You’ve invested your time in research during your undergraduate degree and you realise that you can’t live without it! Where do you go next?
Doctors/Dentists
- Final year medical students can apply for posts in the Specialised Foundation Programme (typically 2 years duration)
- Final year dental students can apply for Dental Academic Foundation Programme posts (typically 2 years duration)
- Doctors and dentists in postgraduate specialty training can apply for academic training posts within the NIHR Integrated Academic Training pathway
- NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACF) – for doctors/dentists in their early years of postgraduate specialty training to pump-prime applications for external (e.g. PhD) fellowships (typically 3 years duration)
- Elizabeth Blackwell Institute clinical primer scheme – competitive awards for doctors/dentists/vets in postgraduate training to support 6-months of protected research time, to pump-prime applications for external (e.g. PhD) fellowships
- Clinical PhD Fellowships – competitive externally-funded awards to support doctors/dentists/vets in undertaking a PhD. For example, the GW4-CAT HP Clinical Academic Training Program for doctors/dentists/vets.
- NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureship (ACL) – for doctors/dentists in their later years of postgraduate specialty training, to continue their work following the award of a PhD and transition to research independence (typically 4 years duration)
Vets
- Vets who are interested in specializing in a specific clinical area can apply for a ‘residency’ which provides specialist training and includes a component of research. All UK vet schools run residency programs. Please get in touch with Professor Linda Wooldridge if you would like to chat more about veterinary research career pathways!
- Elizabeth Blackwell Institute clinical primer scheme – competitive awards for doctors/dentists/vets in postgraduate training to support 6-months of protected research time, to pump-prime applications for external (e.g. PhD) fellowships
- Clinical PhD Fellowships – competitive externally-funded awards to support doctors/dentists/vets in undertaking a PhD. For example, the GW4-CAT HP Clinical Academic Training Program for doctors/dentists/vets.
- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) – for veterinarians who wish to integrate research with field work in a One Health setting, various internships and jobs available
- Animal and Plant Health Agency – for veterinarians that wish to support government policies with research