Healthcare Infection Society: Graham Ayliffe Fellowship Grant

Healthcare Infection Society: Graham Ayliffe Fellowship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)
Amount: Up to £80,000
Last Updated: September 16, 2025

Summary

The Graham Ayliffe Fellowship, established by the Healthcare Infection Society in 2013, offers clinicians in infection prevention and control a unique opportunity to take a one-year paid leave to enhance their expertise. This fellowship supports innovative projects, including research, audits, and guideline development. With a maximum award of £80,000, it aims to foster advancements in IPC and is open to specialty registrars and qualified nursing professionals. The fellowship requires HIS membership and a commitment to contributing to the field.

Overview

NOTE: The deadlines are due at 11:59 pm UK (GMT). Graham Ayliffe Fellowship The Graham Ayliffe Fellowship Award was established in 2013 to provide clinicians working in infection prevention and control (IPC), with the opportunity to take a one-year paid leave of absence in order to further their area of specialty by expanding their knowledge base and disseminating that knowledge to the wider scientific and medical community. Areas of Special Interest The applicant can use their Fellowship year in an innovative and novel way in order to pursue their own specialist focus within IPC. Applicants could consider working within a specialist service, developing expertise, undertaking a significant audit project, developing and implementing a guideline or performing a well defined piece of research. Funding Maximum size of award: £80,000 (up to £72,000 for salary, £3,000 to cover training requirements and £5,000 for research and audit tasks)  Duration: equivalent to 1 year full timeAvailability: one fellowship is awarded per year

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Who can apply: Specialty Registrars, Infection Control Nurses and these on a Higher Specialist Scientist Training (HSST) programmeThe Graham Ayliffe Training Fellowship is open to medically qualified candidates, those on a Higher Specialist Scientist training programme and applicants with nursing qualifications and further training in IPC. Applicants who are medically qualified or in Higher Specialist Scientist Training (HSST) must demonstrate: Registration on a training programme leading to a higher qualification in medical microbiology or virology Successful completion of the the FRCPath part one examination or equivalent Satisfactory training progress (e.g. ARCP progression) and be able to demonstrate an interest in IPCApplicants with a nursing qualification must demonstrate: Registration to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) A post-graduate diploma in IPC or public health evidence of working as an IPC specialist for a minimum of 2 yearsApplicants are required to be HIS members.The fellowship year is based at the applicant’s chosen host institution (such as hospital trust, academic organisation or The UK Health Security Agency) and an honorary contract with the institution should be drawn up, together with a job description (in agreement with the Society).The fellowship must be based in the UK or Ireland.Where an organization can be completed:Suggestions include, but are not limited to:Work in a specialist service relevant to infection prevention and control Development of specialist skills and expertise with the potential to become a regional and/or national resource of expertise Undertaking a significant audit project with greater than local scope and completing a full audit cycle Development of a guideline in an area of significant importance and/or need, including pilot implementation Production of a structured literature review and/or meta-analysis Gain experience as a part time trainee editor for the JHIWhat costs do you fund:Universities:We will only pay the direct costs of research at UK and Irish Universities. The UK higher education funding bodies provide funding for directly allocated and indirect costs associated with charity-funded research. In England, this funding is called the Charity Research Support Fund. Similar funding is provided by the Scottish Funding Council, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and the Northern Ireland government. Higher Education Authority block grants support research costs within the Republic of Ireland.Research costs in the NHS:For research conducted within the NHS, we follow AcoRD principles for non-commercial studies available here. For non-commercial studies the normal funding arrangements for research, NHS Treatment and NHS Support costs are:Research costs - are usually met by grant funders through the award of a research grant. However, there are some specific research activities where, in England, the costs will be met by the Department of Health. NHS treatment costs - met through the normal commissioning process. NHS support costs - met from the R&D budget by the Health Departments of the United Kingdom.The applicant must be able to take a one year leave of absence (or FTE) from their current post and receive an honorary contract at the Institution.The applicant is required to identify a Supervisor, who will support the application and provide supervision during the fellowship. Additionally, a member of the HIS council must be identified to act as an external mentor, provided that it will be at the discretion of the person so nominated as to whether they will act as a mentor. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.

Ineligibility

The award should not be used to support a recipient:During a course for an examined higher qualification, e.g. a Master’s degree After an appointment to a Consultant Medical or Senior Nursing grade post at band 8/9HIS does not award Full Economic Costs (FEC).