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

1 March 2024

Applications are open for The National Institute for Health and Care Research School for Primary Care Research (NIHR SPCR) post-doctoral fellowships  to start in October 2024.  

These awards provide funding to cover the costs of a 24 month fellowship at one of the nine SPCR member institutions. Applicants should have a strong academic record and wish to develop a career in primary care research.

About the fellowships

The aim of these fellowships is for the fellow to follow an independent research project, publish their research and prepare grant applications to secure future funding (e.g. an NIHR fellowship).The SPCR would particularly welcome applications from allied health professionals. Distinctive to the current SPCR programme is the aim to work more broadly with the primary care research sector.

The fellowship may be undertaken at any one of the nine universities within the NIHR School for Primary Care Research: Bristol, Exeter, Keele, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, QMUL, Southampton and University College London. Read more about the research conducted at the SPCR members and their support for early career researchers.

The application deadline is: 1pm on 14 March 2024.

The (online) interviews are expected to be on: 1 May 2024.

Expected start date for award is: 1 October 2024.

For more information see: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-development/funding#post-doctoral-fellowships

Applicants for Bristol

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).

How to apply

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.

Further information

About the Centre for Academic Primary Care

The Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) at the University of Bristol is a leading centre for primary care research in the UK, one of nine forming the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.

It sits within Bristol Medical School, an internationally recognised centre of excellence for population health research and teaching.

Follow on Twitter: @capcbristol and on LinkedIn.