The Science Media Studentships offer two biomedical scientists financial support for a postgraduate qualification in Science Media Production at Imperial College London and a six-month placement in the broadcast industry.
The scheme will pay the tuition fees for the course and provide a grant of £18,000 for the duration of the 18-month programme.
"Our research shows that the overwhelming majority of the public regard television as their most significant source of information about science. We believe that the broadcast media should represent and reflect all areas of science and culture, and therefore should be produced by people from a variety of different backgrounds," says the Trust.
The scheme is aimed at helping those with scientific expertise influence programme content and production.
"I've come away from the course with the confidence that I can go into a television production company and make useful contributions to the production process," Dominic Rees-Roberts, who was offered a studentship this year, says on the Trust's website.
Applications for the scheme must be submitted by 25 February 2011.
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