Early independence: career development fellowship (apply by 21 April)
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
The aim of the fellowship is to support talented researchers who have gained a higher research degree and have evidence of career consolidation and productivity across past appointments to:
- lead their own research plans to establish their own research niche
- start to build their own research team
- make the first step-change towards independence
We welcome applications from across all areas of our remit to improve human health. This may range from basic studies with relevance to mechanisms of disease, to translational and developmental clinical research.
Our science areas include:
- infections and immunity
- molecular and cellular medicine
- population and systems medicine
- neurosciences and mental health
- translation
- global health
- methodology
- public health