2027 Special Fellowship Funding Round — Research-active region: investing in research talent in Yorkshire

Programme funding supports coherent cohorts of early-career research fellows undertaking interventional applied-health cancer research in Yorkshire. Cohorts are normally expected to contain at least four fellows, with clinical fellows making up at least half. Individual fellowships last at most five years; programmes can run longer for phased recruitment. Hosts provide cash and/or in-kind commitment and sustained mentoring/development. GBP 9 million is the round’s total budget, with no separate per-programme ceiling stated.

Principal applicants must hold a substantive employment contract lasting through the programme. Fellows must be based at Yorkshire universities and, where applicable, Yorkshire NHS Trusts. Host organisations propose research themes, recruitment and structured support for clinical/non-clinical cohorts, with institutional co-funding or in-kind contributions. Applied interventional cancer research and pathways to patient benefit are required; primarily palliative/supportive-care projects without life-years benefit are outside scope. Institutional applications close 17 December 2026, noon UK time.