The Pre-Doctoral Clinical Research Fellowship Programme offers two posts annually, starting in September with a ‘2+2’ year configuration, recruited via King’s College London University in partnership with King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The first two years will be funded by the Foundation for Liver Research and King’s College Hospital with 75% of time spent academically and 25% clinically. The post holder will use the first 9 months to formulate a project and generate preliminary data to apply for research council funding.

If they succeed in securing external funding, they continue for a further two years in OOPR to complete a PhD. If they do not secure external funding, they will write up what they have as an MD and return to the clinical training programme after the initial two-year OOPR period.