Unit name | Pharmacology Research proposal |
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Unit code | PHPHM0002 |
Credit points | 40 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Brennan |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
Students learn to plan a higher research-level investigation lasting 3 years, as in a standard project grant. Students read into the current scientific literature on a topic that goes beyond that covered in lectures covered in the co-requisite units, and formulate and write a proposal in the format of a Wellcome Trust project grant. This is carried out under the guidance of a supervisor who is not an expert on the focused proposal field, through weekly meetings. The unit aims to build on the research and analytical skills in pharmacology that the students have acquired during their year in industry. Students use these skills and those acquired in co-requisite units to plan and cost a long-term research project.
Mainly self-directed learning under the supervision of an academic member of staff, through weekly meetings.
Summative: The research proposal is written as a Wellcome Trust project grant application (60%), with strict limits on page number and font size. Each proposal is read by two members of staff. The summative assessment (20%) is of an oral presentation given by the student and their ability to explain and answer questions on their grant proposal by a panel of examiners. MSci students also sit a 2 hour exam (20%) consisting of questions that test the ability to integrate material from all units in the final year, their research project and their year in industry.
Reviews and primary articles from the current scientific literature.