Clinical academics are health professionals who engage in research and clinical practice at the same time. Clinical academics focus on building a research-led care environment to improve the effectiveness, quality and safety of healthcare. The Oxford BRC provides a variety of ways in which you can train to be a researcher while continuing in your clinical role, including financial support, mentoring and training.
Preparatory Research Fellowships (Pre-application)
Preparatory Research Fellowships are pre-doctoral awards for healthcare professionals with little or no dedicated research time or experience and pay your salary costs for up to 6mths part-time to provide you with protected time to do research and prepare an application for a doctorate. Learn more
Pre-Doctoral Awards
These fellowships are aimed at any healthcare professional who is early in their research journey and would like to explore a research career by having some protected research time. The funding is usually used to provide salary costs for up to one year part-time, up to 0.5FTE. Additional funds may be available to cover specific research-related fees such as publication costs and training fees. Learn more
Clinical Lectureships and Advanced Fellowships
Clinical Lectureships (for doctors and dentists) support people in the early stages of their post-doctoral careers who want to become independent researchers. Support includes up to 60% of salary, research costs and a development programme. The NIHR Advanced Fellowship is a postdoctoral fellowship aimed at anyone with a PhD who hasn’t yet been appointed to a professorial post. The fellowship supports individuals undertaking research in any scientific discipline or sector that can demonstrate a contribution to improving health and/or care. Learn more on NIHR website
Senior Research Fellowships
Oxford NIHR Senior Research Fellows are independent researchers with an excellent research record and between 4 and 10 years post-doctorate. They receive research costs and a career development programme over two years. Learn more