All grants and programmes available to postdoctoral biomedical and health researchers with a clinical degree are listed below.
Grant schemes
- Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers - supports research-active Clinical Lecturers by covering the costs of research consumables to help them gather data to strengthen their bids for longer-term fellowships and funding.
- Cross-Sector Experience Awards - supports individuals who want to work in a different sector to their own for between three and twelve months.
Currently inactive grant schemes
- Clinician Scientist Fellowships - this scheme offered salary support and research costs for clinical researchers to pursue translational research alongside clinical work. No further round of the scheme is currently planned.
- Daniel Turnberg Travel Fellowships - travel fellowships for early career biomedical and clinical researchers to foster collaborations between the Middle East and the UK.
- Hamied Foundation UK-India AMR Visiting Professorships- support short visits that seek to facilitate collaboration between the most talented researchers in the field of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the UK and India.
Other considerations
- Academy of Medical Sciences Professorship Scheme – offers flexible support to those who have moved to the UK during the initial years of a full Professorship.
Programmes
- Mentoring programme - check if you are eligibile to join the programme and be paired with an Academy Fellow to get career development support.
- SUSTAIN - award holders from partner organisations are eligible for this programme that enables women to thrive in their independent research careers.
Events and conferences
- Clinical Academics in Training Annual Conference - a cross-specialty event designed to bring clinical academic trainees together to present their work, meet one another and network with senior scientists.
- Career development events - held online and around the UK to help biomedical and health researchers develop a productive career.
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