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Clinical Research Training Fellowship

Health Research Council of New Zealand

Clinical Research Training Fellowships are awarded to suitably qualified and practising health professionals, such as medical and dental graduates, psychologists, nurses, allied health professionals and other clinical researchers to enable them to undertake specialised or further clinical research training in areas that can improve health and economic outcomes or health services.

The fellowship offers a stipend plus university fees and research costs for up to three years full-time (or four years part-time). A maximum of $260,000 is available.

How do I apply?

First, you’ll need to ensure that you have an up-to-date profile on HRC Gateway. You will then need to complete an online registration form via HRC Gateway to signal your intention to apply for this fellowship. Following registration, you’ll need to submit a full application online via HRC Gateway using the forms available below. Application guidelines are also available below.

AI Based Application Success Predictor

🎯 1. Health Impact & Strategic Fit

Every HRC program—whether it’s Ideas (Explorer, Project, Programme) or People (Career Development, Emerging First)—requires a clear line of sight to improving health outcomes for New Zealanders, with a strong focus on priority populations and inequities.

🧑‍🔬 2. Career Stage–Appropriate Schemes & Support

Programs include:

Emerging Researcher First Grants (up to NZD 400K/3 years) for new investigators 

Explorer Grants (~NZD 150K/2 years) for transformative, seed-phase research 

Project/Programme Grants (up to NZD 1.2M–5M/3–5 years) for established teams with demonstrated capacity 

Career Development Awards tailored for Māori and Pacific researchers .

🤝 3. Collaborative & Inclusive Approach

Programme Grants must be led by high-performing, collaborative teams with diverse New Zealand-based leadership .

Many rounds include Rangahau Hauora Māori and Pacific streams, requiring leadership and involvement from cultural groups and reflexive application of Māori Health Advancement .

⏱ 4. Two-Stage Process with Feedback Loops

Applications typically begin with registration → Expression of Interest → full application → rebuttal (for Project/Programme rounds); success depends on consistent quality across each stage 

📊 5. Research Excellence + Impact Planning

Beyond scientific excellence, applications must outline how the research will be implemented—with impact plans, outlining use of results, benefits to NZ .

🏛 6. Rigorous Peer & Expert Review

HRC uses disciplinary and strategic science committees, Māori and Pacific assessing panels, and hundreds of national/international peer reviewers to ensure fairness and excellence .

✅ Summary Table

Key Factor	Success Strategy
Health impact & NZ benefit	Highlight relevance to local populations and health inequities
Career-stage fit	Choose the grant type aligned with your stage and experience
Cultural responsiveness	Integrate Māori/Pacific leadership and advancement where relevant
Team readiness	Build strong consortia with collaborating institutions and investigators
Stage-wise preparation	Attend to each stage: EOI, full app, rebuttal, carefully
Plan for translation	Include specific pathways to implement research outcomes in practice
Peer review excellence	Ensure strong academic, methods, and cultural alignment for review panels

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Eligibility Requirements

You can apply for this fellowship if you are a New Zealand citizen or hold New Zealand residency at the time of application. You will need to be based in New Zealand and undertake the research activity in New Zealand.

You will need to be a practising medical graduate, dental graduate, psychologist, nurse, allied health professional, or a graduate with research ability, background training and expertise in fields relevant to clinical research. In addition, you will need to have a current clinical role.

You will also need to enrol for an appropriate postgraduate qualification with a research component, e.g. medical and dental graduates progressing to MD or PhD, or nurses and other health professionals progressing to MHSc, DPH, MPH or PhD. You will need to identify a suitable research training environment and develop a research training programme in consultation with your proposed supervisor and head of the relevant academic department(s).

Eligible Countries:

New Zealand

Sponsor Details

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: Health Research Council of New Zealand

Sponsor Type: Corporate/Non-Profit

Address: Level 1 South Tower 110 Symonds Street Grafton Auckland 1010

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