Do you work in social care? Are you a nurse, midwife, allied health professional, pharmacist or healthcare scientist?
Do you want to make a difference through undertaking high quality clinical research?
Could you be looking to undertake a PhD level fellowship?
If so the NHS England/NIHR Pre Doctoral Bridging Scheme will be of interest to you. It offers a 6 month pre-doctoral award of up to £7,000. 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 Doctoral Fellowship application (or equivalent).
Application forms and guidance notes are available to download by clicking on the relevant document below.
click here to watch a short video about one candidate's experience of the scheme.
For details regarding the eligible professions please see the NIHR Website.
Also see the line manager guidance.