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Early Career/ Transitioning to Independence Stage
Aims: Funding to carry out independent research within a host laboratory and gain leadership skills
Eligibility: Early career, cannot have held or currently hold a lecturer position
Frequency: Yearly, closing late spring (expected: May)
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Salary, research costs, travel, training activities. Will not fund research staff or equipment
British Heart Foundation (BHF): Discovery Research Early Career Fellowship
Aims: To fund exceptional early career researchers. This scheme will provide candidates a platform to broaden their research horizons and start developing their own distinct research leadership. This fellowship scheme is open to all non-clinician scientists working on a cardiovascular research project
Eligibility: Early career, last year of their PhD or up to 4 years from the date of PhD award letter
Frequency: Twice per year with deadlines in April and September
Duration: 4 years
Funding: Salary, a research post, research costs, equipment, training and travel fund
British Heart Foundation (BHF): Clinical Early Career Research Fellowship
Aims: To support PhD/MDRes qualified resident doctors in higher specialist clinical training to secure protected postdoctoral research time
Eligibility: Resident doctors in higher speciality training and hold a NTN and PhD or MDRes
Frequency: Once per year with a deadline in January
Duration: 4 years part time (or the equivalent of 2 years full time), alongside clinical training
Funding: Salary (50%FTE), a research post, research costs, equipment, training and travel fund
British Heart Foundation (BHF): Discovery Research Future Leaders Fellowship
Aims: To provide long-term support to high-potential scientists as they transition to independence, leading their own research projects and teams. This fellowship scheme is open to all non-clinician scientists working on a cardiovascular research project
Eligibility: Need to have at least 4 years post-doctoral experience.
Frequency: Twice per year with deadlines in April and September.
Duration: 7 years
Funding: Salary, research costs, a research post, equipment, travel and discretionary fund
British Heart Foundation (BHF): Clinical Future Leaders Fellowship
Aims: To provide long-term support to outstanding clinical researchers, as they transition to independence, leading their own research projects and teams
Eligibility: PhD (or MD/MDRes) plus NTN and at least 2 years completed specialist training, but usually no more than 2 years after CCT.
Frequency: Twice per year with deadlines in January and July.
Duration: 7 years
Funding: Salary, research costs, a research post, equipment, travel and discretionary fund
Cancer Research UK (CRUK): Career Development Fellowship
Aims: Supports new group leaders who do not have a salaried independent position to establish their independent research group
Eligibility: Postdoc, no salaried independent position, to establish your own independent research group
Frequency: Two rounds per year closing in spring and autumn (outline)
Duration 6 years
Funding: Maximum £1.5m for salary, research costs, equipment and up to two research posts
Cancer Research UK (CRUK): Clinician Scientist Fellowship
Aims: Supports clinician scientists who have gained a higher research degree, have some postdoctoral experience and are ready to make the first step towards developing their own research niche
Eligibility: MD/PhD, has a national training number with plans for Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) by the end of fellowship. Mustn’t hold a permanent academic position, or have held a similar postdoctoral fellowship (except an NIHR Clinical lectureship)
Frequency: Two rounds per year closing in March and October (outline)
Duration 5 years
Funding: Up to £1m to include salary, research costs, equipment costs up to £25k total.
Cancer Research UK (CRUK): Clinical Future Leaders Fellowship
Aims: Supports clinician scientists to transition to research independence and leadership in their field of cancer research. These long-term fellowships provide talented clinician scientists with the flexibility and freedom to establish themselves as clinical academic leaders
Eligibility: MD/PhD, has obtained Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) and will hold consultant status or equivalent by start of fellowship. Mustn’t hold a position with a fully-funded salary (eg lecturer, tenured or tenure track position), or have previously held another substantial multi-year fellowship or award
Frequency: Two rounds per year closing in March and October (outline)
Duration 7 years
Funding: Up to £2.5m to include salary (requires host organisation contribution), research staff, equipment costs up to £50k total.
Aims: Provides an opportunity for Fellows to maximise the outputs and impact of their PhD research for those in the immediate postdoctoral stage of their career
Eligibility: Via White Rose DTP, up to 12 months postdoctoral experience, fellowship activities must be based at least 50% within social sciences. Only open to the Division of Human Communication Sciences, Population Health and Psychology.
