MRC: Postdoctoral clinical research training fellowship

19/10/2023

11/01/2024

Apply for funding to reacquire research skills. Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health. You must: be a registered healthcare professional be a PhD graduate working outside of research, usually five or more years ago show plans to pursue a research career and be at an appropriate point in your clinical training to undertake the fellowship We will fund your salary and project costs for three years. We will fund 80% of the full economic cost (FEC). You may also choose to apply for joint funding from one of the collaborating organisations

We welcome applications from across all areas of our remit to improve human health. This may range from basic studies with relevance to mechanisms of disease, to translational and developmental clinical research. We expect your clinical work will help to inform and strengthen your research work. Our science areas include: - infections and immunity - molecular and cellular medicine - population and systems medicine - neurosciences and mental health - translation - global health - methodology - public health.

You can apply if you’re a registered healthcare professional. This includes, but is not limited to: nurses midwives allied health professionals healthcare scientists pharmacists clinical psychologists doctors dentists general practitioners veterinarians.