BCS-Heart Research UK Fellowship opportunities Posted on July 8, 2025July 8, 2025 by Tom@heartresearch.org.uk Heart Research UK has partnered with The British Cardiovascular Society to provide exclusive fellowship opportunities for BCS members. BCS-Heart Research UK fellowships offer clinical top-up training and opportunities to gain new clinical skills or experience, for a broad spectrum of the NHS workforce practicing in the cardiovascular arena. Applications for the BCS-Heart Research UK fellowship schemes are open until midnight on Friday 31 October 2025. About the BCS-Heart Research UK Fellowships These fellowships aim to support NHS cardiovascular professionals by enabling clinical placements in global centres of excellence, which may be in the UK, Ireland, or elsewhere in the world. Fellowships are open to resident doctors and consultant cardiologists, cardiology nurse specialists, Cath-lab staff, physiologists and scientists, and other AHP groups. Fellows gain new skills, insights, and experiences that contribute to the advancement of cardiovascular care in the UK. All applicants, irrespective of the type of fellowship award, must be fully paid-up ordinary, associate BJCA or Affiliate members of BCS. If not a member, applicants may sign up using the button below. Fellowship Awards Three fellowship schemes are available: Individual Clinical Placement (up to 2 months) This scheme allows for one individual clinical placement for a senior resident doctor or consultant cardiologist. The scheme could particularly suit a clinician with unmet training needs in a specialised area such as ACHD, cross-sectional imaging (CMR/CT), or ICC (other subspeciality areas will be considered). Award Value: Up to £15,000 Download the Individual Clinical Placement (up to 2 months) application form Team Placement (1 week) For up to six members of an NHS cardiovascular team to observe a care pathway or procedure for future implementation in the UK. This scheme could suit a cath-lab team in complex intervention, structural intervention, EP/devices, paediatric or ACHD, or an imaging department planning to start a new clinical service (e.g. cardiac CT or CMR). Award Value: Up to £16,000 per team Download the Team Placement (1 week) application form Individual Placement for Healthcare Professionals (up to 1 month) For healthcare professionals (e.g. nurse specialists, technologists, clinical scientists, pharmacists, physiologists etc) to learn new practical skills or pathways of care for future implementation in the UK. Award Value: Up to £5,000 Download the Individual Placement for Healthcare Professionals (up to 1 month) application form All fellowships are to be completed by the end of May 2026, with recipients expected to present their experiences at the BCS Conference in June 2026. Funding can only be used to contribute to travel, accommodation, salary, and any local medical regulatory/certification costs. Indicative budget, detailing proposed expenses, should be sent with the application form. How to apply To apply, please submit the following documents as one PDF document to executivepa@bcs.com Completed application form, including all signatures Curriculum Vitae Draft itinerary or timetable Indicative budget, detailing proposed expenses Letter of invitation/acceptance from the visiting centre Head of Department Letter of acceptance from Clinical Director/Dean of applicants UK employer Letter of support from Training Programme Director (if a registered cardiology resident doctor)
BCS/Heart Research UK fellowship award winners announced Posted on February 13, 2025May 29, 2025 by laure@heartresearch.org.uk Heart Research UK and the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) are delighted to announce the successful applicants for their clinical fellowship opportunities in 2025. The scheme offers the potential for clinical top-up training, allowing candidates across the NHS workforce to gain new clinical skills or experience in a global centre of excellence. Dr Reshma Amin, a cardiologist, has been awarded an individual clinical placement for up to two months. Reshma will visit the electrophysiology department at AZ Sint-Jan in Bruges, Belgium, under Dr Rene Tavernier, consultant cardiologist and head of department, to enhance her procedural skills in interventional cardiac electrophysiology and to learn new techniques in ablation which are not widely used in the UK. Reshma said: ‘I am honoured to have been selected as the recipient of the BCS Heart Research UK Fellowship. I am eager to begin this exciting clinical research opportunity in February 2025 within the Cardiac Electrophysiology Department at AZ Sint-Jan in Bruges, Belgium. I look forward to contributing to pioneering research in this field and collaborating internationally to advance our understanding of cardiac electrophysiology.’ Sarah Birkhoelzer, clinical research fellow, Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, has been awarded an individual clinical placement for up to two months. Sarah will visit Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School under the mentorship of Dr Muthiah Vaduganathan, co-director of the Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science at the hospital, to gain clinical and academic expertise in cardiometabolic renal disease. Sarah said: ‘I am honoured and excited to have been approved for a fellowship with one of the leading experts in heart failure at the esteemed Center of Excellence in Boston. This opportunity represents a significant milestone in my career as a cardiologist and is a testament to my dedication to advancing the field of cardiovascular medicine.’ Alex Savis, senior chief paediatric cardiac physiologist at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, has been awarded the individual clinical placement for a healthcare professional for up to one month. Alex will visit Dr Gabriela Leal, director and coordinator of the Paediatric and Neonatal Echocardiography Laboratory at the Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente do Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo, to experience functional echocardiography in children and young people (C&YP) with reno-cardiovascular disease, including advanced imaging techniques to predict outcomes in this patient cohort, with the aim of changing patient management in future. Alex said: ‘I was absolutely thrilled to receive the news that I had been awarded a clinical fellowship by the British Cardiac Society and Heart research UK. As a cardiac physiologist, these opportunities are limited, which makes it all the more special. I am looking forward to visiting my chosen centre of clinical excellence (Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente do Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil) in April for the opportunity to learn, interpret and implement advanced functional echo measurements to improve pathways of care for our paediatric renal patients.’ Dr Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, consultant cardiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guys’ & St Thomas’ NHS Trust and CEO of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, has been awarded the team placement fellowship for a team of up to 6 people for one week. Chiara’s team will visit Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, US, to develop the skills necessary to implement AI-assisted, automated and accelerated CMR acquisition in the NHS, working with Professor Raymond Yan-Kit Kwong. Chiara said: ‘My team and I were thrilled to be awarded this grant. We are a team of consultants, junior doctors and radiographers representing a truly multidisciplinary and multinational team and we are excited to contribute in making the NHS more efficient for our patients.’ For all awards, the funding is used to contribute towards travel, accommodation, salary and any local medical regulatory/certification costs. Successful candidates will be expected to provide a full report of their experience within one month of completion and a short video clip detailing their experience which will be used to promote the scheme. All fellowships must be completed by the end of May 2025. The individuals and team will each provide a short talk on their experience at the BCS Conference in June 2025.