HEEKSS/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme and Bridging Scheme 2021-22

Health Education England Kent, Surrey and Sussex (HEEKSS)/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme and Bridging Scheme 2021-22

CHSS will continue as a provider for the Health Education England Kent Surrey Sussex (HEEKSS)/National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Integrated Clinical Academic Programme (ICAP) and Bridging Scheme 2021-2022.

Funding has been awarded to the Centre to enable  successful pre or post-doctoral awardees to receive a bespoke learning and research development programme. HEEKSS will award funding to support backfill cost, academic supervision, and reasonable expenses.

Available to Nurses, Midwives, and Non-Medical Applied Health Professionals and Social Workers, the ICAP and Bridging schemes are a way of providing support to clinical academics to build on their previous academic training and develop proposals for a pre or post-doctoral award, and take the next step on their clinical academic pathway.

Aims of the ICAP and Bridging Scheme are to:

  • Enable awardees to develop skills in higher-level reflection in relation to research based upon their discipline.
  • Provide academic supervision and facilitate clinical mentorship to awardees to undertake research that builds upon a culture of critical evaluation and enquiry in relation to their services setting.
  • Develop opportunity for self-directed research and reflection.
  • Immerse awardees into a research environment and enable them to develop an independent piece of research in preparation for a PhD application or other research opportunities
  • Consolidate post-doctoral awardees academic training and development whilst supporting them in balancing their clinical service, and assisting them with developing an application for the Clinical Lectureship or Senior Clinical Lectureship

Closing date for applications NOW EXTENDED to 5pm, Monday 13 September:

Email Application forms and supporting documentsto Programme Lead Dr. Julie MacInnes 

More information:
To discuss the programme email Dr. Julie MacInnes: j.d.macinnes@kent.ac.uk

UoK FAQ PRE-DOCTORAL 2021-22
UoK Application form Pre-Doc Bridging Programme 2021
UoK FAQ ICAP 2021-22
UoK Application form ICAP 2021
UoK FAQ POST-DOC 2021-22
UoK_Application form Post-Doc Bridging Programme 2021

ICAP flyer 2021-22