The Academy of Medical Sciences is one of the five learned academies in the United Kingdom. The Academy promotes advances in medical science and campaigns to ensure these are translated into healthcare benefits for society. The Academy’s Fellows are the United Kingdom’s leading medical scientists from hospitals, academia, industry and the public service.
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This website acts as a portal to information and useful links for anyone considering or pursuing a career in any area of biomedical science or academic medicine.
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The Arthritis Research Campaign was founded in 1936 and raises funds to promote medical research into the cause, treatment and cure of arthritic conditions; to educate medical students, doctors and allied healthcare professionals about arthritis; and provide information to the general public. arc is the fourth largest medical research charity in the UK and the only charity in the UK solely dedicated to investigating arthritis in all its forms. Millions of pounds are provided every year for grants funding research, education and training.
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The British Heart Foundation funds around 1,200 research projects investigating all aspects of heart disease – from causes and safer drugs to improving surgical techniques.
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The CRUK Research Bursaries scheme is supported by the Core Skills and training Bursaries Fund (CSTBF) to provide short-term training opportunities. In particular CRUK would like to encourage clinical staff and individuals in professions allied to medicine to undertake research training in a cancer-related field to enhance understanding between the research and clinical communities. CRUK particularly encourages Academic Clinical Fellows ('Walport' post holders) to apply so that they can gain research experience and obtain preliminary data before applying for our Clinical Research Training Fellowship to obtain a PhD qualification.
The bursary will provide up to £25,000 in total. It may be used to cover the applicant's salary or research expenses or a combination of the two. It will usually be for 12 months or less. There are two rounds of applications each year.
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The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded organisation dedicated to improving human health. The MRC supports research across the entire spectrum of medical sciences from fundamental lab-based science to clinical trials, in universities and hospitals, in MRC units and institutes in the UK, and in MRC units in Africa. The MRC works closely with the NHS and UK Health Departments to give a high priority to research that is likely to make a real difference to clinical practice and the health of the population.
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The NIHR National Co-ordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development provides support, guidance and academic training pathways for the next generation of researchers as they progress through their career. The Programme provides research training awards to individuals who show the potential to become research leaders in their particular field and whose research is people or patient-focussed and relevant to the NHS.
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The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is committed to establishing the NHS as an internationally recognised centre of research excellence by supporting research professionals, working in world-class facilities, conducting leading-edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public.
The NIHR commissions and funds NHS and social care research that is essential for delivering public health and personal social services. The role of the NIHR is to develop the research evidence to support decision making by patients, professionals and policy makers, make this evidence available, and encourage its uptake and use.
NIHR currently has a number of funding opportunities listed on its website: http://www.nihr.ac.uk/Lists/Research%20Training%20Awards/Awards_Current.aspx
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The UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) is a partnership of organisations working to establish the UK as a world leader in clinical research, by harnessing the power of the NHS. Our aim is to re-engineer the environment in which clinical research is conducted in the UK, to benefit the public and patients by improving national health and increasing national wealth.
The Clinical Senior Lectureship Awards are supported by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC), as part of its commitment to building an expert research workforce to support clinical research and education in the context of established clinical training pathways.
These awards are designed for fully qualified clinicians in all medical specialisms, including primary care and dentistry. Successful candidates will have an established personal research portfolio and will hold posts in a combined clinical, research and teaching role jointly funded by a University and an NHS trust (or exceptionally other bodies, in the case of General Practitioners and General Dental Practitioners).
Further details may be found in the research section of the HEFCEwebsite.
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The Academy is pleased to be working in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust to deliver this grants programme for research active Clinical Lecturers.
Starter Grants aims to provide modest ‘start up’ funds to enable research active Clinical Lecturers to pursue their research work, gather preliminary data and so further strengthen their applications for longer-term fellowships and funding.
The scheme is open to clinicians who have obtained an MD or PhD and who currently hold a research active Clinical Lectureship post. To be considered as ‘research active’ for the purposes of this scheme, it is required that at least half an applicant’s working time will be allocated to research.
This is a £5m grants programme and the maximum grant available is £30,000 over two years. Applicants should apply only for the costs they require.
For more information please visit The Academy of Medical Science’s website at http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p176.html
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The Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme is a nationally co-ordinated funding stream for regionally commissioned research. There are ten regional funding committees to commission local health service research. Budgets are in proportion to the regional population.
The national budget is £25 million per annum. Individual research projects can last for up to 36 months with a budget of up to £250,000. All NHS researchers across England can apply.
