{"id":7219,"date":"2026-05-07T07:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2026-05-07T07:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:26:42","slug":"cancer-research-uk-bridge-to-academic-leadership-programme-deadline-23-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2026\/05\/07\/cancer-research-uk-bridge-to-academic-leadership-programme-deadline-23-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Research UK: Bridge to Academic Leadership Programme (Deadline 23 June)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Develop the skills,\u202fconfidence\u202fand network to lead\u202fyour own\u202fresearch team and build an application for a \u00a325k award to\u00a0develop\u00a0your research niche.<\/p>\n<p>The Cancer Research UK\u202fBridge to Academic Leadership\u202fprogramme returns this autumn, supporting postdocs\u00a0to\u00a0take the next steps toward becoming independent group leaders in cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The programme is open to\u202fnon-clinical postdocs\u202fbased at any UK institution, regardless of your funding source.<\/p>\n<p>Across a blend of online and in-person sessions,\u202fyou\u2019ll\u202fstrengthen your ability to\u202fgenerate\u202fand pitch your research\u202fideas,\u202fimprove\u202fyour grant-writing\u202fskills\u202fand learn how to lead and manage a research team effectively in an academic environment.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are particularly welcomed from researchers from ethnic minority backgrounds, women, non-binary\u00a0researchers\u00a0and researchers who are disabled or living with a\u00a0long\u2011term\u00a0condition.\u202fPlaces will be\u202fallocated\u202fon a competitive basis. Diversity information will be used to prioritise researchers who fall into groups underrepresented among our fellowship applicants.<\/p>\n<p>Applications close 23 June<\/p>\n<p>Full details on eligibility and a link to apply:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cruk.ink\/42ccBG3\">https:\/\/cruk.ink\/42ccBG3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Develop the skills,\u202fconfidence\u202fand network to lead\u202fyour own\u202fresearch team and build an application for a \u00a325k award to\u00a0develop\u00a0your research niche. The Cancer Research UK\u202fBridge to Academic Leadership\u202fprogramme returns this autumn, supporting postdocs\u00a0to\u00a0take the next steps toward becoming independent group leaders in cancer. The programme is open to\u202fnon-clinical postdocs\u202fbased at any UK institution, regardless of your funding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1878,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16586],"tags":[320931],"class_list":["post-7219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internships-volunteering-work-experience-opportunities","tag-research-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1878"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7220,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219\/revisions\/7220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}