NIHR Clinical Lecturer (CL)

CLINICAL LECTURER (CL) POSTS AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON: 2027

Recruitment to the 2027 NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureships (CLs) will open from April 2027.

• All posts are advertised via Oriel
• The Higher Educational Institutes are responsible for the application and interview process.
• For enquiries about the application process you can contact London NHS England directly via the Support Portal
• For further enquiries, please contact the CATO Team via email: cato@imperial.ac.uk 
• See the table below for a list of the 2027 Imperial CLs

Funding and bursaries 

There are currently three main sources of funding available to Imperial NIHR  Clinical Lecturers to support their research. Each fund has a distinct purpose, eligibility criteria and application process - both are coordinated through the CATO team. Academic trainees are advised to consider their academic training, research consumables and skills development needs early on in their programmes in order to achieve maximum benefit from the funding available. See our funding webpage for further information. 

The three funding sources for CLs are listed below: 

• CLs are urged to apply for a Starter Grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences (AOMS).  This grant offers up to £30,00 over 1-2 years for research consumables.   CL’s applying for a CATO managed BRC research consumables bursary will be asked if they have applied for an AOMS grant as part of the BRC bursary application process.
• Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Funding
• National Institute of Health Research Bursary for Academic Trainees
• CATO Research Skills Short Courses Bursary

Course and Development

During the course of each year, the CATO team organises a number of educational events and other activities which clinical academic trainees are strongly encouraged to attend. These are provided to disseminate information, present trainees with opportunities to ask questions, share information and encourage networking, social interaction and support.

During the course of their clinical academic training CLs can attend a range of generic courses to progress their academic and research skills, teaching skills and personal and professional development. These could be courses or workshops delivered internally by Imperial College London (People and Organisational Development Team , Education Development Unit and the Early Career Researcher Institute (ECRI), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, or by external providers and other organisations. In many cases, trainees could apply for NIHR/CATO funding to cover the costs of attending these courses.
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Expectations of CLs

In addition to developing generic and research skills, trainees at Imperial undertaking CL posts will be expected to have applied for an intermediate fellowship or clinician scientist award within 2 years of starting their CL post.  This requirement will be monitored.

CATO trainee forums and meetings

During the course of each year, the CATO team organises a number of educational events and other activities which clinical academic trainees are strongly encouraged to attend. These are provided to disseminate information, present trainees with opportunities to ask questions, share information and encourage networking, social interaction and support.