Clinically trained researchers are a vital part of the cancer research workforce and fundamental to delivering on our research strategy.
We want to encourage more talented clinicians to build their careers in cancer research and are committed to making the pathway more coherent for clinical researchers.
We’re collaborating with funders across the UK to achieve this. Together, we’ve mapped out where clinical researchers can access funding at different stages of their careers.
View the mapWe’ve refreshed how we support clinical academic careers and offer a range of funding and training opportunities.
We fund clinical PhDs by offering clinical research training fellowships and MB-PhDs, which can fully fund your medical school tuition fees. Find opportunities and apply through our host locations.
Postdoctoral Research Bursary (no longer accepting new applications)
Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship (no longer accepting new applications)
Career Establishment Award (no longer accepting new applications from clinicians)
Senior Cancer Research Fellowship (no longer accepting new applications from clinicians)
This modular scheme funds high-quality clinical research, associated translational research and collection of samples and data.
Find out more about this scheme
Many of our funding schemes are open to both academic researchers and clinician scientists.
Through this programme, the women in our research community can access mentoring from leading businesswomen to receive useful career support and advice from outside of academia.
Our researchers can benefit from coaching offered as a charitable contribution by individual coaches who graduated from the Mastered programme run by executive coach training firm, Meyler Campbell.
We host scientific conferences, workshops, webinars and other events. Join us to hear about the latest science, present your own research and network with our exceptional community.
We host a meeting for our funded clinical academic trainees every two years. Join in to network with your colleagues and discuss solutions to common challenges clinical academics face. Click here to contact us at research.careers@cancer.org.uk for more information.
CATCH aims to be the home for information on clinical academic careers, showcasing and promoting career options in clinical academia, providing advice and building links between clinical practice and academia.
Our entrepreneurial programmes, run through our translational arm Cancer Research Horizons, will show you how to build a business, connect you to a network of like-minded people and help you find the right advice and support, when you need it.
These policies outline where we can be flexible with our eligibility criteria to accommodate your circumstances and make sure we support you in developing your research path.
We offer support for grant applicants and grant holders who are disabled or have a long-term health condition.
This document sets out principles and obligations of all UK institutions and clinical trainees in receipt of nationally competitive funding for clinical academic research training.
Our research careers programme managers are here to help our research community and advise researchers who are interested in making an application. Email us to access support.
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