Academic Clinical Lecturer
UCL has over 50 National Institute Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Lecturers
(CL) in post and has been successfully running NIHR
schemes since their inception in 2006.
Please see below for information on how to apply, research, eligibility, registration, contracts, bursaries and funding.

We
offer a varied selection of Clinical Lectureship posts and those who are eligible are:
Trainees who are advanced in their specialty training, who enter at levels ST3 or above depending
on specialty.
We
welcome CL applicants with a PhD (or equivalent) who intend to progress in their career as
world-leading clinical academics.
You must have submitted your thesis by the time of application and been awarded your higher degree by the post start date.
You must have a national
training number (NTN)
- You will need to register with the London Deanery before applying for a Clinical Lecturer post.
Trainees hold a UCL contract throughout their post (as well as an honorary NHS
contract) giving them access to library facilities, computer network
facilities and other necessary generic research tools.
Bursary
NIHR Annual Bursary
Clinical Lecturers are entitled to a £1000 bursary each year they are in post for conference fees, workshops and research visits including travel, registration and hotel costs.
NIHR MSc Training Fund
You also have an option to take an MSc or modules of MSc whilst in post funded by the NIHR training fund.
CL Starter Grants
Please see the links below for details about the Clinical Lecturer Starter Grant: