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RCBC Wales will fund the Postdoctoral Fellowships half time for two years. 

Costs available are outlined below. Each Postdoctoral Fellowship will be for a total amount of up to £70,619.   

Postdoctoral Fellowship, half-time for 2 years, starting funding year 2021 

Host HEI costs               £7566 

Salary including on-costs           £59,838* 

Research Costs  Up to £2,500 

Travel to Community of Scholars       Up to £715 

Total           £70,619

* You are advised to discuss any differential between your salary and the RCBCWales funds with your employer. 

The application process will comprise the following: 

Step 1: Contact the Operational Lead at your first-choice university to discuss your potential application and to identify a supervisor 

Step 2: Eligibility check forms are to be completed and returned to marina.mcdonald@southwales.ac.uk any time up to 13th November 2020. Applicants will be notified within 10 working days of receipt of the check form whether they meet eligibility criteria. 

Step 3: Eligible applicants will be requested to submit a full proposal application form by 18th December 2020.  

Step 4: Full proposal applications will be shortlisted by the RCBCWales Operational Group. Successful applicants will be invited to interview and proposals will be subject to independent review. Shortlisted applicants will be provided with feedback from external reviewers to offer a response at interview. 

Step 5: Interviews will be held week commencing 8th February 2021.  

Step 6: Fellowships will commence 1st April 2021. 

Eligibility criteria 

Applicants must hold registration within the UK as a Nurse, Midwife, Pharmacist or Allied Health Professional (i.e. they must be registered with the NMC, GPC or HCPC upon commencement of study). Biomedical and clinical scientists may be registered with the HCPC or registered through recognised voluntary regulatory arrangements via the Academy for Healthcare Science. The definition of Allied Health Professions is taken from the Health Professions Council Register (https://www.hcpc-uk.org/about-us/who-we-regulate/the-professions/) and incorporates approximately 15 health professions and 33 protected titles. Please note that RCBCWales does not have the funding capacity to consider professionals from outside of these healthcare professional groups. 

Candidates are required to have been awarded a PhD from a University or Institution recognised by the 6 Higher Education Institutions involved in RCBC Wales, normally within the last 5 years.  

Successful applicants must be resident in Wales for the duration of the award. 

Please note that RCBCWales is not an employing body and all Fellows must be in employment in Wales in order to take up a Fellowship. 

Applications 

Please leave sufficient time to obtain the declaration from your proposed (first choice) supervisor and confirmation of support from the higher education institution (HEI). Six HEIs form this collaboration and no HEI can appoint more than one Postdoctoral Fellow so please consider including in your application your other preferred institutions. See further information.pdf for RCBCWales contact details at each of the participating universities: Bangor, Cardiff, Cardiff Metropolitan, Glyndwr and Swansea University and the University of South Wales. 

General enquiries may be addressed to Marina McDonald, RCBCWales, University of South Wales.  Email: marina.mcdonald@southwales.ac.uk  

Please note that RCBCWales Fellowships are offered on the basis that they are potentially subject to change in the event of changes to the fee and student support regime applicable in Wales.