Apply to be a Year 1 & 2 Medical Student Community Research Project Supervisor & Host
This is a funded opportunity for you to host 5-6 medical students to undertake a longitudinal health improvement research project supporting your services and communities, commencing October 2026.
Overview
As part of their Prevention and Healthcare Delivery module through first and second year, students are asked to undertake a community research project in a clinical or community context. Students work in teams of five or six to support an improvement that benefits the health outcomes of an identified group of citizens/patients. The project can be based in a community, care or hospital setting.
Students undertake this project alongside their campus studies and have at least 150 hours allocated time each to undertake the work, including several full and half days where they can attend physical locations as part of their research over the 18-month project period.
We’re looking for 10 supervisor and project locations for our new cohort of students arriving in Autumn 2026.
You will support our students to conduct robust evidence review and staff/patient/people engagement on the opportunities and challenges of improving a health outcome, and work with them as they design, and hopefully test, an improvement that responds to that need. We will provide library support and mentorship in research methods to enable their work.
Applications are open from 14 May 2026 until 20 July 2026 at 17:00.
Full details are available in the application brief below, including a draft timetable of student availability.
Project Examples
The following projects are currently being undertaken by our 2025/26 student intake;
- Understanding and improving the root causes of diabetic lower limb amputation
- Implementation of AI in Primary Care
- To Review and Improve the management of Childhood Atopic Dermatitis in Cumbria
- Smoking cessation interventions for patients presenting to the Emergency Department
- Improving person centred end of life care for patients in North Cumbria
- The impact of community-led Asylum Seeker clinics (in Cumbria).
- Recharge to shine! Exploring a sleep intervention for children.
- Identifying Barriers for Effective Engagement and Successful Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Adolescence and Young Adults
- Stronger Voices, Safer Births: Combining Emerging Technologies to Amplify Local Women’s Stories & Address Maternal Inequalities
- Management of Colorectal Cancer in Elderly and Frail Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study with PROMs Collection
Full application brief
Download a full brief of the project and supervisor expectation
Application brief
Applications must be submitted by 20 July 2026 at 17:00 via online form