The Global Advanced Fellowship is a mid-career postdoctoral award. The scheme will create a career pathway for Global Health researchers from the UK and low and middle income countries to become research leaders.The Global Advanced Fellowship is for postdoctoral researchers at all levels. The NIHR Global Advanced Fellowship is aimed at individuals at various points of their career.
The programme funds researchers undertaking research that aims to specifically and primarily benefit people in LMICs eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA).
We welcome applications from different professional backgrounds, clinical and non-clinical.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an NIHR Global Advanced Fellowship you must:
- Hold a relevant PhD or postgraduate medical research degree, or have submitted your thesis for examination at the time of application. You must have been awarded your PhD or postgraduate medical research degree by the time you attend interview.
- Not already hold a Professorship/Chair at the point of application.
- For clinical applications: have completed relevant pre-registration training.
- Be employed by a Higher Education Institution (HEI) or Research Institute in a LMIC or a HEI the UK
- Be conducting research that directly and primarily benefit patients and the public in countries on the OECD DAC list.
Institutional eligibility
LMIC-based researchers
If you are employed by a Higher Education Institution (HEI) or research institute in a LMIC:
- The institution must be able to provide appropriate academic support throughout the length of your Fellowship
- The institution should have examples of recent research awards and a track record of research funding.
- You may wish to include other LMIC partner organisation/s
- The research outputs must be of direct and primary relevance to the health and care challenges of LMICs.
UK-based researchers
- If you are hosted by a HEI in the UK (England and the Devolved Administrations):
- You must have at least one partner organisation in LMIC(s).
- The research outputs must be of direct and primary relevance to the health and care challenges of LMICs.
Offered Benefits
The programme funds £750,000 award to researchers undertaking research
Application Process
Go to National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) on aramis.nihr.ac.uk to apply
Before reading these application form guidance notes, please read the Global Advanced Fellowship Round 1 Guidance notes. Additional information can also be found in the Global Health Research Core Guidance.
Before you can start an application you will be required to register on the ARAMIS system. You will be asked to supply a valid email address and to complete some basic information. Once this has been submitted you will receive an email confirming your registration and a temporary password. You should follow the instructions in the email to log onto the system.
Once signed into the system you will be able to update various details including your CV (in ‘manage my details’) and apply for any open applications. To start an application you will need to go to ‘My Applications’ and select ‘New Application’. You should then select the level of fellowship you wish to apply for from the list provided.
After answering all the eligibility questions you will be able to start completing the online form. Please make sure you read all available guidance text including this document as well as any online instructions thoroughly whilst you are completing the form.
