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Postdoc Fell llowship application training Wed 23 rd Nov 2016 13:30 – 16:00 SGDP seminar room A&B

13.30 – 13:40 Welcome – Carmine Pariante 13:40 – 14.00 Overview of relevant fellowships for postdocs – Ying Chen 14.00 – 14.30 Fellowship Career paths from senior academics – Thalia Eley, Carmine Pariante 14.30 – 14.50 Break with coffee, tea and biscuits 14.50 - 15.25 How to put an application together including budgeting – Kasia Haremza, Lauren Moult and Clarissa Edwards 15.25 – 15.55 Experience of current fellowship holders – Kirsty Winkley, Gemma Modinos, Whitney Scott, Deirdre MacManus – chaired by Nisha Singh 15:55 – 16.00 Q&A & Wrap-up – Carmine Pariante

Overview of postdoc fellowships Dr. Ying Chen IoPPN Research Support Manager

What is a postdoc research fellowship • An externally funded grant • Fellows independently develop their own lines of research, training and development, and manage their own research team as the PI • Fellowship typically last 2-5 years • covers fellow’s salary, costs for research and research assistant • A fellowship is usually obtained in a high competitive process

Why applying for a fellowship • “Best route for my career – I have my own ideas for research and ready to take the helm”; • “I want to focus on research, and my project will take off”; • “Job security for 5 years”; • “The flexibility is good. You can go where science takes you”. • Successful fellows are well-placed with regards to securing high-level employment in academia and related industries • IoPPN Procedure for career support for individuals on personal fellowship (intermediate and above) awards - consideration for a permanent post - YC

Fellows are well regarded Demonstrate abilities to: • Obtain competitive funding • Develop novel and important lines of research • Perform and supervise cutting-edge experiments • Oversee budgets • Supervise staff • Disseminate research finding to a variety of audiences (academic and public engagement)

Types of fellowship • Junior fellowships • 0 – 3 years after PhD • Fellow’s salary and research costs • Sir Henry Wellcome, NIHR postdoc fellowships. MRC skills development • Intermediate fellowships • 3 – 7 years after PhD • Fellow’s salary, research costs and research assistant • Sir Henry Dale fellowship, NIHR career development, • Senior fellowships • > 7 years after PhD

Types of Fellowships MRC Postdoc Fellowships Career Dev Senior Research (<3yrs) Award (<7- Fellowship Clinical Scientist Fellowship 8yrs) (independent NIHR researcher) Transitional Research Fellowships (<5yrs) Sir Henry Investigator Sir Henry Dale Fellowships Wellcome Wellcome (2-7yrs) Award Trust Fellowships (<2yrs)

http://www.mrc.ac.uk/skills-careers/interactive-career-framework/#/home

Postdoctoral awards • MRC: Skills development fellowships . No time since PhD criteria. Funding: Salary, consumables, training, travel, equipment. Duration: 3 years with p/t options. • Wellcome: Sir Henry Wellcome postdoctoral fellowships . Up to 2 years post PhD viva. Duration: 4 years. • BBSRC: The Future Leader Fellowship (FLF). <5 years postdoc at award. Up to £300k. • NIHR: Postdoctoral fellowship . Less than 3 years postdoc. Up to 3 years full-time research funding. • NIHR: Knowledge mobilisation research fellowship . Individuals who have significant healthcare and/or academic experience. Fully funded including current salary. 24 months with p/t options. • NC3R-National Centre for the Replacement Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research: Training fellowships . Up to 3 years post- PhD. Salary plus up to £15k p.a. research costs. Up to 24 months.

Transition to independence awards • MRC: Career development award. No time since PhD criteria. Salary, research staff, consumables, equipment. 5 years with p/t options. • MRC: New investigator research grants. No time since PhD criteria. Up to 50% salary, research staff, consumables, equipment. 3 years with p/t options. • BBSRC: David Phillips Fellowships (DPF). At least 3 years postdoc. Up to 5 years, £1m. • Wellcome: Sir Henry Dale fellowships. Up to 7 years post PhD viva. Salary, research staff and expenses. 5 years, renewable 3 years. • NIHR: Career development fellowship. Up to 7 years post-PhD. Fully funded including current salary. 36 months with p/t options. • ERC starting and consolidator grants. 2-7 or 7-12 years postdoc. Up to 5 years, € 1.5 – 2 m. • NC3R- National Centre for the Replacement Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research - David Sainsbury fellowships. 2-6 years' postdoctoral experience. Salary plus up to £30k p.a. for research costs. 36 months

