Clinician Scientist Fellowship

Applications are considered from any area of our funding remit, with the exception of clinical trials and drug discovery.

You should:

• Have obtained a higher degree (MD/PhD) in a cancer-relevant research area
• Have obtained your CCT and hold consultant status, or a national training number (NTN or NTN(A)) and at the time of award have clear plans for obtaining your CCT
• Have the support of an appropriate research group and supervisor​ at a UK university or research institute¹
• Be able to demonstrate that you meet the range of skills and experience as outlined in the 'developing independence’ career stage in our Fellowships Competency Framework²

You should not:

• Have held any previous substantive postdoctoral fellowships
• Have a tenured academic post at a higher education institute or research institute.

¹Fellowships must be hosted in a UK university or research institute. Short periods of research experience away from the host institution may be requested and must be fully justified.

²We have updated our eligibility criteria for funding rounds which have a preliminary application deadline after August 2018 to introduce the Competency Framework. If you submitted your preliminary application to a funding round with an earlier deadline, our eligibility criteria based on years post-PhD will still apply and our Competency Framework will not apply to your application.