Research Professorships
This programme funds future leaders to promote effective translation of research.
A Research Professorship is a 5-year award, with up to 5 awards per year. It enables outstanding academics to work at a professorial level on health and care research.
Who can apply
We award Research Professorships through a system of nomination.
To be nominated, you must:
- be based in England
- be a health, public health or social care researcher or methodologist
- have an outstanding research record of clinical and applied health and care research
- have demonstrated effective translation of research for improved health and care
Individuals who work in any profession at one of the listed organisations can be nominated to apply:
- an Higher Education Institution
- NHS organisation
- other provider of health, public health and/or care services based in England
Are you based outside England?
Visit our Global Health Research Professorships page to nominate a researcher based in all 4 UK nations and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs).
Advice for host organisations
When a host organisation makes a nomination, these rules apply:
- where 2 nominations are made, at least one must be female
- where 1 nominee is made, they can be male or female
- a maximum of 3 nominations can be made per HEI whether it is acting as the employing organisation or not
We are committed to actively and openly supporting and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. As part of this commitment, host institutions are now able to nominate up to 3 individuals to the programme provided at least 1 applicant is from an ethnic minority group. This is additional to the requirement of ensuring that at least 1 applicant is female if more than 1 nomination is made as described above.
We recommend that nominating organisations undergo an internal selection process to prioritise candidates. If we receive more than the permitted number of applications from an host organisation, we will instruct the organisation to select which applications to put forward. We will remove the other applications from the process. We will also follow this process if we receive more than the permitted number of applications for an HEI as host organisation or academic partner.
Introduction to NIHR Research Professorships for host organisations
Watch our webinar for more information for host organisations.
How to submit a nomination
Nominations are through ARAMIS, our online research award management system.
What happens after you submit your nomination
Our Research Professorships selection committee will assess your application.