We are excited to announce that the next round of our Joint Doctoral Training Fellowship scheme with the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is now open.
Applications are invited from front-line healthcare professionals working with older people, including allied health professionals, doctors and nurses – who meet the requirements for a programme of PhD study at a UK-based university, and have an interest in developing a career in ageing-related research. The focus of the proposed research must be aligned to understanding and treating ageing-related diseases and frailty, and/or improving the health and social care of older people. We are particularly interested in research with the potential to improve the health and social care of older people within 5 years of the end of the Fellowship.
Applicants can apply for up to £350,000 to cover salary, tuition fees and other relevant costs. Full details on eligible costs are provided in the call guidelines. We welcome applications for both full-time and part-time Fellowships (the minimum commitment being 0.5 full-time equivalent). All applicants must be a member of the BGS for the lifetime of the award.
Please note that applicants who are already enrolled in a PhD programme, have been offered an upcoming PhD position (e.g. with a start date before the outcome of this fellowship is announced) or hold a PhD studentship that is partly funded are not eligible to apply to this scheme. In addition, projects with a specific focus on cancer are not eligible for this scheme.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on 20th March 2026 and shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in mid-late September. Note that in previous rounds the success rate of applications was ~20%.
For more information and details on how to apply, please visit our “Apply for funding” page.