Finance Requests for Funding Applications
Please ensure grant costing requests are with finance at least 3 weeks before your application deadline.
You can contact the Grant Funding Development Manager, Dr Lee Ingle, in the first instance and he will help to facilitate your contact with R&I finance.
Register a Research Funding Grant Application
If you are in the process of applying for a grant, please register your grant/fellowship application.
SoECAT (Schedule of Events Cost Attribution Template) Clinic every Wednesday
If you require guidance with your SoECAT, please contact the NIHR Local Clinical Research Network.
You can also reach out to the RCDO for sponsor approval of your SoECAT.
Fellowship opportunities
Fellowship applications can take months to develop. Within R&I, we have colleagues who are dedicated to help you from start to finish. We can help you decide which fellowship scheme is best for you and with detailed budgets, we can provide patient & public involvement advice, we can arrange mock interviews and we can introduce you to successful fellows. If you are considering applying to a fellowship, please contact the Grant Funding Development Manager, Dr Lee Ingle to learn about the support that is available for applicants.
The Predoctoral Award funds a programme of training and development designed to advance your health and social care research career at master’s level.
The predoctoral fellowship awards are currently closed.
Doctoral fellowships
Postdoctoral opportunities | NIHR
Salaried time to undertake funded postdoctoral research and a bespoke training and development programme.
The Postdoctoral Award Cohort 1 scheme is currently open and closes on the 3rd July at 1.00pm.
Clinical Lectureships in Medicine and Dentistry are currently open and close on the 1st Sept at 1.00pm (Medicine) and 31st March 2026 at 1.00pm (Dentistry).
Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB)
The NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme is currently open for stage 1 applications for research proposals that are concerned with the day-to-day practice of health service staff, and that have the potential to have an impact on the health or wellbeing of patients and users of the NHS.
Closing date: 09 July 2025 at 1.00pm.
Allied health professionals, pharmacists and healthcare scientist
If you’re an Allied Health Professional (AHP), pharmacist or healthcare scientist interested in research, we can help you develop your skills and signpost to information that can help.
A range of different opportunities exist. Please review these opportunities and contact the Research and Innovation team if you would like further information.