The National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) have an opportunity for our health care professionals who have completed or about to complete a PhD.
The NIHR are looking to commission up to 10 Application Development Awards (ADAs) to carry out development work prior to research applications, with a requirement for applicant teams to involve a specific group of Health and Care Professionals (HCP).
Through these ADAs and other HCP specific initiatives, the opportunity gives HCPs the chance to develop as highly skilled researchers and research leaders, and to move towards a more multi-professional approach to addressing the health and care challenges of today and the future.
These ADAs are intended to support future applications for funding from NIHR research programmes, however, they are not programme-specific in nature.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this funding opportunity as an early-mid career researcher HCP, you must be a registered professional within one of the following eligible HCP groups:
- nurses (including nurses that work in social care)
- midwives
- pharmacists
- healthcare scientists
- allied health professions (as specified by NHS England)
In addition to this, you must have:
- recently been, or are about to be awarded a PhD, or have equivalent demonstrable years of research knowledge and experience
- not yet been the chief investigator for a substantial research award of £100,000+
The closing date for applications is Wednesday, 4th February 2026, 13:00.
For further information visit the NIHR website: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/application-development-award-health-and-care-professionals/2025415?source=chainmail