Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust is proud to run the Cambridge Clinical Research Fellowships Programme in conjunction with the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and The Evelyn Trust.
Fostering the future leaders of clinical research is critical in building research capacity both within CUH and nationally.
Medical Fellowships
This programme awards fellowships to medical candidates at the entry point to the clinical academic training pathway. As a springboard, fellows are expected to gain research experience and generate pilot data to enhance applications to external funders. Medical fellowship candidates should be trainee doctors who are post FY2.
Applications are welcome in any area of clinical research. This year we are also welcoming applications in the field of transplantation, with a fellowship in the memory of transplant pioneer, the late Sir Roy Calne.
NMAHP Fellowships
Fellowships are also available to non-medical healthcare professionals (nurses, midwives, AHPs) and healthcare scientists.
Applications are invited for any area. This year we are also welcoming applications in the field of sepsis and critical illness, supporting a desired future research stream led by Professor of Nursing, Jo McPeake. A fellowship in this field will commence in January 2026 and is dependent on a funding application that is currently ongoing. If you are interested in applying for an NMAHP fellowship, please contact Jo at joanne.mcpeake@thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk.
All grants cover a year of salary and consumables, enabling fellows to gain experience and collect pilot data.
The 2025 fellowship programme will follow the following timeline:
Open for preliminary applications | 25 November 2024 |
| Deadline for preliminary applications | 9 January 2025 |
| Deadline for full applications (if invited) | 13 March 2025 |
| Interviews | 2 April 2025 |
| Fellowships awarded | Early July 2025 |
| Expected start date | September 2025 |
For more information, please read the guidance document here.
To apply please visit the ACT funding portal here.
If you would like to speak to a member of the ACT team, please contact us at fundsandgrants@act4addenbrookes.org.uk.