Doctoral Programmes for Healthcare Professionals

Wellcome is funding doctoral programmes that train the next generation of healthcare professional academics in world-leading research environments across the UK and Republic of Ireland. The scheme supports teams of established researchers who will host and administer multi-intake programmes at their institutions. Approximately 12 programmes will be funded, with an average award of £12 million each, running for 5 cohorts with the first intake in autumn 2027. The scheme is now closed to applications. What you get • Funding to host and administer a doctoral training programme for healthcare professionals • Average award of £12 million • 5 cohorts with first intake in autumn 2027 • Support for training the next generation of healthcare professional academics • Opportunity to retain talented researchers in dual career pipeline How to apply 1. Contact proposed collaborators and confirm their willingness to participate 2. Assemble your leadership team (lead applicant and up to seven coapplicants) 3. Submit application through Wellcome's online system (specific portal and link not provided on this page)

• Lead applicant must be an established researcher based at an eligible UK organisation • Lead applicant must have a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract (not conditional on this award) • Lead applicant must be recognised as a research leader in their field • Lead applicant must have a strong track record of providing research training • Lead applicant must have a strong track record of positively influencing research and training culture • Coapplicants (up to seven) can be based at UK or Republic of Ireland eligible organisations • Each coapplicant must have a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract (not conditional on this award) • Each coapplicant must be recognised as a research leader in their field • Each coapplicant must have a strong track record of providing research training • Each coapplicant must have a strong track record of positively influencing research and training culture • Each coapplicant must be essential for programme delivery and make significant contribution • Team must include necessary expertise, technical skills and organisational support • Team must have extensive experience providing research training at doctoral level to healthcare professionals • Team must include a lead applicant or coapplicant based in each institution awarding degrees (consortium applications) • Team must understand normal training requirements for recruited healthcare professionals • Team must be appropriate size (maximum 8 applicants total) • Team must actively foster a diverse, inclusive and supportive research environment • All fellows must be registered with a professional regulatory body in UK or Republic of Ireland • Lead and coapplicants must be able to dedicate sufficient time to the programme • Part-time applicants allowed if work is compatible with successful project delivery • Cannot apply if doing your own PhD/DPhil • Cannot apply if activities involve transfer of funds into mainland China • Cannot be lead applicant on more than one application (can be coapplicant on one other) • Cannot be coapplicant on more than two applications