The fellowship is also available as a partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society and Moorfields Eye Charity. This funding opportunity is open to researchers in Northern Ireland.
It is therefore open to health and care professionals, as defined by NIHR, doctors and dentists. Opportunities may be developed to include social workers and researchers from other non-clinical professions in the future.
If you are a senior postdoctoral clinical academic, you can apply to undertake funded research and a bespoke training and leadership development programme.
The 7-year award will provide you with protected research time and leadership development opportunities. It will enable you to transition from postdoctoral researcher to research leadership roles.
Clinical FLFs are offered in partnership with contracting organisations. To apply, your contracting organisation must nominate you and commit to providing significant support. The support offered by your contracting organisation must include:
- contributing to tapered salary costs throughout the fellowship
- committing to the provision of an open-ended UK based independent research or innovation position, to be taken up during or upon the completion of the fellowship
- this must be in-line with organisational employment policies and practices
