The Royal College of Anaesthetists is the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the United Kingdom. Its principal responsibility is to ensure the quality of patient care through the maintenance of standards in anaesthesia, pain medicine and intensive care. The RCoA supports the development of high quality research within the healthcare profession and works collaboratively, through the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia, to enhance high quality research activity by funding research that aims to improve patient care and by supporting and promoting academic research in anaesthesia at all levels.

www.rcoa.ac.uk

Twitter: @RCoANews

Primary research areas

Generic health relevance

Grant types

Fellowship,  Postgraduate studentship,  Project (typically <4 years),  Undergraduate studentship,  Senior personal support,  Equipment,  Travel and meetings