Wellcome Trust invests £5 million to launch clinician careers

21 Sep 2016

Twenty five Fellowships will enable the best clinical trainees undertake a PhD

The Wellcome Trust has awarded £5million over the next five years to allow our University, as well as Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield to combine their strengths in biomedical and health research and create the 4ward North Clinical PhD Academy.

The Academy, in collaboration with the Francis Crick Institute in London, will award and oversee 25 Wellcome Trust fellowships to allow the best clinical trainees from around the country undertake a PhD. 

Additional bursaries and awards are available to help the next generation of clinician researchers make the all-important transition to a successful postdoctoral research career.

Chair of Medicine Professor Neil Hanley, who led the bid with colleagues from Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle, said: "This was a great team effort over two years. 

"The competition was tough and to have won the warm backing of the Wellcome Trust and collaboration of the Francis Crick Institute for our plans really illustrates that by working together we can improve our clinical academic training and research opportunities for the brightest trainees."