Academic careers

The deadline for the seventh round of applications is Monday 12 March 2012.  Eligible applications submitted to this deadline will be considered by our Selection Panel in June 2012.

Introduction

The Academy works in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust, the British Heart Foundation and Arthritis Research UK to deliver this grants programme for research active Clinical Lecturers. 

We are delighted that Arthritis Research UK has joined the scheme from 2012 and we look forward to working with all our partners to continue to support and develop this scheme.

The scheme provides modest ‘starter’ 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.

We will only fund research of the very highest quality, where it is clearly demonstrated that the findings will inform the applicant’s future career aspirations and bids for larger scale fellowships.

Thus far the scheme has delivered six rounds of funding and supported 130 Clinical Lecturers with grants totalling just over £3.7m.

Review of the scheme

In autumn 2011 the Academy, in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust, conducted an early review of the scheme. We are pleased to announce that a copy of the report produced is available to download below.


What the scheme provides

The maximum grant available is £30,000 and this can be spread over two years to contribute towards new and directly incurred research costs such as consumables and equipment.

Grants cannot be applied to personal salary costs or used for research assistants, PhD students or postdoctoral staff. 

Previous awards

A list of the awards already made can be downloaded below.

Further information

Who can apply
How to apply
Scheme partners