NIHR CSO Healthcare Scientists Research Fellowships Competition 2010

The Chief Scientific Officer for the Department of Health (supported by the NIHR) has launched the next round of CSO Health Scientists Research Fellowships:

http://www.nihrtcc.nhs.uk/hcs/

The scheme supports the development of healthcare scientist research capacity by providing funding aimed at patient benefit. Fellowships are available for both doctoral and postdoctoral level research. All applicants for fellowships must hold a substantive employment contract with the NHS and have completed their training (in addition to holding voluntary or statutory registration with the Health Professions Council). The research proposed must be of direct relevance to the NHS with the potential to improve service or clinical outcome.  Applications are invited from individuals working in England from one of the three main Healthcare Scientist disciplines: Life Sciences,

Physiological Sciences, or Physical Sciences / Engineering.

The award will cover:

- The Fellow’s salary including the employer's contribution to National Insurance and superannuation.

- A contribution to research costs (capped at £20,000 for the duration of the Fellowship).

- Costs of formal courses, training and development (capped at £10,000 for the duration of the Fellowship).

- Tuition Fees to undertake a PhD for doctoral level Fellows (capped at £4000 p.a.).

- The award will not cover full economic costs.

The deadline for applications is Monday 7 December 2009.

 

 

Obtaining external funding for your research is very important. There are a number of different places that you can apply to. Below is a link to a funding website specifically for research and development

The Wellcome Trust also provides funding for research and a link to their website is below:-

Another provider of funding is the Medical Reserch Council: