Clinical researchers
Aim
The Research Council for Health supports researchers in clinical practice by providing funding for 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 work as 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 for salary costs, the Academy may also award a research grant for research costs. The Academy’s contribution to funding comes to no more than 80% 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.
Funding period
The funding can be granted for a maximum of three years. The funding period starts 1 September 2012.
Appendices
See Appendix 1 A, Application appendices.
Restrictions
In the September 2011 call, the Academy will consider only one application from one and the same researcher in one of the following funding opportunities: support to clinical research careers, research posts as Academy Research Fellow or Postdoctoral Researcher, and Academy Projects (or a consortium sub-project). If one and the same researcher 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 costs of a project promoting clinical research careers are calculated according to the full cost model. See guidelines on how to enter the costs in the application on the Academy’s website under Full cost model. Applications shall be written so as to ensure that the Academy’s contribution to funding comes to no more than 80% of the estimated total costs of the project.
The applicant is a clinical researcher with a doctorate. In addition to funding for salary costs, the same application is also used to apply for funding for necessary research costs. Under section 5 of the research plan (Implementation) to be appended to the application, applicants shall enter the monthly salary of the clinical researcher (excl. indirect employee costs) together with a justification for the estimated total project costs (incl. estimated research costs).
The deadline is 30 September 2011 at 16.15. The deadline is non-negotiable. Applications are drafted in the Academy’s online services, select Open calls > Clinical researcher.
More information
- Project Officer Tiina Ahtiainen (Health Research Unit), tel. +358 9 7748 8340
Updated according to September call for applications 2011