NIHR Fellowships(The 10 Foot Dog and all That)

Professor David Jones OBEDean for the NIHR Academy

What’s A Fellowship?

Why a Fellowship?

Why NIHR?

• Responsible for development and coordination of NIHR academic training, career development and research capacity development

• Plays a pivotal role in attracting, training and supporting the best health and care researchers to tackle the complex challenges of the future and complements the additional NIHR investment in world-class research facilities and a skilled workforce

NIHR Academy Membership

NIHR Academy Programme Areas

NIHR Academy-supported Pathways

Key Changes

• Amalgamation and simplification of existing schemes

• 2 rounds per year for Doctoral and Advanced Fellowships

• Advanced Fellowship will cover up to 40% clinical time for allclinical applicants

• Options for partnership with charities and industry

• Increased flexibility for part-time fellowships (50% to 100% options)

• Limits on number of times a reapplication can be made

• Introduced Strategic Themes

Doctoral Fellowship

• Fellowship to undertake a PhD• Majority of funding awarded in response mode with minor proportion to NIHR

Academy Strategic Themes• Open to clinical and non-clinical applicants

Funding and support 3 years WTE (between 50 and 100% WTE) Funding for salary, research costs and training and development

Assessment criteria Commitment and potential to develop a future

health research career High quality research and training programme

suitable for a PhD Support from supervisory team and host

organisation

HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme

HEE/NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship

• PhD research whilst developing clinical skills• Based at English NHS trust, other health care organisation or HEI• Min 1 yr clinical experience and current statutory registration• Need for both a good academic and clinical supervisor• Salary, PhD tuition fees, research, training & development costs (100%

NHS, 80% HEI except training & development @100%)• 3 years FT (with part-time options)

Advanced Fellowship• Fellowship designed to support the following points at post-doctoral level:

– Early post-doc career following award of PhD– Establishment of independence– Transition or return from a career break

• Majority of funding awarded in response mode with minor proportion to NIHR Academy Strategic Themes

• Open to clinical and non-clinical applicants

Funding and support 2-5 years WTE (between 50 and 100% WTE) Funding for salary, research costs and training and development Can to apply for 2 sequential Fellowships up to a total of 8 yearsAssessment criteria Trajectory relevant to career stage and background High quality research and training programme Support from mentorship team and host organisation

Advanced Fellowship

New for 2020!

EME/NIHR Academy Joint Programme

Combine an EME grant with an NIHR Advanced Fellowship

Aimed at future trials leaders

Single review process (no double jeopardy)

First round with April EME call but scheme is permanent

Development and Skills Enhancement Award

• For NIHR Academy Members to gain specific skills and experience• Mix of awards to applications in Strategic Themes and researcher led• Includes support for career continuity for those who haven’t been able to

source support elsewhere

Funding and support 1 year maximum (between 50 and 100% WTE) Funding for salary, training and development, and supervision Expectation of matched funding from host

Assessment criteria Continued commitment to a health research career Clear plan for supporting future NIHR funding application Support from host organisation

NIHR Academy Strategic Themes• Social Care• Public Health• Mental Health• Health Data Science

Applicable for the Doctoral and Advanced Fellowships

In addition...• Pre-doctoral Fellowships aimed at; medical statistics, health economics,

clinical trial design, operational research, modelling, bioinformatics, qualitative research and mixed methods

• Development and Skills Enhancement Award promoting training in; health data science, clinical trials and entrepreneurship

NIHR- Charity Partnership Fellowships• Launched in October 2018 & proud to be partnering with 11 leading medical

research charities to offer jointly funded NIHR-Charity Partnership Fellowships; drawing on the enormous benefits & opportunities of cross-sector working.

• 50/50 NIHR and charity organisation

• For round-specific charities see guidance notes and website

Development and Support Activities

Ongoing advice and guidance to award holdersSpecific programmes• Leaders Support and Development (wider than

Academy)• Mentorship (initially focused on clinical academic)

New programmes• Areas to be defined and developed• PPI, digital skills...

Infrastructure Doctoral Research Training Camp• Annual 3 day training event by invitation

• Nominations made by Training Leads

• PhD students based in the NIHR Infrastructure and NIHR Schools

Hot house

- Writing a grant

- Team working

- PPI

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