Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowships: Developing your idea

Join us online to find out more about developing your research idea for your application to the Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme offered by the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities at Durham University.

To find out more about the scheme register for our general information session here.

This session will be led by David Woodhead, Head of Research at the Centre for Mental Health and Associate Professor in Practice at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham.

Zoom details for the webinar will be circulated 24 hours in advance of the event.

About the Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship Scheme

Applications are now open for our Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme, which aims to support professionals and researchers from Health, Social Care or Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sectors to develop research within the medical humanities.

This year-long, funded Fellowship will enable you to develop or deliver a research project through a Medical Humanities lens on a critical issue encountered in your practice. This might include engagement activities to explore a topic or develop a research idea with potential collaborators from the medical humanities, community groups and/or health and VCSE sectors, such as exploratory workshops or focus groups.

Applications are particularly encouraged for research projects which set out to explore health challenges arising at the intersection of mental health and health inequalities, and aim to develop new insights and approaches to tackling these health challenges, particularly in connection to underrepresented groups, race and health, neurodiversity or lived experience research.

During the 1 year Fellowship, you can expect the following benefits, amongst others:

• A £12,000 grant to support your research plan
• Membership of the Institute for Medical Humanities and DRP-MH with access to the exciting range of hybrid events, activities and research networks it encompasses.
• A mentor to help you achieve your research aims.
• Six cohort workshops throughout the year (two in-person, four online) where you will share learning, build strong research links, be exposed to a range of approaches and methods from the Medical Gumanities, and showcase your own research activities during the Fellowship.

Applications from, or focused on, underrepresented or less heard from groups within health research are strongly encouraged. The scheme is open to UK residents only.

To find out more about the Fellowship and how to apply, please see our dedicated webpage.

The deadline for applications is 30 January 2026, 12:00 GMT (noon).