Bridging Salary Support
In April 2020 the Medical Sciences Division suspended allocation of funding through the Medical Sciences Internal Fund (MSIF) Bridging Salary scheme and the Family Leave scheme due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the long-term impact of the pandemic on the research funding landscape, it has been decided not to reactivate these two schemes.
A new one-off Health Research Bridging Salary Scheme opened in April 2021 (deadline June 2021) to provide short-term bridging salary support for early career researchers who rely on external funding for their salary and whose research funding has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.