Closing date for applications: 17:00 hrs 5th September 2025
Interviews week commencing 9th October 2025
The NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre is delighted to invite applications for the 2025 Pre-application support fellowships: Round 2.
In order to support applicants applying for competitive funded career development fellowships, we are holding a targeted support funding call: To allow individuals from HCPs* and methodologists and career stages across our region, to apply for the NIHR Leeds BRC pre application support fellowship.
(* HCPs include registered professions such AHPs, nurses, midwives, ACPs, pharmacists, healthcare scientists etc)
Applications will need to align with the broad remit of the BRC, which is to support early translational research (musculoskeletal disease, cardiometabolic disease, surgical technologies, pathology, haematology, antimicrobial resistance and infection).
To provide the maximum impact, a suite of opportunities is offered which must start on one of our set start dates of 1st December 2025, 1st January 2026 or 1st February 2026. The number of awards will depend on the applicant pool, with the best candidates selected using a transparent process, reporting to the BRC Executive.
These include:
(a) Research taster internships for registered Health and Care Professionals (HCPs) not currently involved in research.
(b) Pre-doctoral fellowships for HCPs and methodologists to develop a competitive PhD application.
Those from ethnic minorities and under-represented groups are encouraged to apply and will complement the work advocated by the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (https://ycede.ac.uk/about/).
For successful applicants, funding will be made available to buy your time out from your current role along with funding for associated training, supervision and PPIEP.
Our Q&A session on 24th July 2025 at 10.00am is via TEAMS:
Microsoft Teams
Meeting ID: 399 254 737 075 0
Passcode: D8Vn2pd2
Completed application form and narrative CV to be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] by 17:00hrs September 5th 2025