There is a thriving academic training scheme within the East of England Deanery, which is attached to the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia.

Academic trainees spend between 25% (ACF) and 50% (ACL) of their work time doing research. Further information on clinical academic training can be found on the NIHR website: 
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/our-research-community/NIHR-academy/nihr-training-programmes/integrated-academic-training-programme/ 

The University of Cambridge Clinical Academic Training Office (CATO) has a website full of information relevant for people interested in taking up a clinical academic career in Cambridge:
https://gcat.medschl.cam.ac.uk/

The University of East Anglia has a similar website for information about Academic Clinical Training with UEA:
https://www.uea.ac.uk/medicine/research/academic-clinical-training

If you are interested in Academic Clinical Training in psychiatric neuroscience you are welcome to visit the Cambridge Neuroscience website (https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/), which can help you to explore the research that is happening in Cambridge, find events and meetings, and explore potential supervisors. In fact, the first step in getting a clinical academic post is generally to discuss a project with one of the prospective supervisors.

The following people are currently clinical academic trainees in psychiatry in Cambridge and are happy to be contacted for information (2019):