Health Education England North / NIHR BRIDGING SCHEME

Applications are now open!! 

Have you completed or are about to complete a masters level degree or a PhD?

Could you be looking to undertake a PhD or a post-doctoral level fellowship? 

Do you want to make a difference through undertaking high quality clinical research?

This scheme is designed to help nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and healthcare scientists to build the strongest possible application for a PhD or a post-doctoral level fellowship primarily, though not exclusively, within the NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic (ICA) programme.  There is an expectation that your fellowship application will be made within 12 months of completing this scheme.

It’s designed to help those who want ‘to make a difference’ through high quality applied clinical research in pursuit of a research leadership role. If you are a clinician who wishes to develop a clinical academic career, then the scheme may offer the support you need.

To be eligible for the scheme you must hold (or be about to complete) a masters degree or PhD, hold a professional registration and have begun to develop a research profile within an NHS organisation.
 
Enquiries and applications are invited from eligible professions working across the North West, North East and Yorkshire & Humber regions of England.

In addition, to inform potential applicants about the programme and the application process, we will be holding 2 online Q&A sessions open for anyone to join who wishes to know more about the scheme and ask any questions.  These will be an hour in duration, 12pm – 1pm, and held on MS Teams, the dates of these sessions are;

19th July 20222.
Please click here to join this session.

10th August 2022.
Please click here to join this session. 
 

Closing date for applications is 5pm Friday 19th August 2022.