Capacity building: clinical research training fellowship
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Capacity building: clinical research training fellowship supports healthcare professionals returning to research, funding projects and training to refresh skills and rebuild clinical academic careers.
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Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (January round) | April 2027 (April round) | September 2027 (September round)
Funding Amounts: No request ceiling; salary and project costs, usually three years; 80% FEC and 100% permitted exceptions
Summary: Supports healthcare professionals returning to research to refresh research skills and develop clinical academic careers.
Key Information: Applicants need a PhD or equivalent, limited subsequent academic research, and an eligible UK host.
Description
The Medical Research Council (MRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, runs this fellowship for clinicians seeking to reacquire research skills and re-establish research momentum. It combines a research project with an integrated programme of training and career development, supporting a return to a clinical academic research career rather than study for a first research doctorate.
Research may address any area of MRC’s human-health remit, from basic studies relevant to disease mechanisms to translational and developmental clinical research. Areas include infections and immunity, molecular and cellular medicine, population and systems medicine, neurosciences and mental health, translation, global health, methodology and public health. Clinical work should inform and strengthen the research. Global health projects must align with MRC’s core remit from biomedical discovery to early translational research.
