Who should attend?

Attendance at the full 3 day camp is limited by nomination. The plenary session from Day 1 (7th July), will be live streamed to allow those not eligible or unable to attend in-person to gain virtual access to the presentation sessions to support the development of future research proposals.

What's on offer?

The plenary session will include talks on:

• developing your research question
• the art of selling yourself and your project
• opportunities available in the NIHR

There will be a Q&A session at the end of the live stream of the plenary session for virtual delegates. Delegates will have heard from a range of subject experts highlighting key considerations when applying for future funding.

Virtual Session

Date: Tuesday 7 July 2026

Time: 12:30 - 16:15

Please note there will be in-person delegates attending a 3 day event in parallel to the virtual session. To attend in-person, you must be nominated by your:

· Academic Career Development Lead

· Named Point of Contact

· Incubator Lead

To qualify for a nomination, you should be currently undertaking your PhD (in your second year or later), hosted and funded (at least 25%) by an eligible NIHR site or grant (https://www.nihr.ac.uk/career-development/nihr-academy/opportunities-infrastructure) or be affiliated with an NIHR-supported Incubator.

Academic Clinical Fellows (ACFs), MRes, Pre-doctoral or Doctoral Fellowship holders are not eligible to attend.

Registration

Virtual attendance at the training camp is open to all, but please note that the focus of the event is on people currently undertaking their PhD (or recently completed) and support to prepare an application for further funding. 

To attend the virtual sessions please complete this registration form: https://forms.gle/66wVftG8jcqBQns47 

Any Questions?

NIHR@claritybt.com/0333 014 6094