The NIHR is expected to launch the 2024 application round of NIHR Research Professorships round 15 and Global Research Professorships round 8 in late September or early October 2024, with an application deadline in early December 2024.
Full details can only be known when the latest call is launched but the following is based on previous rounds of the competition. Full details can be found on the NIHR website
This scheme is demand-managed, with caps imposed on the number of proposals each institution can submit. Last year up to three applicants from each HEI could apply for Research Professorships, provided at least one applicant was from an ethnic minority group and at least one of the other applicants was female. In addition, up to two applicants from each HEI could apply for Global Research Professorships, provided at least one applicant was female. We expect similar restrictions for the upcoming call.
A more detailed document on the NIHR Professorships scheme and eligibility is available for download.
Eligibility
Competitive candidates should demonstrate a steep career trajectory over the last 5-10 years, on course to becoming the country's most outstanding research leaders. They will currently be at SL grade or above and have spent no more than five years at their current level of seniority at the time of application. They should not already be so senior as to be considered established leaders in their field but be on an upward trajectory to become leaders after the period of the award.
They can be active in any aspect of (human) health or healthcare research. They can, but do not need to, be clinically qualified or active (e.g. medicine, dentistry, or AHP/nursing) - any first degree is acceptable as long as there is a strong trajectory of excellent research.
Candidates should be working in the fields of experimental medicine, public health medicine, health services research, social care research or methodological research. For the Global Research Professorships, the candidate should be undertaking research that aims to specifically and primarily benefit individuals in countries on the OEDC DAC list.
NIHR Senior Investigators are not eligible to apply as they are considered to be already beyond the scope of this scheme.
Our demand management process
The call for internal expressions of interest is open now, with an internal deadline of 4th September 2024 at 17:00. These will be considered by a panel chaired by Prof Louise Kenny. Expressions of interest will be judged on eligibility, fit to the scheme, and the strength of the proposal against NIHR’s stated assessment criteria.
Timeline:
- Deadline for internal expression of interest: Wednesday 4th September 2024 at17:00
- Internal Demand Management panel meeting: 12th September 2024(with decisions communicated the following week)
- Anticipated launch date for NIHR’s call: Mid-September 2024
- Anticipated NIHR deadline: 21st November 2024
If you would like to be considered, please return a completed Expressions of Interest form along with a 2-page CV (incl. key grants and publications list) to ClinicalDirectorate@liverpool.ac.uk (subject title “NIHR Research Professorships” by the internal deadline of 4th September 2024 at 17.00.
People who have expressed interest will be notified of the outcome after the panel meeting.
Contacts – NIHR Research Professorships and NIHR Global Research Professorships
Please contact twalley@liverpool.ac.uk if you have any queries.
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