NIHR CRN WM Health and Care Research Scholars (HS) and Personal Development Award (PDS)
The NIHR Scholarship programme was launched in 2018/19 to identify and increase the number of Chief Investigators across the West Midlands. The aim of the programme was to provide support to groups of potential CIs for 2 years and provide protected time to work on NIHR research studies.
Click on the images below to learn more about the programme the training and funding opportunities and appointment dates.
**Our programme was highly commended for the HST Global Talent Acquistion strategy of the year award at the HMPA Awards 2022 **
Meet The Team
Professor Matthew Brookes, Clinical Director, CRN West Midlands
Professor Pam Kearns, Director of Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit
Professor Jeremy Kirk, R&D Director Birmingham Childrens Hospital
Dr Ivonne Solis-Trapala
Head of Keele CTU
Carly Craddock, Chief Operating Officer, CRN West Midlands
Professor Gavin Perkins
Head of Warwick CTU
Jane Willcocks, Project Manager, CRN West Midlands`
Professor Katie Morris, Director of Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit
Prof Thomas Pinkney, Director of Birmingham Surgical Trials Consortium
Meet our Scholars
click on the biography below to meet our scholars......
Information, Training and Resources
Our Success
Publication Success
Developing chief investigators within the NHS: the West Midlands clinical trials scholars programme Publication 2022, see here
"I have found the fellowship an excellent experience allowing me to gain the knowledge of how to organise and apply for national grants. It is a world that I would never be exposed to otherwise and that would have made any chance of success less likely"
Professor Adrian Garner, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham
"My CRN West Midlands Research Scholar funding support has provided me with time to develop as a future research leader, work up research and personal leadership training grants and build international research experience and collaborations. As an early-career allied health researcher opportunities such as this are crucial in bridging the gap between early post-doctoral research and being research funding independent."
Dr Jonathan Quicke, Academic Clinical Lecturer in Physiotherapy & Haywood Foundation Activity Coordinator
Our Partners
Click on the images below to visit the our West Midlands Clinical Trials Units
Contact Us
For all enquiries please email Jane.Willcocks@nihr.ac.uk