Doctoral and Advanced Fellowship Schemes - now open

This scheme is now closed for applications.

Health and Care Research Wales is pleased to announce the call for applications to the Doctoral and Advanced Fellowship Schemes are now open.

The fellowships offer up to three years full-time funding (or four or five years part-time) to individuals.

Applications will be invited from those working across any health or social care-related discipline to undertake research which will benefit service users and/or carers, and social care and support services in Wales.

Applicants should show evidence of a clear commitment to a research career and demonstrate how the award will support their potential to become an independent researcher.

The Fellowship scheme offers funding opportunities across a broad range of health and social care-related topics. While all applications meeting the general terms of the call are eligible, Health and Care Research Wales places an emphasis on policy, practice and public need. All applicants will need to make a strong case for the need for and importance of their research proposal.

• Doctoral Fellowship Scheme
• Advanced Fellowship Scheme

This will include:  

• a clear description of the health or care need they are addressing;  
• the placing of the research proposed in the appropriate policy or practice context; 
• a justification of the importance of that need, in terms of the scale of the problem and/or likely impact on those with the health or care need;  
• a demonstration of a gap in the research evidence 
• demonstration that the methods proposed are suitable for answering the research question. 

You can find out more on the funding schemes page.