Changes to NIHR research award schemes
If you are considering an emphasis on research in your career after the HSST, you will need to know about upcoming changes to research career development opportunities at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
- Published on
- 16th January 2025
- Filed under
- HSST, Research
What’s changing?
Since 2018, the NIHR Academy has been working to break down barriers to career progression in research. However, their portfolio of opportunities have grown over the years and become complex. To make these opportunities more accessible and easy to understand, they are simplifying their fellowship offering to a single award at predoctoral, doctoral and postdoctoral levels.
By simplifying their awards, but keeping their background-specific funding committees, they aim to improve the experience for applicants and maintain the level of funding and background-specific support that is currently available.
Important upcoming timelines
The Predoctoral Award will be the first to launch in January 2025. Doctoral and Postdoctoral awards will run twice a year.
Predoctoral award
Application window – 29 January to 20 March 2025
Postdoctoral award
Application window – 26 March to 21 May 2025
Doctoral award
Application window – 9 April to 10 June 2025
Further details about the changes are available on the NIHR website or by emailing academy-awards@nihr.ac.uk. All other NIHR research career development opportunities will be unaffected by these changes and will continue as normal.
