Medical Council Summer Scholarships

The Medical Council is offering research award to medical students, who attend a New Zealand medical school, to undertake projects during the 2008/09 summer vacation.

The Council intends to award four summer studentships.  The Council’s aims in awarding summer studentships include:

• increasing medical student awareness of the Council
• increasing medical student knowledge of the attributes of good medical practice
• introducing students to research methods, including publication of scientific papers undertaking pilot studies, and clarifying questions of interest to the Council.

Applicants may however choose a topic of their own choice that is relevant to quality medical practice and attaining an adequate workforce.

Each studentship has a value of $5,000. Actual and reasonable expenses with evidence of a receipt or invoice may be claimed up to the value of $600 plus GST.

The deadline for summer student applications is Friday, 5 September 2008.

More information on the Council’s summer studentships can be found at www.mcnz.org.nz under News