Frequency: Yearly, closing early spring (expected: March). Applications are made through White Rose DTP.
Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Funding: Salary, overheads and up to £10,000 for research expenses
Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness: Mildred Blaxter postdoctoral fellowship
Aims: These fellowships provide support for people who have recently completed a PhD in the area of sociology of health and illness, to enable them to develop a programme of work related to their thesis
Eligibility: Up to 2 years postdoctoral experience
Frequency: Yearly, closing in March
Duration: 1 year
Funding: Salary and up to £6,000 for research or conference expenses
MRC: Professional Doctorate: Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Aims: Provides funding for registered healthcare professionals to undertake a PhD
Eligibility: Be a registered healthcare professional, at an appropriate point in your training to undertake a PhD, show plans to pursue a research career
Pipeline: Three rounds per year closing in January, April and September
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Salary and project costs
MRC: Capacity Building: Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Aims: Provides funding for registered healthcare professionals to reacquire research skills
Eligibility: Be a registered healthcare professional, PhD graduate working outside of research, usually five or more years, show plans to pursue a research career and be at an appropriate point in your clinical training to undertake the fellowship.
Frequency: Three rounds per year closing in January, April and September
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Salary and project costs
MRC: Early Independence: Career Development Fellowship
Aims: Supports talented researchers to lead their own research plans to establish their own research niche, start to build their own research team and make the first step-change towards independence
Eligibility: Hold a PhD or equivalent, show evidence of career progression, show clear plans for establishing independence and developing as a leader in your area of research
Frequency: Two rounds per year closing in April and September
Duration: 5 years
Funding: Salary and research costs
MRC: Early Independence: Clinician Scientist Fellowship
Aims: Supports talented clinically active researchers to lead their own research plans to establish their own research niche, start to build their own research team and make the first step-change towards independence
Eligibility: A registered healthcare professional, have a PhD or equivalent, show evidence of career development, and show clear plans for developing as a leader in your field
Frequency: Three rounds per year closing in January, April and September
Duration: Up to 5 years
Funding: Salary and project costs
Aims: Funds a programme of training and development designed to advance your health and social care research career at masters level
Eligibility: Open to registered health and care professionals (HCPs), excluding doctors and dentists, working in NHS settings, or applicants proposing to undertake training as a methodologist in one of the applicable methodological areas
Frequency: Yearly, opens in January. Closes in March.
Duration: Either 12 or 24 months
Funding: Salary, training and development costs, conference related costs, supervision fees, and UK/Home Master's level training fees
Aims: To help you complete a PhD in applied health or social care research
Eligibility: Hold a 1st or 2:1 bachelor’s degree, have prior research experience or training to prepare for a PhD, have a proposed host who is an HEI, NHS body, or other provider of health and/or care services, and be intending to register (or have recently registered) for a PhD
Frequency: Two rounds per year opening in April and October
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Salary, PhD tuition fees at UK Home rate, training and development costs, conference costs, equipment, and other research expenses
Aims: Salaried time to undertake funded postdoctoral research and a bespoke training and development programme
Eligibility: Hold a PhD qualification (by the time you attend the interview) and not already hold a Chair position. Must have completed relevant pre-registration training if you are a clinical applicant
Frequency: Two rounds per year opening in April and October
Duration: 2-5 years
Funding: Salary, research costs and a bespoke training and development programme
NIHR: Clinical Future Leaders Fellowship
Aims: Salaried time for senior postdoctoral clinical academics to undertake funded research and a bespoke training and leadership development programme
Eligibility: Must be an experienced postdoctoral health and care professional, doctor or dentist who has completed relevant pre-registration training and doesn’t yet hold a professorial post
Frequency: Once per year opening in October, internal university-wide process prior to deadline
Duration: 7 years
Funding: Salary (requires host organisation contribution), research costs, a support post and a bespoke training and development programme
Aims: Provides the opportunity for outstanding early-career researchers to build an independent research career for researcher working within the Royal Society’s remit of natural sciences
Eligibility: Between 3 and 8 years postdoc experience, do not hold a permanent post at a university, no previous fellowship providing an opportunity to establish an independent research group, and do not hold independent researcher status.
