Traynor Fellowship 2025/2026

July 2025 – June 2026

Closing date for Receipt of Applications 21st March 2025

Fellowship details:

This project is multi-faceted and is part of a study exploring the integrity of the retinal vasculature in degenerative retinal disorders. Added to this, we will embark on a new project exploring the integrity of the retinal vasculature in rare neurological conditions. The clinical research fellow will be expected to contribute to both projects and undertake a Masters degree by thesis. The role combines clinical sessions with Mr. Mark Cahill, and clinical research/ lab-based investigations in Trinity College Dublin and its associated facilities with Professor Matthew Campbell and Professor Sarah Doyle. The clinical research involves direct patient contact including recruitment, performing clinical assessments, investigations and taking bloods for analysis. Quantitative fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and advanced imaging techniques will be used across the board. 

Fellowship Terms & Conditions

The Traynor Fund will provide the successful Research Fellow with a stipend of twenty-thousand-euro (€20,000) over a twelve (12) month period.

• Traynor Fellow may apply for 80% of the fees for their postgraduate master’s degree which is separate to the stipend available for the fellowship. This element of funding can be applied for only after submission of  their postgraduate thesis.
• Fellow must report on research project outputs six (6) months following the award, and again at the end of the academic year (which runs from July to June).
• It is a mandatory requirement for recipients of Traynor Fellowship funding to apply for joint  HRCI/HRB funding if approved by the Traynor Committee.
• It is a mandatory requirement for recipients of the Traynor Fellowship that they present their findings at the annual meeting of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists in the academic year of their fellowship.
• It is a mandatory requirement for recipients of the Traynor Fellowship that they present their findings at the Eithne Walls Research Meeting in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear hospital in the academic year of their fellowship.

Applications should be submitted to the Research Foundation, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital by E mail to tim.carpenter@rveeh.ie

For further information please contact: tim.carpenter@rveeh.ie, cahillretina@yahoo.ie or CAMPBEM2@tcd.ie