NIHR training and career development

If you are interested in finding out if you are eligible or want to apply for an NIHR Fellowship. We can advise you on the different research training and fellowship schemes offered by the NIHR and other national peer-reviewed schemes such as the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Wellcome Trust.

Advice on applying for an NIHR Fellowship

We focus our advice for people applying for an NIIHR fellowship into five areas that link to the:

person: relevant expertise and experience
project: is it worthwhile, coherent, detailed
place: is the host the most appropriate place
training: tailored to the needs of the individual applicant
supervision: accessible and relevant

We are not able to provide supervision or mentorship. However we encourage you to invite your supervisors along to some of your early meetings with RDS advisers to make sure that you get consistent advice.

We can help you to look at all aspects of your research, including contributing to mock interviews with our public involvement forum, if necessary. We will also signpost you to relevant local and national NIHR organisations.

View our video for further information on applying for an NIHR Fellowship and find out about our events.

NIHR Academy offers training awards to researchers whose work focuses on people and patient-based applied health research.