Nuffield Medical Fellowships 2026 at the University of Oxford

The Nuffield Medical Fellowships are a funded research fellowship at the University of Oxford, designed for exceptional early-career biomedical researchers moving toward or recently achieving full independence. Fellows are hosted within Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division and must include a collaboration with a research institution located in a Commonwealth country outside the United Kingdom. The programme provides salary support and substantial funding for the proposed research programme, enabling independent biomedical research and international collaboration.

Full salary aligned with the University of Oxford staff grade; substantial funding for the research programme; opportunity to conduct independent biomedical research within Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division; support for establishing international research partnerships through Commonwealth-country collaboration

Open to exceptional early-career researchers who are transitioning to full research independence or have recently achieved it; includes practicing clinicians and non-clinical researchers within biomedical/medical fields.