appropriate supervision needs to be provided by the host institution.
The supervisor must have been a member of NZSSD since at least 01 January 2022 and employed by a university, public hospital or other institution in New Zealand.
Supervisors are expected to find their own student if awarded the studentship. As such, supervisors should consider this before applying.
Summer Studentship 2023/24
Award value: $6,000 Max.
Applications open: 18 Aug 2023
Applications close: 15 Sep 2023
NZSSD is pleased to announce that in collaboration with Diabetes New Zealand Research Foundation it will support six studentships of up to $6000 (incl. GST) for the 2023/2024 summer. Projects must be diabetes related and appropriate supervision needs to be provided by the host institution. The supervisor must have been a member of NZSSD since at least 01January 2021 and be employed by a university, public hospital or other institution in New Zealand. Supervisors are expected to find their own student if awarded the studentship. As such, supervisors should consider this before applying.
Applications should be a maximum of two A4 sides describing the background, aims, methods (including timeline) and significance of the project, and should be submitted to the NZSSD secretariat by 5pm Friday 15 September 2023. References should ideally be included in the two pages, but may extend to a third page if required.
Key points to consider
The $6000 is a stipend to fund the student, and no additional funding from NZSSD is available for research costs.
Successful applicants will be notified by 22 September 2023.
There will likely be a maximum of one studentship awarded per centre.
Projects that can feasibly be completed within 7-10 weeks will be prioritised and address health equity will be prioritised for funding. Projects need to commence by 01 December 2023 and need to be completed by 01 March 2024.
Projects will also be prioritised if they align with NZSSD's stated objectives of promoting the study of diabetes and the best standards of care of diabetes in New Zealand.
The findings of each studentship are expected to be presented at a NZSSD Annual Scientific Meeting. Ideally, the presentations should be given by the student and the cost of student conference registration will be covered by NZSSD. It is expected that the $6000 studentship will cover the travel; costs to attend the meeting. Conference costs for supervisors will not be covered by NZSSD (they may apply for a NZSSD travel grant if applicable).
Successful applicants must notify the NZSSD executive by 13 October 2023 if they are unable to find an appropriate student. In this case, the studentship will be awarded to the next best application.
Successful applicants must also re-submit for approval if there is any change in the student, supervisor or project topic before using the funds.
Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that a comprehensive final report is generated from the research study for sharing on the NZSSD website. Guidelines for this will be provided to successful applicants, but in brief this should include authors, lay summary background, methods, results and discussion / implications for practice, references (3-6 pages).
NZSSD should be acknowledged as a funder in all dissemination resulting from this summer research project, including presentations, reports and publications.
For further information about research grants please contact the NZSSD secretariat at nzssdmembership@gmail.com
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