Capacity building: clinical research training fellowship
Ref: GRT-1NP95UGD
Funding Available
80% of the full economic cost
UK Wide
Life Sciences & Health
2 September 2026
Grants & Funding
About This Grant
A fellowship opportunity for registered healthcare professionals who are PhD graduates working outside of research to reacquire research skills, refresh their research momentum, and pursue a clinical academic research career within the Medical Research Council remit.
What Can It Fund?
- Reacquiring research skills
- salary support
- research consumables
- equipment
- travel costs
- training activities
- data preservation
- dissemination costs
- estates and indirect costs
- public partnerships
- NHS research costs
- research periods overseas or in industry
Eligible Costs
- -Fellow salary
- -research consumables
- -equipment
- -travel costs
- -training activities
- -data preservation
- -data sharing
- -dissemination costs
- -estates and indirect costs
- -public partnerships payments
- -NHS research costs
- -overseas or industry research placement costs (up to 12 months)
Ineligible Costs
- -PhD studentships
- -publication costs
- -bridging funds between grants
- -sponsor costs
- -mentor costs
- -large research team costs
- -senior staff costs under any role
Funding Source
Medical Research Council (MRC)
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