Applications open for NIHR School for Primary Care Research post-doctoral fellowships

The National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) has launched its call for post-doctoral fellowships (previously known as launching fellowships) to start around April 2024.  

The maximum award is £160,000 to cover the applicant’s salary for up to 24 months (60-100% FTE), and some research and training costs. These awards are aimed at early career researchers normally within three years of their PhD (longer time post-PhD allowed for people who have taken a career break). 

The SPCR would particularly welcome applications from Allied Health Professionals who want to conduct research relevant to primary care but the award is open to any early career primary care researcher.   

These awards are open to anyone, you do not need to be a current member of the Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) or the University of Bristol. However, the awards will have to be taken up within CAPC and you will need at least one CAPC-based academic mentor. Please explore CAPC academics and research areas here: Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC).

The application deadline is: 1pm on 31 October 2023.

The (online) interviews are expected to be on: 13 December 2023.

Expected start date for award is: 1 April 2024.

The guidance, application form and further information are available here:  Funding opportunities — SPCR (nihr.ac.uk)

Internal applicants: If you decide to apply, please complete and submit a budget via the University of Bristol finance system.

External applicants: If you are applying from outside the University of Bristol, please work with your CAPC mentor to complete the budget.

Please get in touch with Christie Cabral (christie.cabral@bristol.ac.uk) if you would like to know more.