Three Opportunities for Salary Backfilled PhDs

  1. Midlands Mental Health and neurosciences PhD funding
  2. Leicester Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Doctoral Training
  3. GW4 Clinical Academic Training Programme for Health Professionals (GW4-CAT HP)

  1. Midlands Mental Health and Neurosciences PhD funding  (http://midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/)
  • NHS salary for three years (based on current pay) – Employing Trusts will be paid this money to backfill the PhD student’s time on the Programme.*
  • Home (UK) rate tuition fees for three years
  • Generous research costs
  • Generous funds for additional training
  • Travel costs for research
  • PhD students are permitted to undertake up to 0.2 FTE clinical work to maintain their clinical skills, which will be paid for by the Programme.

*Funding for salaries is based on average NHS pay bands for different healthcare professionals, which Wellcome has used to fund this programme. We may be able to accommodate funding above the average pay bands, but this will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.


  1. Leicester Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Doctoral Training

Applications for the next cohort of the Leicestershire Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Doctoral Training Programme (LHIIP) are now open.

What is the LHIIP?

This Wellcome Trust funded doctoral training programme is aimed at AHPs, nurses, midwives, GPs and doctors in training to become clinical academics. This fully funded, salary-matching opportunity offers a chance to be seconded from your substantive post to complete a 3-year PhD focussing on healthcare inequalities.

Eligibility

For full eligibility criteria, please see here: https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/funded-opportunities/leicestershire-healthcare-inequalities-improvement-dtp.

How to apply

  • In order to apply, please first have a look at the list of projects being advertised for the coming cohort. A brief description can be found on the application page, and more detail about the projects and the primary supervisors can be found here.
  • For general recommendations on how to craft a competitive CV and personal statement (and also how to prepare for interview) please see our guidance here.
  • Once you are ready, please click on the ‘Apply to LHIIP’ button at the bottom of this page and fill out your application.

Dates

Application deadline: 31 January 2024

Programme start: 1 October 2024

Questions

If you have any questions about the programme, please email lhiip@le.ac.uk.


  1. GW4 Clinical Academic Training Programme for Health Professionals (GW4-CAT HP)

GW4 Clinical Academic Training Programme for Health Professionals (GW4-CAT HP) is dedicated to identifying and nurturing talent by delivering an outstanding mentored and supported research training experience to establish an academic career for clinical leaders of the future.

GW4 is a collaboration between University of Bath, University of Bristol, Cardiff University & University of Exeter

The standard duration of a GW4-CAT HP fellowship funding award is three years (or part-time equivalent) from the date of registration at your host institution.

The GW4-CAT HP PhD Programme was previously open only to medics, dentists and vets however, it is now open to ALL health professionals and vets registered in the UK or Republic of Ireland

The call for applications for a 2025 start will be open until 31 January 2024.

For more details please see: https://gw4-cat.ac.uk/how-to-apply-2/

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