NW England: NIHR Health & Care Professional (HCP) Internship Programme 2026
Dear CHAIN member,
We would like to draw your attention to the following opportunity. Please pass on as appropriate. Thank you.
NIHR Health & Care Professional (HCP) Internship Programme 2026
Are you a Nurse, Midwife, Allied Health Professional, Pharmacist, Healthcare Scientist or working in Social Care, Social Work, looking to embark on a practitioner research career and make a difference through undertaking high quality research?
Do you have the drive and ambition to be a future research leader?
NHS R&D North West is pleased to announce that alongside its regional partners from NHS Trusts, Professional Networks and HEIs it will be delivering the NIHR Health and Care Professional Internship Programme across the North West Region of England in 2026.
There are 23 places available on this highly prestigious 12-month programme providing predoctoral tailored and bespoke learning and development to the full range of health and care professions (not including doctors and dentists) across the full range of research related career aspirations i.e. from a desire to increase research awareness within clinical practice up to and including providing individuals with a strong foundation on which to build a research related career.
The internship provides a funded opportunity for early career health and care researchers with dedicated time away from their substantive role to engage in research-based activities.
Closing date for online applications, 5pm 19th December 2025.
For more details please see:
https://research.northwest.nhs.uk/our-work/nihr-health-care-professional-hcp-internship-programme/
Regards,
Irina Johnston
CHAIN Administrative Assistant
If you wish to publicise information on the CHAIN Network please email your request to:
NHS R&D North West is pleased to announce that alongside its regional partners from NHS Trusts, Professional Networks and HEIs it will be delivering the NIHR Health and Care Professional Internship Programme across the North West Region of England in 2026.
There are 23 places available on this highly prestigious 12-month programme providing predoctoral tailored and bespoke learning and development to the full range of health and care professions (not including doctors and dentists) across the full range of research related career aspirations i.e. from a desire to increase research awareness within clinical practice up to and including providing individuals with a strong foundation on which to build a research related career.
The internship provides a funded opportunity for early career health and care researchers with dedicated time away from their substantive role to engage in research-based activities.
Closing date for online applications, 5pm 19th December 2025.
For more details please see:
https://research.northwest.nhs.uk/our-work/nihr-health-care-professional-hcp-internship-programme/
Regards,
Irina Johnston
CHAIN Administrative Assistant
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