Eligibility criteria
All applicants, whether for Fellowships or Scholarships, must:
- Be health professionals. (doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, allied health professionals, public health specialists and health service managers)
- Understand the role and work of NICE and have a commitment to improving the quality of NHS care.
- Have the agreement of their employers to apply for the programme and, if selected, to spend the necessary time on programme activities.
- Where their proposed activity as a NICE Fellow or Scholar requires it, have relevant research skills.
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Have the ability to establish effective working relationships with a range of external and internal stakeholders at all levels.
- Be able to start their Fellowship or Scholarship activities by 31st March 2012.
- Have a commitment to promoting equality and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
- Complete and sign a declaration of interest form as part of their application and be prepared to update it annually
- Be willing to sign a confidentiality agreement before attending meetings at NICE
Individuals will NOT be eligible if:
- they meet any of the disqualification criteria that apply to members of NICE's advisory bodies
- their proposed project or activity will receive funding from industry
This page was last updated: 22 November 2011
