Fellowships, scholarships & placements

Open to NCHDs who have completed basic specialty training (or equivalent) and are entering higher specialist training (HST), this programme is a unique, all-island, cross-institutional PhD programme for clinician scientists in human, veterinary, and dental medicine. This training is integrated with the health services and university clinical research centres and provides an integrated pathway for clinical academic training. ICAT provides clinical academic training to excellent postgraduate clinical trainees through a programme which integrates PhD research training with higher specialist training (HST).

Open to NCHDs who have completed higher specialist training (HST), Aspire fellowships provide opportunities for doctors who have completed specialist training in Ireland to access high-quality training in a specialised area of clinical care in Ireland. This will appeal to trainees who do not wish, or are unable, to travel abroad for fellowship training, but want to acquire additional training or experience not available on their higher specialist training programme. This exposes postgraduates to subspecialties and advanced clinical skills. There a number of post-CSCST fellowships advertised annually across a number of specialties.

Open to NCHDs who have completed medical internship, the Spark Innovation Programme encourages and empowers healthcare workers to develop and implement new ideas with the potential to improve the services in which they work.

Spark was established by NDTP to encourage and support innovation. The programme includes NCHDs, consultants, nurses, midwives, and health and social care professionals. It is supported by the Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD) and the National Health and Social Care Professions Office (NHSCPO).