Fellowship Application Day 2022 Handouts Booklet

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Fellowship Application Day programme

09:15-09:20
Welcome and Introduction
Issy Reading

9:20-09:50
The NIHR Fellowship Programme
Rachel Dwyer

09:50-10.00
Orientation and PEEPS
Sophie Hyndman

10.00 – 11.15

  • Person: what makes a credible candidate? (Mio Hu)
  • Education: What Makes a Good Training and Development Plan? (Kinda Ibrahim)
  • Environment: thinking about your host institution (Lisa Douet)
  • Project: What Makes a Good Fellowship Project? (Dean Phillips)
  • Supervision: how to build a good supervisory team (Sarah Brien)

11.15-11.35
Comfort break

11.35 – 12.00
PPI and Plain English
Paul Hewitson

12.00- 12.20
‘Selling’ Your Fellowship Package to the NIHR/Grantsmanship
Sophie Hyndman

12.20 – 13.00
Lunch

13.00 – 13.25 Experiences and Tips from Successful Applicants
Four Parallel Sessions:

  • A: NIHR Fellowship programme: Doctoral Fellowship (Tori Ford)
  • B: NIHR Fellowship programme: Advanced Doctoral Fellowship (Nele Demeyere)
  • C: HEE/NIHR Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (DCAF) Scheme (Andrew Bates)
  • D: HEE/NIHR Advanced Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (ACAF) Scheme (Sofia Michopoulou)

13.30 – 13.55
What NIHR Fellowship Panels Look for in Applications
Four Parallel Sessions:

  • A: NIHR Fellowship programme: Doctoral Fellowship (Victoria Cornelius)
  • B: NIHR Fellowship programme: Advanced Doctoral Fellowship (Diana Baralle)
  • C: HEE/NIHR Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (DCAF) Scheme (Daniel Freeman)
  • D: HEE/NIHR Advanced Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (ACAF) Scheme (Maria Stokes)

14.00 – 14.30
Q&A Panel

14.30 – 14.40
Next steps & how the RDS can help
Issy Reading

15.00 onwards
Pre-booked One-to-One sessions with RDS advisers to discuss projects