Intermediate Clinical Fellowships for Postdoctoral Studies, UK

Clinical Fellowship for Postdoctoral students in a UK veterinary school

Study Subject: Veterinary
Employer: Wellcome Trust
Level: Postdoctoral

This scheme is for medical, dental, veterinary or clinical psychology graduates who have had an outstanding start to their research career. It will enable successful candidates to continue their research interests at a postdoctoral level in an appropriate unit orclinical research facility.

Fellows are expected to develop towards independence with a view to a long-term career in academic medicine during the course of the fellowship.

Please note that we also offer the three-year Veterinary Postdoctoral Fellowship. This annual scheme offers clinically trained veterinary researchers with a PhD the opportunity to undertake high-quality research and develop their independence in an appropriate research facility in a UK veterinary school, with a guarantee of a permanent post at the end of the fellowship.

You should have completed general professional training as defined by the relevant college.

* Medical and dental candidates should either have a National Training Number (NTN) or Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) or equivalent.
* Veterinary candidates should have a degree in veterinary medicine (e.g. BVSc, BVM&S, BVMS, BVetMed, VetMB) and some experience inclinical practice and will have completed, or be about to complete, a higher research degree (preferably a PhD).
* GPs are advised to contact the office to clarify their eligibility.
* Clinical Psychologists must have obtained a professional Doctorate-level qualification in Clinical Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society.

Scholarship Application Deadline: preliminary application deadline: 7 October 2011

For further information, go to: http://infoscholarship.net