Clinical Research Training Fellowships
Our clinical research training fellowships scheme is open to medically qualified trainee doctors who have a valid GMC registration number, and who wish to pursue a career in clinical research.
Scheme A - Pump-priming award
Applicants who have never received any salary support for research, and who wish to collect preliminary data to support an application for a full 3-year fellowship from a major funder should apply for Scheme A. The Charity will pay PhD or MD fees, salary and a £5,000 consumables allowance to successful applicants in the first year. You must apply for external fellowships during this period. If you are unsuccessful in securing external funding, the Charity will pay fees, salary and a £5,000 consumables allowance for your second year.
Your chief supervisor must be based at Barts Health NHS Trust, or Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. You do not need to be an employee of these organisations when you apply but you must be based at one or other when you begin your fellowship.
Scheme B - PhD completion award
Applicants who have received up to 2 years of funding for a PhD or MD, awarded through a nationally competitive award, are eligible to apply to this scheme for 1 year of funding to complete their PhD. The Charity will pay fees, salary costs and a £5000 consumables allowance for a maximum of 1 year.
Your chief supervisor must be based at Barts Health NHS Trust, or Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. You do not need to be an employee of these organisations when you apply but you must be based at one or other when you begin your fellowship.
Harween Dogra, PhD student, Blizard Institute
Harween’s research investigated how dietary nutrients regulate inflammation in the intestine, especially in conditions such as Crohn's Disease. As a result of this project, Harween received a Research Fellowship from Action Medical Research.
William Dawes, Clinical Research Fellow, Blizard Institute
William’s research looked at ways of lessening the damage done to the brains of premature newborns who experience bleeding into the ventricles of the brain.
Application process
Awards are made annually and the deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 1 October 2018. We will contact shortlisted candidates in early January with an invitation to interview in March.
All applications need to be endorsed and they will be externally peer-reviewed.
Endorsers are:
- Barts Health – your head of function and Hospital Finance Manager
- School of Medicine and Dentistry – your Institute Director and Institute Centre Lead
Applicants should upload a signed endorsement document with their application.
Please get in touch to discuss ideas with our Grants Advisers.