Doctoral and Post Doctoral Healthcare Science Fellowships and Senior Clinical Lectureships – Round 4 now open

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in partnership with Health Education England (HEE) for the Department of Health recently launched round 4 of the NIHR/HEE Healthcare Science Research Fellowship Competition. The scheme supports the development of healthcare science research capacity and capability building, by providing funding to undertake research for patient benefit. These Fellowships also support members of the NHS healthcare science workforce who already have some research experience and wish to bridge clinical/service careers and research. 

Three award levels of fellowship are available:

• Doctoral: funding for individual doctoral level research and to undertake a PhD
• Post-Doctoral: funding for individual postdoctoral research projects
• Senior Clinical Lectureship: Funding for independent researchers with the potential to become research leaders

 Applications are invited from individuals working in England from one of the three main Healthcare Scientist areas:

• Biology
• Physiology
• Physics and Engineering.

The deadline for Round 4 of the NIHR/HEE Healthcare Science Fellowships programme doctoral and post doctoral schemes is the 7^th of August 2013. Additional information and application packs for all levels of the programme can be found by following this link:

http://www.nihrtcc.nhs.uk/hcs/