The Charlotte and Yule Bogue Research Fellowships in honour of Sir Charles Lovatt Evans and A.J. Clark. Generous fellowships supporting postgraduate research students and post-doctoral researchers working in the Life and Biomedical Sciences to visit North America.
About the Bogue Fellowships
The Bogue Fellowships support visits to carry out research in laboratories in the USA in order ‘to enrich the research experience and help develop the scientific career of the Fellow’. The duration of the Fellowship needs to be well justified in relation to the time needed to do the proposed work. Recent awards have ranged from a few weeks to up to six months. Requests for up to 12 months will be considered, but only if very well justified. Applications will also be considered for attendance at advanced, intensive, high-quality laboratory-based courses at Cold Spring Harbor, Woods Hole and similar centres.
Since the Bogue scheme was introduced in 1998/9, close to 280 Fellowship awards have been made for visits of between two weeks and 12 months. The number of Fellowships available is not fixed and will be determined by the availability of funds (likely to be in the region of £70,000 in 2020), the level of support requested by applicants and the ranking of the applications by the Fellowships Committee.
Applicants should note that it was the wish of Dr Bogue that those awarded Fellowships should agree, as far as practicable, to return to UCL for a period of years following the tenure of the Fellowship (applicants must have guaranteed funding to remain at UCL for a minimum period of six months after returning from the USA). Part of the purpose of the awards is that applicants should transfer skills that they have acquired in the USA back to UCL.
Who is eligible?
Fellowships are restricted to applicants whose research is in the area of Physiology and Cognate Sciences (i.e. most areas of the life and basic biomedical sciences). Those working in Clinical Medicine and Psychiatry are specifically excluded. Students or postdoctoral researchers carrying out basic research in clinical departments are, however, eligible.
The previous award of a Bogue Fellowship or an unsuccessful application does not debar an individual from applying for a further award providing they still meet the eligibility criteria.
Applications Now Open
The deadline for the first application round is 3pm on Thursday 10th April 2025. The deadline for the second application round is 3pm on Thursday 23rd October 2025. Decisions will be made 4-8 weeks after the deadline closes.
Guidance notes and applications can be obtained by e-mailing Jane Inge, j.inge@ucl.ac.uk, or by downloading from UCL’s site here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-faculty/study/funding-and-scholarships/bogue-fellowships
Only UCL registered students and UCL academic staff can apply for this Fellowship. You must have a minimum period of 6 months of guaranteed funding at UCL after your return. PGR students on CRS or just about to enter CRS are not eligible to apply.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you meet/will meet all the entry requirements of the USA Government regarding vaccinations etc before applying for the Scholarship. You can read more about this on the UCL website here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-faculty/study/funding-and-scholarships/bogue-fellowships
Annual Impact Report 2024
Read our latest report on the Bogue Research Fellowships with UCLFAA.
“…a great opportunity for me to gain insight into the difficulties of using MRI and DTI with young children to explore the development of the brain. I am very thankful for the Bogue Fellowship that enabled me to gather this invaluable experience.”
— Louisa Kulke, UCL Psychology and Linguistics visiting University of California San Diego 2013
More Testimonials
“[Thanks] to the Bogue Fellowship, I have made professional relationships that will continue throughout my PhD.”
– Sophie Adler, UCL Institute of Child Health visiting Montreal Neurological Institute 2015
“…the visit [made possible by the fellowship] has enriched and inspired my research at UCL and I will continue to use and develop the skills I have learnt…”
– Trevor Graham, UCL Cancer Institute visiting the University of Southern California 2005
UCL Friends and Alumni Association 