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Academic Clinical Fellowships
We have approximately 100 NIHR and locally funded Academic Clinical Fellows and 50 NIHR and locally funded Clinical Lecturers in posts across UCL and our UCL Partner Academic Health Science Centres and Hospitals.
Our Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) schemes have an overall success rate of approximately 85% in securing peer-reviewed internationally competitive research funding to continue their clinical academic careers. For more information, please see NIHR Integrated Academic Training and NIHR IAT Guide
2026 ACF (Medical) Recruitment
Recruitment to the 2026 NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACF's) will open - 2nd October 2025. Please see a timeline for recruitment activity below:
| Applications Open | 2nd October 2025 |
| Applications Close | 30th October 2025 |
| Application Window | 2nd October 2025 to 30th October 2025 |
| Interview Window | 10th November 2025 to 16th January 2026 |
| Start Date |
- All posts are advertised via Oriel
- London NHS England is responsible for the application and interview process.
- For enquiries about the application process you can contact London NHS England directly via the Support Portal
- See the table below for a list of the 2026 UCL ACFs
2026 NIHR ACF Posts
| Post Number | Speciality | Lead |
|---|---|---|
| ACF Post 1 | Clinical Oncology ST3 | Dr Crispin Hiley |
| ACF Post 2 | Clinical Radiology ST1-ST2 | Dr Timothy Bray |
| ACF Post 3 | Neurosurgery ST1 | Prof Rob Brownstone |
| ACF Post 4 | Obstetrics & Gynaecology ST1-ST3 | Prof Dimitris Siasakos |
| ACF Post 5 | Otolaryngology ST3 | Prof Nish Mehta |
| ACF Post 6 | Paediatrics (Neo-Natal) ST1-ST3 | Prof Nikki Robertson |
| ACF Post 7 | Renal Medicine IMT3/ST3 | Prof Alan Salama |
| ACF Post 8 | Public Health Medicine (Prevention and Public Health) ST1-ST2 | Prof Nigel Field |
| ACF Post 9 | Haematology (Clinical Therapeutics & Pharmacology & Industry) ST3 | Dr Rob Sellar |
| ACF Post 10 | Neurology (Multiple Long Term Conditions) ST1 | Prof Simon Mead |
| ACF Post 11 | Geriatric Medicine (Dementia) IMT3/ST4 | Prof Daniel Davis |
| ACF Post 12 | General Practice (Medical Education) ST1 | Prof Katherine Woolf |
| ACF Post 13 | Psychiatry of Intellectual Disabilities ST1-ST4 | Prof Sergi Costafreda |
| ACF Post 14 | General Practice ( Primary Care and Community Care theme) ST1 | Prof Joe Rosenthal |
| ACF Post 15 | Public Health Medicine (UKHSA) ST1-ST2 | Prof Nigel Field |
2026 ACF (Dental) Recruitment
Recruitment to the 2026 NIHR Dental Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACF's) will open soon. Please see a timeline for recruitment activity below:
| Applications Open | |
| Applications Close | |
| Interview Window | |
| Initial Offers Released from | |
| Start Date |
- All posts are advertised via Oriel
- London NHS England is responsible for the application and interview process.
- For enquiries about the application process you can contact London NHS England directly via the Support Portal
- See the table below for a list of the 2026 UCL ACFs
2026 Dental Posts
| Post Number | Speciality | Funding | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACF Post 16 | Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology – (DCT3) | NIHR Dental | Prof Stephen Porter |
| ACF Post 17 | Paediatric Dentistry (DCT1) | NIHR Dental | Prof Stephen Porter |
