Pre Doctoral Funding
CSO NHS Researcher Development Fellowship
The NHS Researcher Development Fellowship is an introductory fellowship aimed at NHS employees currently working as a nurse, midwife, allied health professional, pharmacist, healthcare scientist or other in a clinical role to enable them to explore research as part of their existing NHS role.
Doctoral Funding
CSO Clinical Academic Fellowships
These Fellowships (tenable in either health services or experimental/translational medicine research) are available for clinical professionals early in their career to do a PhD.
CSO Innovation Academic Fellowships
The CSO Innovation Academic Fellowship is targeted at early stage innovators working within NHS Scotland. It provides the opportunity for clinicians early in their career to undertake a higher degree (MD or PhD).
Post Doctoral Funding
NES/CSO Postdoctoral Clinical Lectureships
These lectureships posts are for medical doctors in speciality training who have completed a PhD but wish to spend 50% of their time on research and 50% of time on clinical training. As training posts there are available until CCT is reached.
Early Postdoctoral Fellowship
These fellowships provide 3 years of support to health researchers following completion of a PhD.
NHS Research Scotland Fellowships
These Fellowships are to support research time for NHS-funded clinical staff and GP’s early in their clinical careers, to strengthen the research culture within both primary and secondary care.
CSO NHS Innovation Fellowship Scheme
The CSO NHS Innovation Fellowship Scheme aims to strengthen the innovation culture to solve real problems in the NHS and social care, improving the quality, efficiency and sustainability of health and care delivery and supporting NHS Scotland’s Re-mobilise, Recover, Re-design Framework.
SPARCC Return to Research Awards
The SPARCC Return to Research Award Scheme is designed to build research capacity across Scotland by providing up to two sessions (one day a week) of protected research time for medical consultants, GPs and nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who have completed their training and wish to re-engage with research activity.
SPARCC Postdoctoral Awards
The SPARCC Postdoctoral Award Scheme is designed to build research capacity across Scotland by providing up to 50% research time for clinicians who have already completed a research degree, including medical doctors who hold a Scottish NTN who are working towards the completion of their specialty training, and qualified nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.
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