Applications Invited for NIHR Global Advanced Fellowships - Round 1

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About the Organization

The NIHR is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.

Working in partnership with the NHS, universities, local government, other research funders, patients and the public - we fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth.

We are also a major funder of applied health research in low and middle income countries, work that is principally funded through UK government international development funding.

About the Fellowship

The Global Advanced Fellowship is a mid-career postdoctoral award. The scheme will create a career pathway for Global Health researchers from the UK and low and middle income countries to become research leaders.

The Global Advanced Fellowship is for postdoctoral researchers at all levels. The NIHR Global Advanced Fellowship is aimed at individuals at various points of their career

This £750,000 award will fund research projects, training and development, and institutional capacity strengthening. The programme funds researchers undertaking research that aims to specifically and primarily benefit people in LMICs eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA).

We welcome applications from different professional backgrounds, clinical and non-clinical.

Eligibility

To be eligible for an NIHR Global Advanced Fellowship you must:

• Hold a relevant PhD or postgraduate medical research degree, or have submitted your thesis for examination at the time of application. You must have been awarded your PhD or postgraduate medical research degree by the time you attend interview.
• Not already hold a Professorship/Chair at the point of application.
• For clinical applications: have completed relevant pre-registration training.
• Be employed by a Higher Education Institution (HEI) or Research Institute in a LMIC or a HEI the UK
• Be conducting research that directly and primarily benefit patients and the public in countries on the OECD DAC list.

How to Apply

Closes: 11 July 2024

Apply now

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