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Applying for Fellowships

This guide provides information on why one should seek a fellowship, the different types of fellowships available, relevant funders, application criteria, and tips for preparing a successful application. It also includes advice on how to make the most of a fellowship and lessons from previous fellowship rounds.

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Applying for Fellowships

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  1. Applying for Fellowships Trevor Sheldon Dean of Hull York Medical School

  2. Why seek a fellowship? • Develop area of work, establish track record • Develop independence • Counts as a grant • Protected time and more flexibility • Supports personal development / networking (e.g. NIHR training and networking events) • Prestigious - part of a select group • Helps get more fellowships/grants • Good for promotion

  3. Various funders • Research councils (eg MRC, ESRC) • NIHR • Wellcome Trust • Charities

  4. Fellowships for different career stages • Masters • Doctoral • Postdoctoral (some divided into junior post-doc and more experienced post docs) • Senior awards (up to and including professorial) • Some distinguish clinical (medical, allied health etc) and non-clinical

  5. NIHR fellowships • Doctoral Research Fellowship (DRF) • HEE/NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (CDRF) • Post Doctoral Fellowship ( PDF) • Clinician Scientist Award (CSA) • Career Development Fellowship (CDF) • Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) • Transitional Research Fellowship (TRF) Deadlines: Post doctoral -late Dec 2016; Doctoral -mid-Jan 2017; (CSA ? June 2017) • Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellowships • Research Professorships • Clinical Trials Fellowships (top up for NIHR fellows)

  6. Criteria used to judge applications • Person • Project • Place and supervision • (Patient/pubic involvement) • Training programme Investment appraisal, level of risk (Dragon’s Den) + Relevance to the particular funder/scheme Interviews for shortlisted applicants

  7. Person • Personal awards • Track record • Evidence of commitment, talent, career trajectory • Academic training, publications, grants, experience • Publication + impact from previous work (eg. PhD) • Convincing ambition for the future • Ability to be effective independent investigator • Ability to become a research leader • Capacity building, leadership evidence

  8. Project • Methods, diagnosis, prognosis, treatments, prevention of relevance to human disease, policy or practice • Potential to influence the NHS within a few years of completion • Ensure it is contextualised (e.g. where sits in care pathway) • Ambitious but feasible – good basis for training • Have some translational element • Study the areas of interest to the funder

  9. Place and supervision • Hold fellowship in a centre of excellence • Critical mass • Mustn’t be isolated (need supervisor/ mentor support) – include mentors from other places • Experienced supervisors (joint supervision) • Opportunities to spend some of fellowship in other centres (nationally/internationally) • Good infrastructure support

  10. Patient –public involvement • Very important (esp. for NIHR, some charities) • Not some add on • Takes a lot of thought and time to develop • Make links to relevant existing patient groups • Look at literature from NIHR and INVOLVE • http://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/get-involved/TCC-PPI-Strategy-2013.pdf • http://www.invo.org.uk/ • http://www.invo.org.uk/posttypepublication/national-institute-for-health-research-nihr-wide-learning-and-development-for-public-involvement-working-group-report-and-recommendations-2015/

  11. Training programme Plan a training programme that addresses: • Specialist skills (related to project and general research career development) • Generic skills • Explain how training (a) complements research and (b) provides a step change to longer term career as an applied health researcher • Not all training need/should be in host institution • Cost it fully

  12. Very competitive – NIHR 2015 TRF DRF PDF CDF SRF TOTAL Applied 5 162 96 61 11 335 Awarded 0 33 11 8 2 54 May take several attempts! Need to demonstrate that you have carefully considered and responded to feedback previously received.

  13. Tips for preparing an application • Start preparing early (before announcements) – they take longer than you think • Identify the potential supervisors/mentors early so they can feed in to its development • Consult the NIHR Research Design Service/trials unit • Write your own application • Craft it well for lay audience - clarity, compelling case • Should reflect your interests and experience • Prepare carefully for the interview if shortlisted. • Look at the NIHR webinar and other resources: http://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/fellowship-programme.htm

  14. Doing a fellowship • Learn as many techniques as possible (immerse yourself) • Publish well (high quality and in good journals) • If a doctoral fellowship write up from your thesis • Give presentations • Network – get known by research leaders and potential collaborators • Get onto relevant committees/editorial boards • Get experience supervising others (building capacity)

  15. Lessons from 2015 NIHR fellowship round • The methodological approach needs to be very carefully considered and should be appropriate for the research being undertaken. • Propose innovative methodological approaches. • Evidence of the host’s commitment/support should be tailored to the individual’s research, and their training and development needs • PPI too formulaic

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