HSE Aspire Fellowships 2021

The National Doctor’s Training and Planning Unit (NDTP) has announced the opening date for the NDTP Aspire Post CSCST Fellowship.

NDTP in conjunction with the Acute Hospital Division launched the NDTP Aspire Fellowship Awards in 2017 with the aim of stimulating the creation and introduction of six fully funded supernumerary post CSCST fellowships. July 2018 also saw an introduction of two further Aspire Fellowships funded by the NDTP in conjunction with the Mental Health Directorate.

NDTP has launched the call for Aspire proposals from potential supervisors for post CSCT fellowships. Successful proposals will be selected as Aspire Fellowships. Proposals will be assessed on relevance to service requirements, quality/ innovative nature of fellowship, relevance of non-clinical component, and the existence of similar/existing fellowships.

NDTP funds the successful proposals and provides them with:

• An SpR salary at the highest point of scale and headcount for the duration of the fellowship
• Eligibility to access the Higher Specialist Training Fund during the fellowship
• Formal recognition of achievement following completion of the fellowship from the relevant Irish Post Graduate Medical Education Body/Bodies
• A high quality fellowship experience in Ireland that will improve competitiveness for positions within Ireland.

Key Dates:

The eight successful 2021 Aspire Fellowships will be announced early in 2021. The 2021 Aspire Fellowships will then be advertised to doctors that have received CSCST from an Irish Postgraduate Teaching Body but will be no more than 3 years post CSCST in July 2021. 

Applications open from August 4^th to September 14^th     

Email: doctors@hse.ie

10^th August 2020