NIHR funding allocation – 2 years funding per cycle - PowerPoint Presentation

1. NIHR funding allocation – 2 years funding per cycleUniversity/HEE partnership offered specific number of ACL posts. Each NIHR-funded post has three GMC specialties associated with itThe agreement with NIHR is that the University will fund an equal number of ACL posts – not restricted to specific specialtyNIHR Funded PostsCan only be appointed to one of the three GMC specialties associated with each of the postsFull (basic) salary funded by NIHROn call work funded by hospital/GP practicePost is additional to the number of deanery trainees in the specialty – extra trainee for host hospitalMatched PostsPosts can be appointed to any specialty able to offer the appropriate training environmentAcademic salary (50% of basic) funded by FacultyClinical salary (50% basic, plus on call) funded by host hospital/GP practicePost is additional to the number of deanery trainees in the specialty - extra trainee for host hospital

2. Important considerationsThe ethos of the ICAT programme is to offer clinical academic training opportunities to high quality clinical academics (regardless of specialty) who will be competitive for external fellowships and an likely to be successful in an independent clinical academic career. There must be an appropriate training (clinical and academic) environment for the traineeThe specialty allocation (3 per post) for each NIHR funded post is determined before each 2 year funding cycle and is not negotiable with NIHRThere are three rounds of applications per year – where possible trainees will be appointed to NIHR posts in the early rounds to ensure all funding is usedIf there is more than one trainee interviewed (and considered appointable) in direct competition for an NIHR post (because of specialty), the higher ranked candidate will usually be offered the NIHR funded post - unless there are specific circumstances where local funding is already in place for a matched postIt is not possible to predict in advance which combination of specialties will apply for posts in a given funding round.All trainees are encouraged to discuss ACL posts with the ICAT ACL lead, their TPD and APL prior to application. These discussions should include consideration of matched funding such that the relevant clinical departments can be alerted to this possibility in advance. There is only a very short window between the application and interview to discuss funding and therefore appointment decisions are based on the trainee, not whether there has been prior agreement on funding.