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Early Career Stage
Eligibility: Early career, cannot have held or currently hold a lecturer position
Pipeline: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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: Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Fellowship
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: Postdoctoral clinical research training fellowship
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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