The internal selection process is now open to identify Oxford’s candidates for the NIHR Research Professorships round 14 and the Global Research Professorships round 7. The objective of these awards is to fund leaders in the early part of their careers to lead research and to strengthen health, public health and care research leadership at the highest academic levels. The Professorships enable the awardee to spend a fixed five year period dedicated to translational research at Professorial level and develop research capacity to accelerate transfer of research ideas into improved health.
Each Professorship award consists of a package to support a professorship, three support posts, research running costs, a travel fund, access to the NIHR Leadership Programme, the opportunity to request a sabbatical and the basic salary costs of the Professor (plus indirect costs for the University). Successful nominees will be expected to start their award in October, November or December 2024.
Internal Selection Process
Institutions are restricted to:
- Three nominees for the NIHR Research Professorships (at least one of whom must be female and at least one of whom must be from an ethnic minority group) whose research has clear potential for benefiting patients, public health, or care users and carers in the UK.
- Two nominees for the NIHR Global Research Professorships (at least one of whom must be female) whose research is for the direct and primary benefit of people living in LMICs.
Therefore, the Medical Sciences Division is running a co-ordinated process to select the applications that Oxford will put forward. Those wishing to apply must submit an application form and a short CV through IRAMS by 12 noon BST on Thursday 05 October 2023. Departments must also provide Departmental Approval for your application in IRAMS before this deadline. To fulfil the NIHR’s eligibility criteria, applicants must also log into HR Self Service and ensure their personal and diversity data is up to date.
It is not necessary to prepare an X5 costing for the internal application; however a costing will be required if you are selected to submit a full application to the NIHR.
The internal call coordinated in MSD aims to notify all candidates of the outcome of their internal application before 26 October 2023. Current guidance on Oxford’s internal process together with a summary of eligibility criteria for the schemes can be accessed via the link below (this document will be updated after the schemes have launched). Please direct questions to research@medsci.ox.ac.uk.
