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Summer Internships with Dr Kenneth Baillie, Consultant and Group Leader, Roslin Institute. As part of our partnership with Dr. Kenneth Baillie at the Roslin Institute, we are providing funding for two summer internships. For more information and details on how to apply, please click here. The research will focus on the role genes play in […]

Have you spotted our public awareness campaign with the Scottish Government? A massive thank you to everyone who took part in our Facebook competition and shared a snap of our joint public awareness campaign with the Scottish Government! We really enjoyed seeing your entries all the way from the Shetland Islands to Dumfries! The posters, […]

For second Scotland-wide Sepsis campaign Scotland’s second nationwide sepsis campaign officially launches today at an event at the Roslin Institute, raising awareness of the early signs of sepsis. Sepsis Research is delighted to have been able help finance the campaign in partnership with the Scottish Government. It will make sure more and more people all […]

Pioneering research is to focus on the role genes play in determining how likely people are to die from infection in the hope it will speed the search for new medicines. Scientists say the study could help identify those most vulnerable to sepsis, which kills more than 50,000 people in the UK each year and […]

Profits From Poetry Written In the space of sixty-two hours In late August 2012, Craig Stobo lost half his family to sepsis and almost lost his own life, too, to the illness.  While recovering in hospital and in the midst of profound shock and grief, he began writing poems to his late wife, Fiona, and […]

Grant Thornton UK launches new charity drive to tackle Scotland’s silent killer Grant Thornton has launched a new charity partnership in Scotland in a bid to help tackle a condition dubbed ‘Scotland’s silent killer’. The leading business and financial advisor is aiming to raise thousands for the charity Sepsis Research (FEAT) through fundraising drives and […]

TRADING PLACES SEPSIS RESEARCH (FEAT) has appointed Colin Graham as its first Chief Operating Officer as the Scottish-based charity sets its sights on raising more money to fight the life-threatening illness. Colin, a charity sector veteran with 21 years of experience, will be responsible for developing awareness of the charity and overseeing its fundraising and […]

Today marks the start of a Scotland-wide campaign to raise public awareness of the signs and symptoms of sepsis, through a successful partnership between FEAT and the Scottish Government. This national campaign, which FEAT have been delighted to help finance, will hopefully significantly raise public awareness of sepsis throughout the length and breadth of Scotland […]

FEATURES Awards 2014-2018 We launched the FEATURES Awards on World Sepsis Day 2014 and provided small grant funding through this awards scheme until 2019, when we replaced these with a new research undertaking to support the work of The Roslin Institute, a global-leading research centre for sepsis. Winners of FEATURES awards included:

Sepsis Research Trustees A new Scotland-wide awareness-raising campaign on the dangers of sepsis has been announced by Health Secretary Shona Robison. Health Secretary Shona Robison made the announcement following a meeting with the sepsis awareness charity Sepsis Research. The campaign will raise awareness amongst Scots of the often-silent symptoms of the condition, which can be […]