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Early independence: career development fellowship

Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within Medical Research Council (MRC) remit.

You must:

  • have a PhD or equivalent
  • show evidence of career consolidation and productivity
  • show clear plans for establishing your own research niche that enables a step-change towards independence
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
15 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Capacity building: clinical research training fellowship

Apply for funding to reacquire research skills.

Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • be a PhD graduate working outside of research, usually five or more years ago
  • show plans to pursue a research career
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
15 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Professional doctorate: clinical research training fellowship

Apply for funding to undertake a PhD.

Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • be at an appropriate point in your training to undertake a PhD
  • show plans to pursue a research career
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
15 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Early independence: clinician scientist fellowship

Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within Medical Research Council (MRC) remit.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • have a PhD or equivalent
  • show evidence of career consolidation and productivity
  • show clear plans for establishing your own research niche
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
15 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Turing AI pioneer interdisciplinary fellowships (invite only)

Apply for fellowship funding to build artificial intelligence (AI) capability.

This funding opportunity is for established researchers from across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit, without a background in core AI research, who want to build domain relevant AI capability.

You may apply only if invited to do so following a successful outline application.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£22,000,000
Award range:
£500,000 - £2,187,500
Publication date:
16 December 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Predoctoral clinical research training fellowship

Apply for funding to undertake a PhD.

Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • be at an appropriate point in your training to undertake a PhD
  • show plans to pursue a research career
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
22 October 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Postdoctoral clinical research training fellowship

Apply for funding to reacquire research skills.

Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council (MRC)’s remit to improve human health.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • be a PhD graduate working outside of research, usually five or more years ago
  • show plans to pursue a research career
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
22 October 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Clinician scientist fellowship

Apply for support to become an independent researcher in a medical research field.

Your research can focus on any area of Medical Research Council’s (MRC) remit to improve human health.

You must:

  • be a registered healthcare professional
  • have a PhD or equivalent
  • show evidence of career development
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
22 October 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Career development award

You can apply for support to become an independent researcher, if your research focus is within Medical Research Council remit to improve human health.

You must:

  • have a PhD or equivalent
  • show evidence of career progression
  • show clear plans for establishing independence and developing as a leader in your area of research
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
17 April 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

UKRI Metascience AI early career fellowships

The UK Metascience Unit will fund a cohort of early career fellows to build our understanding of how the growing adoption of AI is changing the research landscape, including what epistemic, metascientific, ethical and socioeconomic questions this raises, and how governments, industry, and funding organisations should respond.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Co-funders:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£4,000,000
Maximum award:
£260,000
Publication date:
13 February 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

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