Fellowship Application Day (FAD)

The Fellowship Application Day is a free-to-attend masterclass, funded and hosted by the NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) hub and Specialist Centre for Public Health delivered by the University of Southampton and Partners. The masterclass provides an overview of how to improve your chances of success when applying for an NIHR fellowship. The day will include expert advice from the funders, previous successful applicants, current funding panel members and RSS advisers. FAD aims to prepare applicants who intend to apply for:

• A doctoral or advanced fellowship (DF or AF)

• A doctoral or advanced clinical and practitioner academic fellowship (DCAF or ACAF)

• A doctoral or advanced local authority fellowship (DLAF or ALAF)

The Fellowship Application Day is held online. Content is delivered through:

• Presentations

• Panel discussions

• Q&A sessions

Health care, public health, social care and other local authority practitioners, and academics, considering an application to the doctoral or advanced level NIHR fellowship programmes in the 12 months following the event.

• The NIHR fellowship programme

• What makes a credible applicant

• What makes a good training and development plan

• What makes a good host institution

• What makes a good fellowship project

• How to build a good supervisory or mentorship team

• The importance of PPI and plain English

• Q&A panel with successful applicants and members of the NIHR selection committees

• 'Selling' your fellowship package, including grant-writing tips

• The RSS and how we can help you with your next steps

• An opportunity to talk to RDS advisers about your fellowship application

The event is held online.

The event is completely free to attend.

The Fellowship Application Day usually takes place once a year, usually in the summer or autumn term. As soon as we have new dates, we will post them here.