Fellowship Planning Writing Retreat 2026 Application Form

Fellowship Planning Writing Retreat 2026 Application Form

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 31 March 2026, 12pm.

Fellowship Planning Retreat - Application Form

You and your role

First name *

Last name *

Email *

Current role *

Department and organisation *

Which of these options best describes your professional background? *

What does your research focus on? *

Mental health

Addiction

Both mental health and addiction

The retreat

What would you hope to gain (personally/professionally) from a place on this retreat? *

You might want to consider: nature of your current work, your motivation for this research area, how you would make use of the different elements of this retreat.

0 of 200 max words

Your fellowship application

This retreat is designed to support people to make progress on an application for a fellowship in applied mental health research.

Fellowship scheme or schemes you are aiming for: *

We expect that participants on this retreat will likely be applying for fellowships funded by the NIHR, Wellcome Trust, UK Research Councils, or charities which fund fellowships in applied mental health research.

Please demonstrate how you meet the eligibility criteria for this scheme: *

0 of 300 max words

Please outline your research question and the rationale for it. Please detail any literature or scoping review you have done: *

0 of 500 max words

Which sections of your fellowship application/research design would you particularly welcome support with during the retreat? *

0 of 300 max words

Please check which types of support/expertise you would be interested in at the retreat: *

Qualitative research design

Quantitative research design

Mixed methods research design

Health economics

PPIE and codesign

Writing – clarity and style

Other: please state

Other: please state *

Your research career to date

Please attach your CV (maximum two pages) to include publications, grant funding and any awards/prizes. *

Maximum file size: 52.43MB

Are there any contextual factors we should take into account when reviewing your application? (Please note that this application will be read by members of the MHR Incubator team and invited reviewers.)

0 of 300 max words

Please tick here if you would welcome support to cover childcare costs to enable you to attend the retreat.

The information in your application form will be shared with the MHR Incubator team who facilitate the writing retreat, and invited reviewers. If your application is successful, the following information will be shared with the other participants on the writing retreat:

Your name
Your email address
Your organisation and professional background

No other information about you or your fellowship application will be shared beyond the MHR Incubator team and invited reviewers who review your application.

Personal data that you share with the Mental Health Research Incubator is collected, stored, accessed, and used in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Mental Health Research Incubator privacy policy, and the University of Oxford data protection policy. If you have any questions or concerns about your personal data, please email us at mhresearch@psych.ox.ac.uk

If you are human, leave this field blank.

Essential criteria

Working in any research, professional or clinical role relevant to mental health
Based in the UK and employed in a UK institution
Planning a doctoral or postdoctoral project-based fellowship application in mental health or addiction*
Able to demonstrate an evidence gap in your proposed project area, having done some sort of literature review**
Ready to refine your ideas, and get feedback
Ready to think deeply on your research project design and methodology
Would welcome guidance and support from RSS experts

* This retreat is not suitable for you if you are applying for a training/career development fellowship with no associated research project.

** We can only accept candidates on this retreat for which there is a clear rationale/need for research in this area. Relevant evidence could be literature search, scoping review