The Centre for Translational Medicine brings together the organisations of King’s Health Partners and generous funding from the Guy's and St Thomas' Charity to work in partnership to improve the health of people locally, nationally, and globally, by accelerating research and innovation that improves the detection, prevention, and treatment of disease.
The Centre for Translational Medicine aims to:
The Centre launched its first funding call Essentials for Translational Medical Research in July 2023. Ten areas of activity have received awards, underpinning areas of clinical and academic excellence with emerging strengths and cross-cutting themes of data and diagnostics, to address the needs of patients and communities, and reduce health inequalities.
Applications have now closed for the Centre for Translational Medicine (CTM) pre-doctoral Clinical Research Excellence Fellowships (p-CREFs). This scheme offers one year pump-prime funding to allow protected research time and training for health professionals working in translational medicine. Development of external funding applications to support a doctorate is expected during the year, and securing further research funding represents a key success metric of the fellowships.
It is anticipated that during the 12-month period of the fellowship, candidates will:
- Call Guidance - February 2024
- Supervisor statement and approval form - February 2024
- Frequently asked questions - updated April 2024
Application Process and Key Dates
There are two stages for candidates to apply to the p-CREF fellowships.
We held an engagement Q&A session on Monday 18 March from 1.30pm -2pm on MS Teams. You can watch it here:
Pre-doctoral Clinical Excellence Research Fellowships - Q&A webinar, 18 March 2024 (youtube.com)
Queries can be sent to the KCATO team delivering the call via kcato@kcl.ac.uk.
The KHP Centre for Translational Medicine released a second funding call in December 2023, the Clinical Research Excellence Fellowships for postdoctoral clinical academics. Applications have now closed.