The main aim of the RfPB programme is to support projects in Health Services Research and Public Health.
For more information visit the CCF website at: http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/rfpb/default.cfm
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The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) programme is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and managed by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as the lead organisation for evaluation, trials and studies under the coordinated MRC - NIHR strategy for translational research.
The EME programme supports excellent clinical trials and other studies to enhance the translation of basic into applied research, with an ultimate view to improving patient health or care. It is interested in studies which evaluate the clinical efficacy of an intervention (where proof of concept in humans has already been achieved); and those which may in addition add significantly to our understanding of biological or behavioural mechanisms and processes.
Preliminary applications for research can be made on an ongoing basis, however, there are three submission deadlines each year. In order for a proposal to be considered in the next assessment round, it must reach the EME offices by 12 July 2010 (before 1pm).
For more information visit the EME website: www.eme.ac.uk
If you have any queries please email info@eme.ac.uk, or telephone on 023 8059 4303.
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The National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme provides an assessment of the costs, effectiveness and broader impact of any method used by health professionals to promote health; prevent, diagnose or treat disease; or improve rehabilitation and long-term care.
Call for proposals for Commissioned Research
The HTA programme is seeking research proposals that address the following topics:
Primary Research (outline proposals)
10/31 Effectiveness of financial or other incentives
10/32 Comparison of pedometer-based walking interventions
10/34 The clinical and cost-effectiveness of personalised care in the treatment of women with breast cancer
10/37 Rehabilitation more than six months after a stroke
10/38 Scoliosis-specific exercises in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
10/39 Complex decongestive therapy for women with breast cancer- related lymphoedema of the arm
10/40 Operative interventions for acute scaphoid fractures
10/41 Therapeutic hip arthroscopy
10/42 Long term outcomes from bariatric surgery
10/46 Sustained-release naltrexone for opioid dependence
Evidence Synthesis (full proposals)
10/33 Diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy
10/35 The psychological and mental health assessment of ‘young offenders’
10/36 The diagnostic utility of identifying aspirin resistance
10/43 Sensory, psychological and behavioural interventions for agitation in dementia
10/44 Supported self management for patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
10/45 Early parenting intervention for families with young children showing severe attachment problems
The deadline for Commissioned Research proposals is 1pm on Wednesday 30 June 2010. For further details please visit www.hta.ac.uk/funding/standardcalls
Outline proposals for HTA Clinical Evaluation and Trials
Researchers are also invited to submit outline proposals for evaluation studies falling within the remit of the HTA programme to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health technologies in, or likely to be in, NHS practice. This includes feasibility, pilot studies, proposals for evidence synthesis, and clinical trials. Studies will address questions of direct relevance to clinical practice in the NHS and have outcomes that matter to patients.
The next cut-off deadline for Clinical Evaluation and Trials outline proposals is 1pm on Thursday 1 July 2010. For further details please visit www.hta.ac.uk/funding/clinicaltrials
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Further postdoctoral training fellowship opportunities for clinicians
Applications are now open for the Wellcome Trust funding scheme that helps the most promising newly qualified MB/PhD graduates make an early start in developing their independent research careers.
The Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Training Fellowships for MB/PhD graduates are aimed at newly qualified MB/PhD graduates or those who have achieved a high-quality PhD during or before starting their medical degree.
Awards last for up to four years and provide salary and research costs. The Fellowships are designed to be flexible and can be tailored to meet individuals' specific research/clinical training needs.
For further information, including application details, see Wellcome Trust website; http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/2009/News/WTX056615.htm
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Vacancies have arisen on the NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme’s two main funding boards and we would welcome applications to fill these posts.The HTA programme produces independent research about the effectiveness of different healthcare treatments and tests for those who use, manage and provide care in the NHS.
The funding boards consider research proposals received in response to advertised briefs, or researcher-led proposals. As a member of an HTA funding board you will assess research proposals for scientific merit, feasibility, and value for money before making funding recommendations.
Applications from senior clinicians and methodologists with a strong track record in health technology assessment, pragmatic clinical trials or evidence synthesis are welcome. In particular we are currently seeking input in the areas of:
- mental health
- child health / paediatrics
- old age and care of the elderly
- health economics.
Applications from other specialist clinical areas and from those with methodological expertise (e.g statistics, trial design) would also be of interest to the programme. For more information visit: www.hta.ac.uk/workwithhta/boardapplication.shtml
Application deadline: 28 May 2010
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