This list provides links to further sources of postdoctoral funding geared to support research in topics relevant to primary care. We hope this will be a helpful resource for those with suitable qualifications who are interested in making applications to competitive sources of funding to work with us at postdoctoral level.
University of Cambridge sources
3-year Junior Research Fellowships for those who are completing or have recently completed doctoral study are awarded by Cambridge colleges. They are fixed term awards of college membership, given to early stage academics, typically in the first couple of years after completion of a PhD.They are awarded on the basis of research excellence, are prestigious and highly competitive.
Churchill College: https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/about/master-fellows/early-career-research-fellowships/
Newnham College: https://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/research/research-fellowships/
Trinity College: https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/applying/jrf/jrf-how-to-apply/
Find out more about University of Cambridge Junior Research Fellowships: http://www.careers.cam.ac.uk/sectors/academia/JRF.asp
Trusts and Foundations
The Branco Weiss Fellowship offers up to five years postdoctoral funding for interdisciplinary research between the social sciences/humanities and STEM/medicine. Details: http://www.society-in-science.org/eligibility.html
Topic specific sources
For research on mental health: https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/articles/apply-fellows
For work relating to children and young people: http://jacobsfoundation.org/what-we-do/research-funding/jacobs-research-fellowship-program/
For research on childhood cancers: https://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/research/for-researchers/
For research relating to epilepsy: https://www.epilepsyresearch.org.uk/research-scientists/apply-for-funding/
For research in ophthalmology and preventing sight loss: https://www.fightforsight.org.uk/apply-for-funding/researcher-information/
For research relating to Alzheimers: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/info/20057/our_funding_schemes
For research with potential clinical application within the medium term: http://www.sirhalleystewart.org.uk/what-we-do/what-we-fund/
For biological research, psychology and non-applied life science (but not biomedical sciences): https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/
For research relating to Multiple Sclerosis: https://www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-research/for-researchers/types-of-grants
For research on suicide prevention: http://afsp.org/our-work/research/grant-information/#section3
For work directly relating to motor neurone disease: https://www.mndassociation.org/research/for-researchers/
For work relating to Parkinson’s disease: https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/research/parkinsons-researchers
The British Academy provides a variety of grants and fellowships to support academic research, career development and wider engagement across the full range of the humanities and social sciences. Funding opportunities cover UK and international research from the postdoctoral level upwards: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/
For work in medical anthropology: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/hunt-postdoctoral-fellowships
UK Arts and Humanities research funding includes research in the medical humanities: https://ahrc.ukri.org/funding/apply-for-funding/current-opportunities/
Location specific sources
Check The British Council for country-specific grants and information: https://www.britishcouncil.org/
The Royal Society Newton Fellowships, for researchers from outside the UK, 2 years funding: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-international/
For researchers from Japan: https://www.canonfoundation.org/programmes/research-fellowships/
Blavatnik Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for researchers from Israel: https://www.britishcouncil.org.il/en/programmes/education/blavatnik-fellowship
Fulbright Commission, for clinicians from the US: http://www.fulbright.org.uk/going-to-the-uk