Clinical researchers
Aim
The Research Council for Health supports researchers in clinical practice by providing funding for their part-time research. The aim is to promote clinical research careers in cooperation with, for example, university hospitals, and to encourage medical doctors working in clinical practice to engage in research so that they can continue to pursue their research career while in specialist training and, upon completion of that training, alongside with clinical practice.
Applicant
The applicant is a clinical researcher with a doctorate. Funding is not granted to applicants who are full-time university researchers.
Funding
The funding towards salary costs is intended to support part-time research by clinical researchers (20–50% of working hours). The applicant and the site of research shall agree on the salary in accordance with the pay system at the site of research.
In addition to funding towards salary costs, the Academy may also award a research grant for research costs. The Academy’s contribution to funding comes to no more than 70% of the total costs of a research project promoting clinical research careers. The estimated total costs presented in the application shall include the applicant’s salary costs and the project’s research costs.
In the September 2011 call, the average amount of funding granted was EUR 217,166 per project. The success rate was 25%.
Funding period
The funding is granted for a maximum of three years.
Appendices
See Appendix 1 A (in the call for applications), Appendices to application.
Restrictions
In the call, the Academy will consider only one application per applicant in one of the following funding opportunities:
- support to clinical research careers
- research post as Academy Research Fellow
- research post as Postdoctoral Researcher
- Academy Project (or consortium subproject).
If an applicant does submit more than one application for any of these funding opportunities or applies for more than one type of such funding, only the first application received from that applicant will be reviewed.
How to apply
The deadline is in September. The deadline is non-negotiable. Applications are drafted in the Academy’s online services (select Open calls > Funding for clinical researchers).
Draft the application so as to ensure that the Academy’s contribution to funding comes to no more than 70% of the estimated total project costs. See more details on our website under Full cost model.
In addition to funding towards salary costs, the same application is also used to apply for funding for necessary research costs. The monthly salary of the clinical researcher (excl. indirect employee costs) and the working hours used for research are entered in the research plan under section 5, Implementation. Also justify the project’s total costs (incl. estimated research costs).
More information
For more information, please contact the science adviser mentioned in the latest call for applications.
Updated according to September call for applications 2012