Doctoral Fellowships in Maternity Disparities
NIHR Inequalities Challenge
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Inequalities Challenge: Maternity Disparities Consortium (MDC) is proud to announce its doctoral fellowships competition. We are seeking the next generation of researchers to help us tackle persistent inequalities in maternity. The MDC brings together a UK wide collaboration of universities, NHS trusts, councils, charities, and industry partners. You can find information about our consortium members here. Our goal is to improve outcomes for women and bab...
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Inequalities Challenge: Maternity Disparities Consortium (MDC) is proud to announce its doctoral fellowships competition. We are seeking the next generation of researchers to help us tackle persistent inequalities in maternity. The MDC brings together a UK wide collaboration of universities, NHS trusts, councils, charities, and industry partners. You can find information about our consortium members here. Our goal is to improve outcomes for women and bab...
Opportunity details
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Inequalities Challenge: Maternity Disparities Consortium (MDC) is proud to announce its doctoral fellowships competition. We are seeking the next generation of researchers to help us tackle persistent inequalities in maternity. The MDC brings together a UK wide collaboration of universities, NHS trusts, councils, charities, and industry partners. You can find information about our consortium members here. Our goal is to improve outcomes for women and babies before, during, and after pregnancy through inclusive, evidence-based research. Capacity Development The MDC capacity development programme aims to build the next generation of maternity disparities research leaders, strengthen the workforce to deliver and sustain impact across the UK. The Consortium focuses on growing long-term research capacity and expertise, especially within underrepresented disciplines, professions and underserved communities; inspiring and supporting the next generation of researchers with the right skills mix to work across clinical, practice and research sectors. The Opportunity We are offering up to 8 funded salaried doctorates across a range of potential projects at universities across our Consortium. We are specifically looking to grow research capacity among underrepresented disciplines such as midwives, health visitors, neonatal nurses, social care practitioners and community pharmacists. Start: June 2027 Duration: Up to 3 years (Full-Time) or 4 years at 0.8WTE (Part-Time) dependent on project, please see individual project pages. Funding: Full salary, including national insurance and superannuation, based on your current full time equivalent (fte) salary, up to a salary of £68,000fte (100% direct costs only). Active clinician...
Eligibility
The Consortium focuses on growing long-term research capacity and expertise, especially within underrepresented disciplines, professions and underserved communities; inspiring and supporting the next generation of researchers with the right skills mix to work across clinical, practice and research sectors. Active clinician or practitioner applicants, or applicants that are registered practitioners employed in a local authority setting, can claim up to 20% clinical or practice time within the award Full PhD tuition fees, at UK home rate £5,000 contribution towards research, travel, training and consumables. To be eligible for this scheme you should be an active clinician or practitioner or a registered practitioner based in a local authority setting. Applicants must hold a substantive contract in a clinical / local authority practice role.
Requirements
The Consortium focuses on growing long-term research capacity and expertise, especially within underrepresented disciplines, professions and underserved communities; inspiring and supporting the next generation of researchers with the right skills mix to work across clinical, practice and research sectors. Active clinician or practitioner applicants, or applicants that are registered practitioners employed in a local authority setting, can claim up to 20% clinical or practice time within the award Full PhD tuition fees, at UK home rate £5,000 contribution towards research, travel, training and consumables. To be eligible for this scheme you should be an active clinician or practitioner or a registered practitioner based in a local authority setting. Applicants must hold a substantive contract in a clinical / local authority practice role.
Funding and benefits
Funding eligibility: UK Students. Funding amount: funding is for doctoral fellowships (see advert). Based on your current full time equivalent (fte) salary, up to a salary of £68,000 fte. Full salary, including national insurance and superannuation, based on your current full time equivalent (fte) salary, up to a salary of £68,000fte (100% direct costs only). Active clinician or practitioner applicants, or applicants that are registered practitioners employed in a local authority setting, can claim up to 20% clinical or practice time within the award Full PhD tuition fees, at UK home rate £5,000 contribution towards research, travel, training and consumables.
How to apply
We define ‘registered practitioners based in local authority settings’ as people who are: Registered UK health, public health or social care professionals, registered with a national body including: Social Work England, Northern Ireland Social Care Council, Scottish Social Services Council, Social Care Wales UK Public Health Register Health and Care Professions Council Nursing and Midwifery Council And hold a contract of employment in the UK with either a: local authority provider of local authority commissioned services, or a non-profit organisation, such as a charity that provides services on behalf of a local authority, or that otherwise supports a local authority in meeting its objectives fixed term contracts of employment of any duration are acceptable but honorary contracts or bank work are not non-profit organisation, which provide services on behalf of a local authority, or that otherwise supports a local authority, do not need to be commissioned or funded by that local authority, but the support does need to be co-designed with, or at the very least acknowledged and signposted by, the local authority or authorities in question We welcome applications from individuals passionate about maternal health equity and particularly from areas that are underrepresented in maternity disparities research. We particularly encourage applications from: People from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds. We encourage you to contact them to ensure the project is a right fit for you. Doctoral Fellowships in Maternity Disparities For more information, please click on the 'Apply' butt...
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Benefits
Funding eligibility: UK Students. Funding amount: funding is for doctoral fellowships (see advert). Based on your current full time equivalent (fte) salary, up to a salary of £68,000 fte. Full salary, including national insurance and superannuation, based on your current full time equivalent (fte) salary, up to a salary of £68,000fte (100% direct costs only). Active clinician or practitioner applicants, or applicants that are registered practitioners employed in a local authority setting, can claim up to 20% clinical or practice time within the award Full PhD tuition fees, at UK home rate £5,000 contribution towards research, travel, training and consumables.
Eligibility summary
The Consortium focuses on growing long-term research capacity and expertise, especially within underrepresented disciplines, professions and underserved communities; inspiring and supporting the next generation of researchers with the right skills mix to work across clinical, practice and research sectors. Active clinician or practitioner applicants, or applicants that are registered practitioners employed in a local authority setting, can claim up to 20% clinical or practice time within the award Full PhD tuition fees, at UK home rate £5,000 contribution towards research, travel, training and consumables. To be eligible for this scheme you should be an active clinician or practitioner or a registered practitioner based in a local authority setting. Applicants must hold a substantive contract in a clinical / local authority practice role.
Requirements
The Consortium focuses on growing long-term research capacity and expertise, especially within underrepresented disciplines, professions and underserved communities; inspiring and supporting the next generation of researchers with the right skills mix to work across clinical, practice and research sectors. Active clinician or practitioner applicants, or applicants that are registered practitioners employed in a local authority setting, can claim up to 20% clinical or practice time within the award Full PhD tuition fees, at UK home rate £5,000 contribution towards research, travel, training and consumables. To be eligible for this scheme you should be an active clinician or practitioner or a registered practitioner based in a local authority setting. Applicants must hold a substantive contract in a clinical / local authority practice role.
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