The Humane Slaughter
Association (HSA) is recognised internationally for promoting scientific
advances towards improving the welfare of food animals worldwide (e.g. mammals,
birds, fish, etc) during their transport, marketing, slaughter or killing for
welfare reasons and disease control.
As part of its endeavours to
encourage high quality science that is likely to lead to substantial advances
in animal welfare in these areas, the HSA is seeking applications for a
promising veterinary or science graduate to undertake a 3-year program of research
leading to a degree at doctorate level. The award will be for a maximum
of £110,000.
The HSA wishes to encourage
research in the areas listed below but also welcomes other projects aimed at
improving the well-being of animals that are farmed for food, during their
transport, marketing, slaughter or killing for disease control and other
welfare reasons.
·
development of improved or novel methods of
stunning animals
·
refinements in electrical stunning of
turkeys, ducks and geese
·
improvements in fasting, handling, transport
& slaughter procedures for fish
·
refinement of existing, or development of
novel, methods of assessing states of consciousness, enabling correlations of
neurological activity with animal behaviour and physiology
·
refinements to electrical stunning methods,
to improve both animal welfare and meat quality
Applications are invited from
students registered at universities and establishments in the UK.
Applications are also invited from students registered at universities outside
the UK, if the university has a UFAW/HSA University ‘LINK’ person. (To
see if a university has a LINK person, or to enquire about becoming a LINK
person for your university, view: www.ufaw.org.uk/links-news-events.php)
Application for this
Scholarship is a two-stage process. Initially, the main supervisor is required
to submit a Concept Note to the HSA by 19 November 2014. So, prospective
students who are interested in applying for this HSA Scholarship need to, under
their own initiative, identify and liaise with potential supervisors at
universities or colleges as soon as possible to ensure they and their
supervisor submit a Concept Note by 19 November 2014. Further information
and a Concept Note application form are available at: www.hsa.org.uk or from: info@hsa.org.uk