Doctoral Programmes for Healthcare Professionals

This call will fund doctoral programmes for healthcare professionals registered in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The funded programmes will provide outstanding research training in supportive and inclusive research environments, with a focus on innovative approaches to career progression. The aim is to support doctoral programmes that will train the next generation of healthcare professional academics in world-leading research environments across the UK and Republic of Ireland, and retain these talented researchers in the dual career pipeline. This call will not directly fund individual fellows - it funds teams who propose to host and administer a doctoral programme at their institution(s) over multiple intakes of fellows. Each doctoral fellowship is for 3 years, including dedicated time for maintaining clinical skills. Wellcome expects to fund approximately 12 programmes with an average award value of £12 million for 5 cohorts with the first intake in autumn 2027.