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The Trustees of the Nuffield Medical Trust
Nuffield Medical Fellowships
Supports exceptional early-career researchers transitioning to or recently achieving full research independence to develop medical research proposals aligned with a University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division department and linked to a research institution in a Commonwealth country outside the UK. Each Fellowship provides a full salary and research-programme funding.
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- demonstrate outstanding potential
- submit a compelling research proposal
- proposal aims to advance any area of medical research
- institution fits strategically with any department in the University of Oxford's Medical Sciences Division
- institution research institution based in a Commonwealth country outside the UK
- undertake research in a biomedical field
- proposal aims to progress medical knowledge through outcomes expected to benefit human physical or mental health
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- career stage early-career AND transitioning to full research independence
- career stage early-career AND recently achieved full research independence
- Fields of study
- Medicine and health
What's covered full salary for the Fellow in line with the appropriate Univers…
- Funding details
- full salary for the Fellow in line with the appropriate University of Oxford staff grade; generous funding for their research programme
- Host country
- United Kingdom
- Host institution
- University of Oxford, Medical Sciences Division
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- Submit a compelling research proposal that advances an area of medical research and fits strategically with a department in the University of Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division; the proposal must involve a collaborative link with a research institution based in a Commonwealth country outside the UK. Required
- Deadline
- Deadline unconfirmed
- Deadline notes
- Stage 1 application portal opens in July 2026 and closes at 12 noon BST on Monday 19 October 2026. The Stage 2 portal is expected to open in January 2027 and close in April 2027; applicants not shortlisted are notified in January 2027.
- Application cycle
- Current listing
- Notes
- The first cohort is expected to include two Fellowships, with inaugural fellows expected to take up their posts in early 2028. The Trustees expect to appoint one to two Fellows per year through an annual recruitment round.
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