Applications are now open for our Pre-Application Support Fund awards!
Please refer to the documents below for the guidance, full eligibility information and application forms.
The deadline for applications is Friday 15th November 2024 at 5pm.
The NIHR Exeter BRC Pre-Application Support Fund provides funding that individuals across the South West Peninsula can use to help prepare a larger application for either a NIHR Doctoral or Advanced Fellowship career development scheme. It is aimed at those that require additional support to submit a competitive application, where they would have otherwise not had the opportunity to do so.
The provision of these funds aims to enhance clinical academic career-building capacity across the region, identifying a need of healthcare professionals from both medical and non-medical disciplines, to have protected time to develop their academic career in parallel with their clinical practice. Specifically, allocated time to conceptualise and write high-quality funding applications is essential to be competitive for the NIHR career development funding schemes. The scheme, therefore, directly addresses this critical bottleneck by providing these individuals dedicated time and space to draft competitive applications.
About the Pre-Application Support Fund
We recognise the need to adopt a flexible approach to meet your individual requirements. Funding can be requested for up to 6 months, with a maximum of 0.5 FTE from the award start date, with flexibility within that period for when funding is required. For example, you may want to protect two days a week over a 4-month period to prepare an application.
In addition to the contribution of funds to buy out the necessary time to prepare a competitive NIHR career development scheme application, the funds outlined below are also available to apply for. Please refer to appendix 1 for guidance on costings.
- Up to £2,500 to support training
- Up to £1,000 for supervisory and mentoring input
- Up to £1,000 for Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (including funds to support accessibility needs for public collaborators)
- Up to £1,500 to support accessibility requirements
Eligibility Criteria
These fellowships are aimed at registered healthcare professionals in medicine, nursing, midwifery, allied health professions (AHPs), healthcare sciences, pharmacy and psychology roles employed by a partner NHS Trust of the NIHR Exeter BRC (part- or full-time). Prospective candidates must be contracted for the duration of the award and are expected to continue with elements of their current clinical activities alongside the activities as proposed in this application.
We expect applicants to hold a relevant research degree or doctorate (PhD, MD, DPhil) depending on the level of fellowship you are aiming for.
Please submit your application to NIHRExeterBRC@exeter.ac.uk.