Pre-Application Support Fund - Round 4
Overview
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Opportunity status:Open
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Type:Career Development
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Opening date:
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Closing date:
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Reference ID:97009
Ready to apply?
The Pre-Application Support Fund provides extra support to those who need it to enhance their chances of making a successful application to an NIHR career development scheme in the future.
The scheme is open to individuals that require additional support to prepare an application for NIHR career development funding. Rather than part of a standard NIHR career pathway, the Pre-Application Support Fund is there for individuals who require additional support in order to prepare a competitive application.
Applicants should clearly demonstrate why extra support is needed and how the pre-application support fund will help enhance their planned application to an NIHR career development scheme.
Through the scheme we aim to make a positive impact on groups and professions identified as underrepresented within NIHR. As a result, we particularly encourage applications from:
- regulated Healthcare Professionals (Nurses, Midwives, Allied Health Professionals, Pharmacists and Healthcare Scientists)
- social work and public health professionals
- researchers in methodology
- applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds
- applicants who are disabled
Funding can be requested for up to 12 months to develop an application for an NIHR career development scheme.
For round 4, awards must start between 1st April 2025 and 1st July 2025. Individuals looking to start later than 1st July 2025 should apply to the next round of the competition, opening in January 2025.
Applicants can request funding and support that will enable them to prepare a competitive application for an eligible NIHR career development scheme. This includes:
- a contribution to the salary of the applicant to buy out the necessary time to prepare an application
- Relevant training and development, mentorship or supervisory costs specifically associated with developing an application, and
- other costs where the additional support required to submit an application extends beyond the categories outlined above.
Contact Details
- for help with your application contact academy-awards@nihr.ac.uk
- for more information, visit the programme page