NIHR Fellowship Schemes Dr Lisa Cotterill Director, NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development [DATE]

NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

Dean for NIHR Faculty Trainees Career management of all trainees who are funded by NIHR Quality of training programmes Quality of local and mentoring support Leadership training of these individuals. NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

NIHR Research Training Awards NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development Senior Research Fellowship Career Development Fellowship Clinician Scientist Postdoctoral Fellowship Clinical Lecturer (IAT) Doctoral Research Fellowship Academic Clinical Fellowship (IAT)

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships Academic and clinical training For entrants to Specialist Training 25% salary funding for academic component Support in making application for training fellowship or educational programme leading to higher degree Up to 3 years (4 for GPs) Recruitment opened 14 November 2009 April £1000 for fees and travel September taught research training programme NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

NIHR Clinical Lectureships Academic and clinical training for those with a higher degree Available to qualified GPs and GDPs with higher degree 50% of salary funding for academic component Support in making application for Clinician Scientist Scheme or similar Up to 4 years End point marked by CCT and substantial piece of post-doctoral research or educational work April £1000 bursaries NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers Academy Medical Sciences and Wellcome Trust Research active Clinical Lecturers £30,000 over two years Research costs such as consumables and equipment ( ) two application deadlines each year Next deadline is 23 January 2009 NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

NIHR Clinician Scientist Award Postdoctoral award (open to StRs/SpRs/consultants) 5 years duration max 2 NHS clinical sessions a week (3 for surgeons) min 4 sessions research a week Pays for full salary and research costs Applicant: PhD/MD or have submitted Output from research Evidence of commitment to research career NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

NIHR Research Training Awards Looking to support the research leaders of the future Increase research skills in clinical and applied health and social care research Coherent series of awards Increase in independence  independence Career development Research capacity development APPLICANT - RESEARCH - TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT - VFM NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

Doctoral Research Fellowship Doctoral training award 3 years FT (4 or 5 years PT) Applicant: Some previous research experience Some outputs from research Evidence of commitment to research career NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

NIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship Early postdoctoral award 3 years FT (4 or 5 years PT) Applicant: PhD/MD or have submitted Output from research Evidence of commitment to research career NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

NIHR Career Development Fellowship Higher postdoctoral award 3 years FT (4 or 5 years PT) Applicant: PhD/MD and postdoctoral experience Significant output from research Evidence of increasing independence Experience of developing research skills of others NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

Senior Research Fellowship Most senior NIHR Fellowship 5 years (  Chair) Applicant: Significant postdoctoral experience Outstanding publication record Independence Leadership potential Record of research capacity development NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

APPLICANT - RESEARCH – TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT – ENVIRONMENT - VFM Research NIHR – people-led applied research Explain how outcomes will make a difference Builds on previous research experience Scope is appropriate for level of award All elements of the plan of investigation are clear and justified Understand the potential difficulties Reference other work NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

APPLICANT - RESEARCH – TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT – ENVIRONMENT – VFM Training and Development Adds value Is relevant to research proposed Appropriate choice of mentor Broader skills for developing as a researcher – Builds research capacity (self and others) – Management – Leadership NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

APPLICANT - RESEARCH – TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT – ENVIRONMENT - VFM Environment Department needs to have a record in the area of research proposed for the Fellowship Facilities and major equipment to support the Award holder Evidence of commitment helps and is obligatory for SRF, where financial contribution to salary necessary in Y3 (25%), Y4 (50%) and Y5 (75%) NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

APPLICANT - RESEARCH – TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT – ENVIRONMENT - VFM Value for money Salary costs of award holder Costs of research project or programme appropriate as a training vehicle VFM as a training award (Not programme grants!) NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

Tips Know the process and the remit: – Speak to the Programme/Awards Manager pre-submission Know your audience and the competition: – Look up previous award holders, panel members, topics ‘Peer review’ before you submit: – Supervisor, current awards holders, senior academics from your institute etc. NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

The Ugly…… Wrong form Late submission Sections of application not completed Dictation notes remaining in the text of the research proposal eg “Beverley, we need to have a chat about the sample size, I don’t understand how you got these numbers” NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

And finally…. Overall success rates 2008 Senior Research 17.6% Career Development 28% Post Doctoral 11.8% Doctoral 7.9% Clinician Scientist 32% NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development

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