Clinical Early Career Research Fellowship

The Clinical Early Career Research Fellowship is a funded fellowship for PhD/MDRes-qualified resident doctors in higher specialist clinical training to secure protected postdoctoral research time in cardiovascular clinical academia. Awards may be held part-time (20–50% FTE) alongside clinical training for up to 4 years, or full-time during an out-of-programme period for up to 12 months. Fellows must have the support of named academic supervisors and may undertake justified short visits to other institutions. The fellowship supports research experience and career development within the British Heart Foundation's cardiovascular remit.

Salary support for the fellow; support for a research technician/assistant; research consumables and essential equipment; training fund; travel fund; contribution towards caring-responsibility expenses.

Candidates must be resident doctors in higher speciality training holding a national training number (NTN) on a UK training programme and must hold a PhD or have submitted their PhD thesis at the point of application. Applicants from any clinical specialist training programme may apply with projects within BHF's cardiovascular remit.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact the BHF Fellowships team by email with a CV and brief project description. The proposed Fellow must complete the online application form via the BHF research grants portal and supply required letters of support and confirmations.