Our Pre-doctoral Fellowship Programme provides research training awards for health and social care professionals (excluding doctors and dentists) working in Greater Manchester who wish to develop their career by combining health and social care practice and development with applied research and research leadership.
Fellowships are available to those from nursing, midwifery, allied health profession, social care, public health, commissioning and policy making backgrounds.
The Pre-doctoral programme is aimed at those who aspire to undertake PhD level study. Award holders receive funded research time, academic supervision and excellent training opportunities to prepare an application for submission for an NIHR or similar doctoral fellowship opportunity, which includes a research proposal and suitable training and development plan.
We are keen to tailor the programme as much as possible to suit the commitments and timescales of applicants; the programme is usually over a one year or two year period.
Question & Answer Session 1 Recording
Applications for 2023 programme
Application for our Pre-doctoral Fellowship Programme are now open!
We encourage applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds within health and social care (excluding medicine and dentistry) to submit their applications by 18th May 2023.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender, gender expression, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All awards are made on merit.
All applications must be submitted using the online application form available here before 5pm on the 18th May 2023.
Applicants are strongly advised to have informal conversations with the team before submitting an application.
All supporting information about the programme and the application form can be downloaded on the drop down menu >>>>>
- Online Question & Answer Sessions
3rd May @ 11am
Online Q&A Session 2: Sign up here
- Key Dates
Applications open - 20th March 2023
Deadline for submission of application - 18th May 2023
Shortlisting Outcome - 19th June 2023
Interview Date - 28th June 2023
Start date - September 2023
- How do I apply?
NIHR ARC-GM Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Guidance Document 2023/24
All applications must be submitted using the online application form available here NIHR ARC-GM Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Application Form 2023/24
For any assistance completing the application form, please contact arc-gm@nihr.ac.uk
Although applications must be submitted using the online form, you can view a PDF version of the application form for reference, here.
- Who do I contact for further information?
For any clarifications on how to apply, for example, using the online application form, please contact:
Dr. Ross Atkinson (Programme Manager)
ross.atkinson@manchester.ac.uk
For general academic supervision and support enquiries, please contact:
Prof. Michelle Briggs (Capacity Building Theme Lead)