Clinical Future Leaders Fellowship, NIHR

We are working closely with the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to grow clinical research capacity and improve career paths through the aligned Clinical Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF). 

The first NIHR Clinical FLF opportunity represents a coordinated cross funder initiative to strengthen support for clinical academic careers, in response to the findings of the reports commissioned by the Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research. It is therefore open to health and care professionals, as defined by NIHR, doctors and dentists. We will be looking at developing these opportunities to include social workers and researchers from other non-clinical professions.

If you are a senior postdoctoral clinical academic, you can apply to undertake funded research and a bespoke training and leadership development programme.  

The seven-year award will provide you with protected research time and leadership development opportunities. It will enable you to transition from postdoctoral researcher to research leadership roles.

We offer Clinical FLFs in partnership with contracting organisations. To apply, your contracting organisation must nominate you and commit to providing significant support. The support offered by your contracting organisation must include:

• contributing to tapered salary costs throughout the fellowship
• committing to the provision of an open-ended UK based independent research or innovation position, to be taken up during or upon the completion of the fellowship
  • this must be in-line with organisational employment policies and practices

You are eligible to apply for nomination if you are an experienced postdoctoral health and care professional who is proposing research within NIHR remit and doesn’t yet hold a professorial post. 

Your contracting  organisation must be based in England or Northern Ireland, and committed to providing significant support throughout the fellowship. Visit our Clinical FLF award page for full eligibility details.

Moorfields Eye Charity is interested in funding research in eye health, vision research, ophthalmic related service improvement, education or clinical practice. Please note: applicants will normally be hosted by either the Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust or its main HEI partner (University College London). If hosted by another institution a direct collaboration with and benefit to Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust must be demonstrated in order to be eligible to apply for a Partnership Fellowship.

Contact: Martin Cordiner, Funding Manager, at martin.cordiner@nhs.net

A Clinical FLF will provide funding to support your transition into an independent and permanent research position and covers your salary, a research project and your training and development costs. See Clinical FLF award page for details.