The National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) has launched its call for post-doctoral fellowships (previously known as launching fellowships) to start around April 2024.
The maximum award is £160,000 to cover the applicant’s salary for up to 24 months (60-100% FTE), and some research and training costs. These awards are aimed at early career researchers normally within three years of their PhD (longer time post-PhD allowed for people who have taken a career break).
The SPCR would particularly welcome applications from Allied Health Professionals who want to conduct research relevant to primary care but the award is open to any early career primary care researcher.
These awards are open to anyone, you do not need to be a current member of the Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) or the University of Bristol. However, the awards will have to be taken up within CAPC and you will need at least one CAPC-based academic mentor. Please explore CAPC academics and research areas here: Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC)
The application deadline is: 1pm on 31 October 2023.
The (online) interviews are expected to be on: 13 December 2023.
Expected start date for the award is: 1 April 2024.
The guidance, application form and further information are available here: Funding opportunities — SPCR (nihr.ac.uk)
Internal applicants: If you decide to apply, please complete and submit a budget via the University of Bristol finance system.
External applicants: If you are applying from outside the University of Bristol, please work with your CAPC mentor to complete the budget.
Please get in touch with Christie Cabral (christie.cabral@bristol.ac.uk) if you would like to know more.
Further information
About the Centre for Academic Primary Care
The Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) at the University of Bristol is a leading centre for primary care research in the UK, one of nine forming the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.
It sits within Bristol Medical School, an internationally recognised centre of excellence for population health research and teaching.
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About the National Institute for Health Research
The mission of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. We do this by:
- Funding high quality, timely research that benefits the NHS, public health and social care;
- Investing in world-class expertise, facilities and a skilled delivery workforce to translate discoveries into improved treatments and services;
- Partnering with patients, service users, carers and communities, improving the relevance, quality and impact of our research;
- Attracting, training and supporting the best researchers to tackle complex health and social care challenges;
- Collaborating with other public funders, charities and industry to help shape a cohesive and globally competitive research system;
- Funding applied global health research and training to meet the needs of the poorest people in low and middle income countries.
NIHR is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. Its work in low and middle income countries is principally funded through UK Aid from the UK government.
The NIHR is the research partner of the NHS, public health and social care.
