Clinical Academic Training Programme for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals
The Programme
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for England, in collaboration with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), have established an integrated clinical academic training programme for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.
Competitions for the Masters, PhD, Clinical Lectureship and Senior Clinical Lectureship awards have been held since 2009.
Please follow the links below for details:
Masters in Research and Masters in Clinical Research
Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship
NEW: Round 3 of the Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship has now launched
The NIHR TCC is pleased to announce that Round 3 of the Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship scheme has now launched. Applications for a Round 3 C-DRF award must be submitted by 16th August 2012.
Please follow the link below for more details and to download the full application pack.
Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship
Invitation to Tender
We are now pleased to announce a further Invitation to Tender for funding for masters degree places on clinical research courses. Funding is available for approximately 100 Masters Studentships per annum for the next three years.
Please follow the link below for more details and to download the full Invitation to Tender:
Masters in Research and Masters in Clinical Research
CAT Trainees - Information and Eligibility Criteria
Please check the list of health professions that are eligible to apply for the Clinical Academic Training awards (click here). Note that all Nurses, Midwives and AHPs may be eligible for other awards such as the NIHR Fellowships (click here for details).
For further information about the CAT Programme and the NIHR TCC: click here.
List of current award holders including CAT Fellowship and Lectureships
These webpages and the Guidance Notes for each award may answer your queries.
Enquiries may be directed to the mailbox at cat@nihrtcc.org.uk
Please use the link to the NIHR image below to see interviews with some CAT Trainees who attended a recent NIHR Trainee Meeting:
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