Investigator Awards in Medical History and Humanities

Investigator Awards build on our strategic goal of supporting the brightest researchers with the best ideas and extend our successful fellowships funding model to researchers in established academic posts (i.e. those who have permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contracts of employment salaried by their university or research institution).

With respect to Medical History and Humanities, we wish to encourage bold and intellectually rigorous research applications that address the important questions at the interface of science, medicine and the wider humanities (including the social sciences and the arts). We expect that the funded research will further develop our understanding of the impact of medicine and medical sciences on human and animal health.

Research funded by this scheme must be historically grounded (although it need not be based in history departments). This can be reflected in the methods that are employed, in the sources that are consulted or via the expertise of a collaborating medical historian.

New Investigator Awards in Medical History and Humanities
These Awards support world-class researchers who are no more than five years from appointment to their first academic position but can already show that they have the ability to innovate and drive advances in their field of study. The Awards provide flexible support at a level and length that is sufficient to enable exceptional researchers to address the most important questions about the historical and cultural contexts of health and disease.

Senior Investigator Awards in Medical History and Humanities
These Awards support exceptional, world-class researchers who hold an established academic position and have a compelling long-term vision for their research. The Awards provide flexible support at a level and length that is sufficient to enable exceptional researchers to address the most important questions about the historical and cultural contexts of health and disease.