Frequency: Yearly, closing around September
Duration: Up to 8 years
Funding: Salary, research assistance and research expenses (including equipment)
Aims: Future Leaders Fellowships are personal awards to support fellows to develop as impactful and influential research or innovation leaders
Eligibility: Early career researcher, either: are transitioning to or establishing independence, or developing own original and ambitious plans within a commercial setting
Frequency: Yearly, internal university-wide process prior to deadline
Duration: Up to 7 years
Funding: Salary (requires host organisation contribution) and justified research expenses
Aims: Provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. Through innovative projects, they will deliver shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the award, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme
Eligibility: Up to 3 years postdoctoral experience (not including career breaks)
Frequency: Three rounds per year closing in February, May and September
Duration: 5 years
Funding: Salary and up to £400,000 for research expenses
Yorkshire Cancer Research Sheffield Pioneers Fund - Cancer Research Transition Fellowships
Eligibility: ECRs who are looking to establish their independence. It is expected that they will have a number of first author papers, but will not have any as last author.
Frequency: Internal outline applications in December, YCR Sheffield Pioneers for full applications in February
Duration: 3 years
Funding: Up to £350,000
Established/ Senior Career Stage
British Heart Foundation (BHF): Discovery Research Senior Fellowship
Aims: To support leaders in cardiovascular research in their progression towards leading larger scale research programme grants and securing professorship funding
Eligibility: Will have established own independent research group, have multiple impactful first/last author original research papers, a track record of substantial grant income and a record of training and supervising junior researchers. Must not have held a tenured position for more than 2 years in the host institution
Frequency: Twice per year with deadlines in April and September.
Duration: Up to 5 years
Funding: Salary (50%, host institution must underwrite the other 50%), 2 research posts, research costs, equipment, discretionary and travel fund.
British Heart Foundation (BHF): Clinical Senior Research Fellowship
Aims: To support outstanding clinician scientists who are looking to grow their research group and have recently been awarded or are on a trajectory to a professorship
Eligibility: Must hold CCT. Will have established own independent research group, have multiple impactful first/last author original research papers, a track record of substantial grant income and a record of training and supervising junior researchers. Must not have held a tenured position for more than 2 years in the host institution
Frequency: Twice per year with deadlines in January and July.
Duration: Up to 5 years
Funding: Salary (50%), 2 research posts, research costs, equipment, discretionary and travel fund.
Aims: Salaried time to undertake funded postdoctoral research and a bespoke training and development programme
Eligibility: Hold a PhD qualification (by the time you attend the interview) and not already hold a Chair position. Must have completed relevant pre-registration training if you are a clinical applicant
Frequency: Two rounds per year opening in April and October
Duration: 2-5 years
Funding: Salary, research costs and a bespoke training and development programme
Aim: The aim is to develop and enhance research expertise in the most important areas affecting population health by supporting the next generation of independent public health research leaders. NIHR are looking for applicants representing a wide range of disciplines which undertake research in areas that impact the determinants of health, e.g. environmental science, mathematics, architecture, engineering, geography, education, social sciences, social policy, arts
Eligibility: Starting to establish yourself as an independent researcher in a public health or non-traditional public health discipline, or already established but not yet recognised as an international leader in their field
Frequency: Two rounds per year opening in April and October
Duration: 5 years
Funding: Salary and research expenses
Aim: This programme funds future leaders to promote effective translation of research
Eligibility: Internal process (the university has to nominate applicants), should be close to professorial level or have recently been appointed as a full Professor
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in December
Duration: 5 years
Funding: Salary costs, three support posts, travel/research costs
Aims: Providing long term support to world-class researchers of outstanding achievement
Aims: Providing long term support to world-class researchers of outstanding achievement
Eligibility: World-class researcher (scientists and engineers) of outstanding achievement and promise of any nationality, working within Royal Society’s remit
Eligibility: World-class researcher (scientists and engineers) of outstanding achievement and promise of any nationality, working within Royal Society’s remit
Pipeline: Yearly, closing in June
Duration: 5 years, opportunity to renew for a further 5 years
Funding: Up to £1.4m. Contribution to salary and on-costs, research assistance, research expenses and start up costs
Aims: This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing
Eligibility: Mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders
Frequency: 3 times a year opening in April, July and November
Duration: up to 8 years
Funding: The annual expenditure is usually below £250,000 excluding the applicant’s salary
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