Postdoctoral fellowships

Advanced Fellowship Round 13

Overview

  • Opportunity status:
    Open
  • Type:
    Career Development
  • Opening date:
  • Closing date:
  • Reference ID:
    97023

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Read the application guidance before applying.

The NIHR Advanced Fellowship is a Postdoctoral Fellowship aimed at anyone with a PhD who hasn’t yet been appointed to a professorial post. The Advanced Fellowship supports individuals undertaking research in any scientific discipline or sector that can demonstrate a contribution to improving health and/or care.

We recognise the importance of funding early career researchers to undertake postdoctoral research and so we are looking to expand the number of Advanced Fellowships that we fund. 

Clinical applicants will have the option to request up to 40% of their time to be dedicated to clinical service/development which will be covered by the award.

The fellowship funds: 

  • the salary of the award holder for the duration of the fellowship 
  • cost for the approved research project 
  • funding for a support post 
  • cost for a suitable training and development plan to meet individuals needs
  • associated conference fees (£2000 per year). 

The Fellowship is a flexible award, with individuals able to choose a duration of between 2- and 5-years Whole Time Equivalent (WTE). It may be taken up on a part-time basis between 50% and 100% WTE.

To be eligible for an NIHR Advanced Fellowship you must: 

  • hold a relevant PhD or MD, or have submitted your thesis for examination at the time of application. Applicants must have been awarded their PhD or MD by the time they attend the interview. 
  • proposed host must be an English or participating devolved nation HEI, NHS body, social care organisation or other provider of health and/or care services. 
  • Individuals must not already hold a chair position at the point of application. 
  • for clinical applicants: must have completed relevant pre-registration training. 

For applicants who haven’t been awarded their PhD or MD, their primary supervisor must be added to the application form as a participant to confirm that the thesis has been submitted for examination. Written evidence of the award from the awarding body of the PhD or MD will be required prior to attending for interview.

Charity Partnerships 

The NIHR is partnering with 5 charities in Round 13 to offer joint Advanced Fellowships: 

  • MS Society
  • Moorfields Eye Charity
  • Motor Neurone Disease Association
  • Colt Foundation
  • Rosetrees Trust

Full details, including eligibility requirements, are available in the Guidance Notes. Please read through these carefully before applying.

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