The scheme is now closed
The deadline for applications is Friday 26th August 5pm
Do you work in social care? Are you a nurse, midwife, allied health professional, pharmacist or healthcare scientist?
Could you be looking to undertake a PhD level fellowship?
Do you want to make a difference through undertaking high quality clinical research?
If so the HSC R&D Bridging Scheme will be of interest to you. It offers a 6 month pre-doctoral award of up to £10,000. The award can contribute towards salary backfill costs, training modules, travel expenses and access to high quality academic mentorship. Awardees will be released for up to 50% of their contracted hours to focus on the development of their research career and work towards a successful HSC R&D or NIHR Doctoral Fellowship application.
You can click here to watch a short video about one recent candidate's experience of the scheme.
Application forms and guidance notes are available to download from the HSC R&D website
For details regarding the eligible professions please click here
Please note the deadline for applications is Friday 26th August 2022
For further information please contact Eimear Cowan eimear.cowan@hscni.net