BSSVD & British Skin Foundation Joint Small Grant Award

Entries are now open for the 2024 British Skin Foundation/British Society for the Study of Vulval Disease Joint Small Grant Award.

Applications must be submitted by Wednesday 27th March 2024 (23:59 GMT) in order to be considered further for support. Completed, eligible applications will be forwarded to the GAC in April. Applicants can expect to be notified with the outcome of their applications by the end of May 2024.

For further information and to apply, please click HERE

 

Research Awards

We are pleased to announce funding opportunities for research into vulval conditions! The BSSVD has collaborated with a major partner - Wellbeing of Women (WoW) - to offer a research award.

 

BSSVD/WoW Awards:

We are pleased to announce both an Entry Level Scholarship and Postdoctoral Research Fellowship award, in partnership with Wellbeing of Women!
These awards develop future academic leaders and offer up to £20,000 and £30,000 for research aimed at improving outcomes for women with vulval conditions.

For more information, please visit:
BSSVD WoW Entry Level Scholarship
or
BSSVD WoW Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Call launch: 18 April 2024
Application deadline: 11 July 2024
Application Outcome: October 2024

 

Please watch this space for additional funding opportunities!

 

Please note that we have paused for 2022 the BSSVD annual grant of £10K in light of the joining funding pots.

 

For more information please contact the BSSVD Research lead Dr Rosalind Simpson via the BSSVD email address admin@bssvd.org.

2023 Winners: 

Miss Athina Lountzi

Research priorities in vulvodynia: A modified Delphi study

and

Dr Sophie Rees & Dr Caroline Owen

Lichen Sclerosus Patient Information Resource

2021 Winner: 
Dr Lisa Kirby

The patient perspective: Vulval Lichen Sclerosus treatments and the potential use of laser

2019 Winners
Dr Savalingham & Dr Almadori

Early Detection of vulval Cancer Through vulval self-Examination
The effect of Adipose-derived Stem Cells (ASC) and Platelet-Rich Plasma in Vulval Lichen Sclerosus