NDA UK Travel Fellowship 2023
NDA UK is pleased to announce the award of NDA UK Travel Fellowship to provide financial aid during the stay in UK to doctors from Nepal travelling to UK on a pre-approved short duration of clinical attachment, training, observership or fellowship in different NHS hospitals in the UK.
Benefits of the fellowship:
Food and lodging expenses for the duration of 4 weeks (shorter or longer periods will be reviewed individually on case-to-case basis and according to availability of funds)
Travel expenses within the UK for relevant courses (if necessary)
Pre-requisites for the application:
Applicant must be a qualified doctor with Nepal Medical Council permanent registration
Applicant must have pre-approved training/clinical attachment/observership/fellowship awarded by NHS hospital
Applicant must have valid Nepalese Passport
Applicant must be employed in a non-profit/Government hospital at the time of the application
Curriculum Vitae (Maximum 3 A4 size page)
Reference letter from Head of Department or Unit Chief of currently employed Hospital in Nepal
Letter of request for the fellowship (Applicant should submit a pdf copy of Letter of request mentioning the reason for application in <300 words)
The Letter of pre-approved training, Letter of request of fellowship and Reference letter from Nepal must be submitted to chairman@ndauk.org.uk and copied to secretary@ndauk.org.uk after submission of this online form.
The application with incomplete submissions will not be considered for the fellowship.
Result:
The Result of the fellowship will be announced via email to the selected candidate. The name of the candidate will also be announced on this page after the selection process is completed.
Terms and Conditions:
There will be a maximum of 2 awardees in a given year.
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Dr Kampung with Dr Kamal Aryal, Chairman NDAUK and team at JPUH
Dr Pradhan with Prof Loubani at Hull Suture Centre
Fellowship Award Recipients
2023
Dr. Robin Kampung
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal.
Dr Kampung has been awarded the Travel Fellowship to cover the costs while he undergoes observership in anesthesia at the James Paget University Hospital in co-ordination with Dr Kamal Aryal (Chairman, NDA UK). He is starting his observership on 1st June 2023. His fooding and lodging has been funded with the travel fellowship.
2022
Dr Ritu Pradhan
Associate Professor and Head of Department
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Bir Hospital
Kathmandu, Nepal
Dr Pradhan was awarded the travel Fellowship in 2022 and she attended Hull Suture Centre for Simulation training under the collaboration between NDAUK and Hull Suture Centre with special mention to Prof Loubani at the centre. Her fooding, lodging and travel expenses were funded with the travel fellowship.
Dr Pradhan with our Executive committee member Dr B Karki and the Team at Hull Suture Centre during her simulation training