Professional doctorate: clinical research training fellowship

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Fellowship. Closes 2027-01-13. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/professional-doctorate-clinical-research-training-fellowship/

Apply for funding to undertake a PhD.

Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.

You must:

- be a registered healthcare professional

- be at an appropriate point in your training to undertake a PhD

- show plans to pursue a research career

We will fund your salary and project costs for three years. We will fund 100% of the justified costs.

You may also choose to apply for joint funding from one of the collaborating organisations.

This is an ongoing funding opportunity. Application rounds close every January, April and September.

What we're looking for Scope

We welcome applications from across all areas of our remit to improve human health. This may range from basic studies with relevance to mechanisms of disease, to translational and developmental clinical research.

We expect your clinical work will help to inform and strengthen your research work.

Our science areas include:

- infections and immunity

- molecular and cellular medicine

- population and systems medicine

- neurosciences and mental health

- translation

- global health

- methodology

- public health

Explore MRC’s areas of scientific remit.

Please note that global health research and underpinning methodology research should align with our core remit spanning from biomedical discovery research to early translational research.

Requirements

You must be able to:

- explain why a fellowship is the best way to support your plan to pursue a clinical academic research career

- show how your skills and experience match those of the training career stage by exploring our applicant skills and experience criteria

You also must have at least one supervisor, who:

- is a member of the department where you are applying to host your fellowship

- will have…