Up to £65,000 per fellowship: salary (maximum £60,000 for one year including NI and on-costs) or stipend at UKRI levels (£21,805 outside London, £23,805 inside London, full-time), plus tuition fees, consumables and travel (about £10,000 maximum). Indirect costs and FEC not covered.
Deadline
Not published
Duration
1 year (longer if less than full time; minimum 0.5 FTE)
Hands-on
No hands-on role indicated
Clinical exposureNon-clinical research fellowship: the fellow carries out a research project in any area of orthopaedic surgery or surgical care (basic science, diagnosis, treatment, surgical technology, AI, logistics or audit) at a host institution, integral to pursuing a higher degree.
Participation levelNon-clinical research role; no patient interaction is described.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT CHECK
Can an international surgeon apply?
≈Partially published
International applicants
Not stated on the official page; eligibility is defined by society membership and a UK host.
?Confirm directly with host
Clinical role
Research-only or non-clinical participation is described. Hands-on participation and operative restrictions are not explicitly published.
—Not published
Medical registration
Registration and licensing requirements are not published by the cited source.
—Not published
Language
No formal language requirement is published by the cited source.
≈Partially published
Visa or work authorisation
Not published.
DATA QUALITY & AVAILABILITY69% of core application fields verifiedChecked 3 Oct 2026 · Next scheduled editorial review: 2027-04-01
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APPLICATION TIMELINE & CONTACT
Plan the application
Application deadlineNo current deadline published in the cited evidence
Commencing dateTypically 3-9 months after acceptance; the 2026 call states July 2027
Application route / cycleAnnual call. The 2026 window (29 April to 10 June 2026) has ended; shortlisted candidates were to be interviewed online around 8 October 2026. The date of the next call is not published.
BOA member at trainee grade (must have passed MRCS part B and hold an orthopaedic NTN), post-CCT member not yet in a substantive consultant post by the closing date, or SAS surgeon
At least one proposed supervisor must also be a BOA member
BOA membership must be approved before the closing date (allow 3-4 weeks)
Supporting statements needed from supervisor(s), host finance office and Head of Department
Application documents
Online application with research plan and budget
Supervisor statement
Finance officer confirmation
Head of Department approval
Intellectual property and animal-testing details where applicable
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
What this program offers
Joint BOA and ORUK fellowship to build a pipeline of research-active orthopaedic surgeons, funding a one-year research project towards a higher degree.
BENEFITS & SUPPORT
Published benefits and support
Funded research time and higher-degree registration; no other benefits published.
HOST INSTITUTION
About Orthopaedic Research UK / British Orthopaedic Association
Orthopaedic Research UK is the UK charity funding orthopaedic and musculoskeletal research; this award is run jointly with the British Orthopaedic Association.
The cited evidence does not provide a programme-specific faculty roster that OrthoFellow can safely publish. Open the official source or submit an institutional correction; names and portraits are never inferred from department membership.
