There are two, one-year fellowships still available!

Are you a nurse, midwife or allied health professionals (AHPs) looking to develop your career as a clinical academic? Would you like time and support to develop an application for external research funding to take your academic career to the next level?

If the answer is yes, then the inaugural Developing Clinical Nurse/ Midwife/ AHP Academics – Fellowship Scheme, sponsored by Health Education North Central and East London (HENCEL) and hosted by the NIHR CLAHRC North Thames, will help you achieve both these things.

Why apply?

Fellows appointed to this exciting scheme will be seconded to the CLAHRC, four days a week for one year from early 2015. They will work on a project linked to an existing project within one of our five CLAHRC research themes or a project of their choosing which relates to one of the five themes. Fellows will receive support from a senior academic to develop an application for external research funding (for example to the HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme) by the end of the fellowship. Applied health research studies the effectiveness of health care and public health services, placing emphasis on delivering findings that can be applied directly for the benefit of patients, the public and the NHS. Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss whether a proposed project would fall under the CLAHRC’s research remit.

HENCEL will contribute to the costs of the secondment, providing 3 days a week salary backfill for the duration of the fellowship. This would be paid to the employing organisation, which will be required to release the fellow for the fourth day.

Fellows will be provided with a desk and computer at one of the CLAHRC partner higher education institutions. They will also have access to monthly action learning sets to facilitate peer-to-peer mentoring and networking during and after the fellowship.

Who should apply?

The fellowship scheme is aimed at nurses, midwives and AHPs who already have some research experience, and would benefit from support to build on this and take their academic career to the next level.

For further details of the Fellowship scheme and details of how to apply here.