These awards cover a 24 months fellowship period. Applicants must have a strong academic record and want to develop in their careers in primary care research. The fellowship offers scope for career progression by providing the opportunity to: design an independent research project, conduct the research, analyse data, publish the results and prepare for grant applications to secure future funding. Allied health professional staff are encouraged to apply.
Training opportunities will be provided to successful candidates including:
At QMUL we have support in place to help early-career researchers in preparing their Fellowship applications. This includes your supervisor and co-applicants, and academic reviewers can assess you first draft of the application and provide feedback. Some previously successfully fellowship staff are willing to review your application. QMUL can support applicants in thinking about how to embed patient and public involvement (PPI) in their application.
Get in touch with Juliet Henderson for further help and inform of your intention to apply
To view a video of 'How to win a fellowship' click here.
The next fellowship round will be launched on 20th February 2023 to commence in October 2023
The fellowship is for early career post-doctoral positions and these awards are often awarded to people who have received their PhD in the last 3 years. Applications may however be researchers who have transitioned into applied health research from a different disciplinary background or are returning from a career break.
Applicants do not have to be employed by a SPCR research organisation to apply.
It is possible to work at 60% part time during this fellowship, particularly if the candidate wishes to continue with their clinical/professional work.
All applicants must ensure their proposed research project is compatible with NIHR remit.
Awardees will usually receive a salary in the range of £33-38k and this will depend on previous experience. The rate for Fellowships commencing in 2022 is £145k based on an approximate salary of £37k pa for 2 years, full time and Employers National Insurance and Pension contributions and an overhead for the University. The fellowship covers salaries and some research costs but not all research costs (these need to be partly covered by other awards or funders).
SPCR Primary Care Clinicians Career Progression Fellowship - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
QMUL welcomes Expression of Interest in the following research areas:
The next application does not open until Spring 2023
Please click through to the SPCR webpages for the application form and more detailed guidance on applying