Career re-entry awards • MRC: Daphne Jackson fellowship. • Retraining for returning to research after a career break. • Any career stage (career break of at least 2 years). • Salary, consumables, fees, expenses. • Up to 3 years p/t. • NIHR: Transitional research fellowship. • for researchers to transition to an area of applied health or clinical research. • Up to 5 years post-PhD. • Fully funded including current salary. • 18-24 months with p/t options. • Wellcome: Research career re-entry fellowships. • for postdoctoral researchers to re-establish their scientific careers after a career break. • Any career stage. Continuous break of at least 2 years. • Salary and research expenses. • Up to 4 years.

Royal Society Fellowships • Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship. For flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances. <6 years postdoc, up to 5 years, salary and research expenses (up to £13k) • University Research Fellowship. 3 – 8 years postdoc, not holding a permanent academic post, up to 5 years, salary and research expenses (up to £13k). (for non-Biomedical, natural, physical sciences)

Which scheme? • Eligibility: years after PhD • Funder remit: • Research area, basic science, preclinical, clinical, social sciences, NC3R, • Disease- focused charities: motor neuron disease, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, substance abuse, mental health • Multi-funders: MRC, NIHR, Wellcome, charity

The 3Ps – Person • Readiness to become independent • Show an upward trajectory • Publications • highlight first author papers • some relevant summary metrics, H-index, impact factor of journals • Invited conference presentations • Grants/awards obtained • Position of responsibility: editorial board, reviewers, seminar organiser • Supervision & teaching experience • Dissemination experience

The 3Ps - Project • Novel and important work, innovative techniques • Feasible for the duration and budget • Relevant ethical and logistical permissions • Suitable mentor/sponsors • Reliable collaborators, internal and/or external • Having aspect(s) distinct from the research of your PhD supervisor / current postdoc supervisor

The 3Ps - Place • Justify that the institution is best place for your project • Facilities, expertise, samples, ongoing career development support etc • Move institution or • Stay at Kings • Move to a different department • Have new sponsors and collaborators to develop future research with • Judged by person, project and place (3Ps)

IoPPN and College support • Checking eligibility, funder remit, idea, project, budget, mock interviews etc • Your mentor(s) / collaborator(s) / colleagues • Dr. Ying Chen, IoPPN Research Support Manager • Dr. Clarissa Edward, IoPPN Development Manager • IoPPN Grants repository • Proposal writing lecture and proposal writing workshops • DH and Guy’s pre -award teams for budget • Peer review • Your mentor(s) / collaborator(s) / colleagues in another department / layperson • Other resources • Centre for Research Staff Development • London RDS (Research Design Services) – NIHR and other funders • Research professional – track funding calls with deadlines • Research Data Management – KCL Library Research Support • Research ethics

When to apply - deadlines Deadlines Postdoc fellowships NIHR PDF, TRF, CDF, SRF 20 Dec 2016, shortlisting March 2017, interview 4-6 July 2017 MRC CRTF pre & postdoc 11 Jan 2017; 6 Sept 2017 MRC CDA 25 April2017 (Oct interview); 20 Sept 2017 (March 2018 interview) MRC SDF 14 June 2017 (Nov 2017 interview) BBSRC FLF and DPF ~ May 2017 (Nov 2017 interview) WT Sir Henry Wellcome May round: 4 May 2017 (1st) – 10 July (2nd) – 8-10 Nov (interview) Oct round: Oct 2017 (1 st ) – Dec 2017 (2 nd ) – April 2018 (interview) Aug round: Aug 2017 (1st) – Oct 2017 (2 nd ) – Feb 2018 (interview) WT Sir Henry Dale Nov round: Nov 2017 (1 st ) – Feb 2018 (2 nd ) – May-June 2018 (interview)

Give yourself time to write the proposal • -6 mth: Identify suitable fellowship schemes, update your CV • -5 mth: Pitch your ideas, formulated research aims, objectives and methods • -4 mth: look into feasibility, design experiments and budget your costs • -3 mth: complete 1 st draft including lay summary, impact and impact pathway • -2 mth: seek peer review, budget approval, letters of support • -1 mth : revise based on reviewers’ comments and submit 1 week before deadline