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Blizard Institute - Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Funding Opportunity: The Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellowships

This is a call to announce that applications are now open for the next Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellowship.

Published:

It is a five year fellowship of up to £2M and will be awarded in any scientific discipline relevant to the field of rheumatology or related musculoskeletal disease.

Candidates will be researchers with a proven track record of excellence in their field, who are at the stage of developing their own independent area of research; they should not currently hold a permanent academic position.

Applications are invited from any eligible UK university supporting scientific or medical research. An internal competitive review should be undertaken before a single candidate is selected for consideration. Applications from individuals will not be accepted. They will assess applicants on scientific merit of the project and the quality of support and research environment provided by the host institution. 

If you are interested in applying, please first contact your Institute Research Manager asap as this call might go through an internal demand management. 

Timescales:

  • Applications open: 12 October 2023
  • Expressions of interest requested: by 12 January 2024
  • Applications close: 29 March 2024
  • Interviews: week of 17 June 2024
  • Outcome of the call announced: by 19 July 2024

Sabari Vallath
Faculty Research Manager (FMD)

 

 

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