1. Marcella.carragher@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk Post-graduate study PhD research 3 years full-time

2. Marcella.carragher@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk Funding Stroke Association –Aimed at clinicians –Working in stroke –Will support you to complete a PhD or –Increase capacity for clinical research

3. Marcella.carragher@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk Junior Research Training Fellowship Princess Margaret Research Development Fellowship Joint Fellowship with Medical Research Council Joint Clinical Fellowship with Welcome Trust

4. Marcella.carragher@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk Junior Research Training Fellowship Nurses and therapists £105,000 over three years Research question Relevance Your clinical expertise + support of an experienced research team = right candidate to invest in How your clinical experience has shaped your research interest How this investment will shape your long-term career Written application Interview

5. Marcella.carragher@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk Support CV Writing the funding application Practice for interview Find out about the funding body’s research agenda and previous investments

6. Marcella.carragher@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk Time demands Secondment Responsibilities outside the PhD: –Bank SLT –Teaching assistant

7. Marcella.carragher@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk Clinical implications single word retrieval sentence production communication-focused Investigating generalisation of therapy across assessment tasks and everyday conversation Design time-efficient therapies with generalisation in mind Candidacy for specific treatments