- We have prioritised the support of early career post-doctoral clinical and preclinical researchers with 2-year bridging fellowships to facilitate applications for externally funded intermediate level fellowships. We have awarded 10 of these (4 in Year 1, 3 in Year 2 and 3 in Year 3). All 4 from Year 1 have led to successful external awards (Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowships, MRC Skills Development Fellowship and an Alzheimer’s Society Senior Fellowship).
- UCL has been awarded a new Wellcome Trust funded Doctoral Training Programme in Mental Health Science with a grant of £5.75m. With a contribution from the BRC, this programme funds a cohort of 30 PhD candidates over the next five years. The programme is the first of its kind in the UK and provides a platform for the interdisciplinary research we need to translate findings from work on mechanisms and risk factors into novel treatments and prevention strategies. Its objective is to train outstanding scientists and policy leaders for whom interdisciplinary working is the norm, and who can communicate their findings to a wide audience so that their research delivers change.
- We also host two MRC and ESRC funded Doctoral Training Programmes in Neuroscience and Mental Health with 10 PhD students per year.
