Personal Award Accelerator

Purpose

This scheme is a cohort-based programme intended to support competitive personal award applications to relevant UK funders including the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). For example the Medical Research Council’s Clinical Academic Research Partnerships (CARP) scheme or the ESRC, as well as major charitable funders like Cancer Research UK, British Heart Foundation and the Wellcome Trust.  

Who is it for? 

This scheme is aimed at Higher Education Institute (HEI) staff, NHS staff or social care staff who have an honorary contract with their relevant Higher Education Institute. HEI applicants will need to clearly justify the need for salary costs given their substantive employment contract within the HEI sector. 

Funding available

Salary costs for 0.2 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) for a maximum six months can be requested although with appropriate justification, longer duration of support (up to one year) will be considered.  

When?

This scheme will run up to twice a year with the next call launching in September 2024.