Clinician Scientist Fellowship

Career level:

• Post doc

• Clinician

• Health professional

• Preliminary submission30 March 2022

• Final submission14 July 2022

• Committee reviewNovember 2022

Funding period:

• 5 years

Funding amount:

Your salary, research/technical assistance, running expenses and equipment

The Clinician Scientist Fellowship supports excellent individuals to develop a clinical academic research career through a period of postdoctoral training.

Eligibility:

Applications are considered from any area of our funding remit, including population, prevention and early detection/diagnosis research, but with the exception of any interventional clinical study/trial and drug discovery.

You should:

• Have obtained a higher degree (MD/PhD) in a cancer-relevant research area
• Have obtained your CCT and hold consultant status, or a national training number (NTN or NTN(A)) and at the time of award have clear plans for obtaining your CCT
• Have the support of an appropriate research group and supervisor​ at a UK university or research institute1
• Be able to demonstrate that you meet the range of skills and experience as outlined in the 'developing independence’ career stage in our Fellowships Competency Framework2

You should not:

• Have held any previous substantive postdoctoral fellowships
• Have a tenured academic post at a higher education institute or research institute.

1Fellowships must be hosted in a UK university or research institute. Short periods of research experience away from the host institution may be requested and must be fully justified.

What is funded We updated our guidelines for this scheme in November 2021. Please refer to the documents in the section 'How to apply to this scheme' for the latest guidance.

Funding support is provided for:

• Your salary at the appropriate speciality registrar or honorary consultant grade
• Salary for one research/technical support post, but the need for assistance will need to be fully justified in your application
• Associated running expenses
• Equipment costs up to £25,000
• Relocation costs up to £1,000 if you wish to take up your fellowship at a new host institution (see application guidelines for more details)