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NIHR Mentoring Programme
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NIHR Mentoring Programme

Applications for the NIHR Mentoring Programme are open! Are you interested in developing your career? Apply for the NIHR Mentoring Programme! This scheme partners late-PhD and postdoctoral NIHR Academy Members (researchers who’ve received career development awards/fellowships of various types from the NIHR) with a successful mentor in the same or similar field. The scheme allows…

Apply for the NIHR’s Impact Prizes
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Apply for the NIHR’s Impact Prizes

Have you received NIHR funding for your MH research project? Consider applying for this! The NIHR have recently announced their first year of Impact Prizes. Up to 6 Impact Prizes (up to 3 for research teams or individuals, and up to 3 for early-career researchers) will be awarded to celebrate researchers and teams whose work…

2024 Writing Retreat – A deep dive into the success of our first Annual Writing Retreat
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2024 Writing Retreat – A deep dive into the success of our first Annual Writing Retreat

by Shivani Joshi, the newest member of the Mental Health Research Incubator Team, who joined the retreat on only her second week!   The retreat was ‘…hugely productive, upskilling, confidence-building and a wonderful opportunity to meet a community of like-minded researchers.’ Participant   When the train pulled in at Didcot Station, the typical commuters were…

Guest Blog: Learning from abroad and influencing change in the UK: a Churchill Fellowship
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Guest Blog: Learning from abroad and influencing change in the UK: a Churchill Fellowship

Our latest guest blog is by Lizzy Winstone, a senior research associate in epidemiology at The University of Bristol and one of our 2024 GROW cohort members. Lizzy writes here about her plans for her Churchill Fellowship – a non-academic grant scheme that supports UK citizens to travel abroad and bring ideas back to implement…

Writing retreat for mental health and addiction researchers
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Writing retreat for mental health and addiction researchers

Do you need some headspace to write? We at the Mental Health Research Incubator are announcing our first fully-funded writing retreat for mental health and addiction researchers. Specifically aimed at ECRs who have recently completed fellowships or a PhD, the retreat offers headspace, structure, and a tranquil environment in which researchers can make the most…

Solving the crisis in mental health services: global solutions across the life span conference – 21 June 2024
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Solving the crisis in mental health services: global solutions across the life span conference – 21 June 2024

‘Solving the crisis in mental health services: global solutions across the life span’ is an international mental health conference held in Glasgow. It’s a great opportunity for mental health researchers interested in global mental health issues to get together and share research. Now in its 5th year, this annual conference run by the CeDAR team…