Health and Care Research Wales Faculty Doctoral and Advanced Fellowship Schemes – open now

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 for the Doctoral, or four, five or six years part-time for the Advanced).

The Doctoral Fellowship Award aims to support talented individuals to undertake research leading to the completion of a PhD and to support capacity building in health or social care research in Wales.  

The Advanced Fellowship Award aims to support individuals to become independent researchers through leading and undertaking high-quality research. 

Applications will be invited from those working across any health or social care-related discipline to undertake research which will benefit the public, health service practice or policy, service users and carers or 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.

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. 

Applications opened: Thursday 17 October 2024

Close: 16:00, Wednesday 15 January 2025.

More information can be found on the funding schemes webpage. 

Fellowship Awards surgeries

If you have any questions about the Doctoral or Advanced Fellowship Award, ask the team at one of the surgeries:

• Thursday 7 November 14:00 – 15:00 - SURGERY FULL
• Wednesday 27 November 14:00 – 15:00 - SURGERY FULL

To book your place at a surgery please complete the registration form