National Institute for Health and Care Research Doctoral Award 2026 – YOA

Deadline: June 23, 2026

Applications are open for the National Institute for Health and Care Research Doctoral Award 2026. This is a single-stage, doctoral-degree funding OPPORTUNITY. It helps early profession researchers to undertake a PhD by analysis.

The Doctoral Award is a 3-yr coaching award designed to assist the profession improvement of all well being and social care professionals by way of PhD analysis. The award helps analysis in any scientific self-discipline or sector that contributes to enhancing well being, together with public well being and social care, inside the remit for private profession improvement awards.

Benefits

The Doctoral Award supplies complete funding to assist you in enterprise a PhD by analysis. 

Funding covers: 

• the total wage of the award holder for the whole length of the fellowship on the requested FTE. This consists of the employer’s contribution to National Insurance and superannuation
• prices for the permitted analysis challenge
• related convention charges as much as £3,000
• prices for an acceptable coaching and improvement plan which can result in additional skilled improvement
• working with folks and communities prices
• laptop computer or laptop prices as much as £1,000

Eligibility

To apply, you could:

• have prior analysis expertise or coaching to arrange for a PhD and not already maintain a PhD by analysis.
• suggest substantive employment with a recognised increased schooling establishment (HEI), NHS physique, native authority, or different publicly or third-sector funded well being or social care supplier in England.
• in case you are making use of to the Addictions Healthcare Goals Programme partnership award, you could have an equal UK-vast contracting organisation within the devolved nations.
• when you plan to undertake scientific/apply time as part of your award, or your host organisation will not be a HEI, a accomplice organisation have to be listed within the application. If that is omitted, your application won’t be eligible.
• if already registered for a PhD, you could not have been enrolled for greater than 12 months full-time by the award begin date.
• your proposed analysis have to be inside our remit for private profession improvement awards.

It is now not a proper requirement to have a 1st class or 2:1, or equal, diploma to apply for this scheme. It is on the discretion of the awarding PhD establishment to make sure that the applicant has appropriate {qualifications} to undertake a PhD by analysis. 

Application

Application deadline is 23 June 2026 at 1:00pm. If your application is profitable, they may overview your price range in keeping with the funding committee’s suggestions and situations to make sure worth for cash and alignment with NIHR necessities.

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For extra data, go to NIHR Doctoral Award.