Course funding and employer information

Course funding

Bursaries

You can apply for a bursary to cover your course fees. We will add details of who is eligible for the bursaries and how to apply for them to this page when this information is available. You can also register for updates about the Clinician Researcher Credentials Framework to find out when this information is updated.

Other funding options or discounts

• Speak to your line manager as there may be some funding available for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in your organisation
• Contact your professional body, there may be some CPD funding available
• Find out if you could get funding or a discount from the universities: 
  • King's College London - Postgraduate taught fees and funding
  • Newcastle University - search Postgraduate Funding
  • University of Exeter - Scholarships and bursaries
  • University of Sheffield - Funding for postgraduate taught courses

Government funding

• Apply for a postgraduate loan. If you're from England, find out about a Master's loan on gov.uk
• Apply for a Disabled Student's Allowance on gov.uk if you're from England and have a learning difficulty, health problem or disability

Charities, trusts and other organisations

Other organisations provide funding for university courses.  Find details of charitable trusts and other organisations who provide funding:

• Find A Masters funding pages
• Funds Online
• Postgrad.com financial aid
• Postgraduatestudentships.co.uk
• Prospects scholarships and award search
• The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding online guide
• Grants Online - Directory of Grant-Making Trusts
• Turn2Us
• UCAS postgraduate funding pages

Commercial companies

Some commercial organisations provide funding for university courses. These include pharmaceutical companies, or other companies related to specialist areas of medicine.

Information for employers

These qualifications will give learners the confidence and opportunity to become involved in the delivery of clinical research. They will be able to undertake leadership roles such as a Co-Investigator or Principal Investigator in your organisation.

"It's not just been an academic process.... the Research Practice Experience module... has really motivated me to develop our own Respiratory Advisory Group, which I'm currently in the process of setting up with a colleague. And I probably would never have been taught about doing that before the course and I certainly wouldn't have had the knowledge, or the confidence, to do it."

Rachel Thompson, former student

How to support learners

Before they apply

• Agree how much time they can spend on the course within working hours
• Help them find a suitable supervisor to support them with the workplace-based Research Practice Experience module

During the course

Allow them to flex their working commitments around the needs of the course. This may include:

• allowing them time to dedicate to research delivery
• supporting study leave
• backfilling clinical posts
• helping them connect with colleagues in local and national research networks

More information

Back to the Clinician Researcher Credentials Framework page