Future Focused Leadership Programme (FFLP) – Leaders Stream

This is NIHR research career development opportunity supports NIHR research leaders to develop their leadership capabilities. 

During this free, immersive programme you will be encouraged to identify and reflect on your strengths and areas for development.

By undertaking the Future Focused Leadership Programme – Leaders Stream, you will:

• enhance your leadership abilities: the programme uses in-depth analysis of successful leadership, occupational psychology, and positive psychology to help you become a more effective leader
• immediately apply learnings: you can apply your new insights and skills to your role straight away
• network: you will join a multidisciplinary cohort of 40 peers, allowing you to network, share experiences, and collaborate with others in the field

Additional support

We are committed to ensuring disabled award holders, and individuals with physical or mental health conditions, are not disadvantaged when applying to or undertaking any of our awards. We are therefore happy to consider reasonable adjustments that you may require to remove barriers you would otherwise encounter.

If you would like to discuss reasonable adjustments to support your application or the undertaking of your award (if successful) please email developmentandsupport@nihr.ac.uk

You should not provide details of this request in your application. If your application is successful, you will be able to propose reasonable adjustments to undertake the programme.

Eligibility

Visit the FFLP: eligibility and what to expect page for full eligibility information.

You can apply if you are a current leader based within the NIHR who is delivering a national role for the NIHR. You will be developing into or taking up leadership roles at a senior level and facing significant leadership challenges where support will be most needed and impactful.

To be eligible for the leaders stream you must:

• currently lead at a national level for the NIHR, have demonstrable leadership influence as part of the NIHR or hold an Research Professorship or Senior Investigator award:
  • for example, you might be a chair or co-chair of a governance board, or leading an NIHR strategic work stream which involves different parts of NIHR or its partners
• be able to show how your leadership contribution relates to the strategic aims of the NIHR
• able to identify leadership challenges from your NIHR role that you can work on as part of the programme