Doctoral Training Fellowship Scheme for Clinicians

Doctoral Training Centre Degrees

Course code: RB_1

This three-year programme is tailored specifically to the needs of talented clinicians who aspire to a career in academic medicine or clinical psychology. The course is also known as the DPhil in Biomedical and Clinical Sciences programme. Successful applicants will work towards a DPhil within one of three streams which are in basic sciences, mental and cognitive health, and translational/experimental medicine.

Read the full Doctoral Training Fellowship Scheme for Clinicians course information on the University of Oxford admissions website. N.B. A list of supervisors that are affiliated with this programme can be found below, however please note this is not a definitive list - any suitably qualified MSD supervisor may supervise fellows on the programme.

Core funding for the programme is provided by the Wellcome Trust. In 2020 we have five Wellcome Trust fellowships available which will cover University and college fees at the home/EU rate, a clinical salary, and a research consumables allowance of £15,000 per annum.

The UK government has confirmed that EU students commencing their studies in 2020/21 will continue to have ‘Home’ fee status and pay fees at the home rate for the duration of their course. For more information please see http://www.ox.ac.uk/students/oxford-and-the-eu.

Kennedy Trust Fellowships

Within the basic science and translational/experimental medicine streams The Kennedy Trust For Rheumatology Research will fund up to two posts per year for candidates wishing to explore research into diseases of the joints and related organs which include the processes of inflammation, damage and repair. While we are particularly keen for clinical rheumatologists to apply we are supportive of applicants from any medical or surgical discipline that have inflammation, damage and repair as a key part of the pathogenic processes involved in their speciality.

Examples would include gastroenterology, dermatology, respiratory medicine, cardiology, renal medicine, ophthalmology and hand and orthopaedic surgery. A key condition of the award will be the need for the candidates to perform their research based in the Kennedy Institute with a PI from the Kennedy and its affiliated researchers as one of their supervisors/sponsors. A list of potential supervisors and their principal disease area of research can be found under Further Information.

Candidates must be medically or surgically qualified, with a strong academic record and evidence of interest in pursuing a research career (eg BSc or equivalent and/or research experience with publications). It is envisaged that those appointed will have obtained MRCP or equivalent, but not CCT or consultant status. Candidates earlier in their training are encouraged to apply if they can show a strong prior academic background (for example graduate entry) and should have completed foundation year training and it would be preferential but not essential that they are eligible to undertake clinical practice in the UK. Therefore point of entry is flexible. The overriding selection criterion will be the candidate’s excellence and potential as an academic clinician. Preliminary enquiries to discuss individual circumstances are strongly encouraged by emailing christopher.buckley@kennedy.ox.ac.uk.