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Fully-funded PhD in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals at KCL – apply now
Applications are now open for October 2026 entry in the King’s PhD Programme in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals! This programme is funded by Wellcome and King’s College London, and means that successful applicants will have full home (UK) fees paid for, and a salary matched to the applicant’s clinical salary for three years…
MQ Mental Health launches call for 2026 Fellowship funding
MQ Mental Health will be accepting expressions of interest for the 2026 MQ Fellowships! The MQ Fellowships are very much aimed at researchers who are looking to launch their independent research career or set up their own lab. The grants of up to £250,000 over three years are for early career researchers (3-7 years post…
RSS Fellowship application day 2025! – 17 September
Applying for a research fellowship is competitive! This free event gives you the information you need to improve the quality of their application, making sure it is focused on what NIHR and their reviewers are looking for. The Fellowship Application Day aims to prepare applicants who are intending to apply in the next year to…
Funded clinical research delivery training for mental health professionals
Are you working in mental health? Are you interested in improving mental health care through research? Training in clinical research delivery is a vital step for mental health professionals to create system level improvements in mental health care and services. Join the webinar on Weds 7 May to find out more about the funded Masters’…
Fully funded MSc course in Clinical Research Delivery for mental health practitioners
An exciting opportunity for mental health practitioners who want to start or advance their career in clinical research! The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mental Health Mission (MHM), in partnership with King’s College London and the University of Exeter, are offering 11 fully funded MSc courses in Clinical Research Delivery. The MSc online…
Mid-week roundup 19/2/25: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
Shivani JoshiWelcome to your weekly roundup of funding, events, and webinars we’ve shared with our followers over @MHRIncubator. Here’s what’s coming up on the horizon for mental health research.
Mid-week roundup 5/2/25: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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PhD and postdoc funding for addiction research
The Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) is currently advertising funding for two PhD studentships and a postdoctoral funding scheme for addiction science research. The deadline to apply for both opportunities is 13 March 2025. Find out more about the schemes on the SSA website: https://www.addiction-ssa.org/funding/
Funding call for proposals on the effects of digital tech use on CYP mental health from Huo Family Foundation
The Huo Family Foundation (HFF) is a grant giving organisation based in London. Its latest funding scheme calls for proposals investigating the effects of digital technology use on brain development, social development and mental health in children and young people (CYP). They welcome applications for Huo early-career fellowships, junior faculty research grants and special projects…
New investigator grant from MRC – neurosciences and mental health
The MRC’s new investigator grants support individuals who have not previously led a research team or been awarded a substantial grant as fellow or project lead. As such this ongoing funding opportunity could be a really great chance for researchers looking to transition to independence and lead their first research team! (But note, it’s not…
Mid-week roundup 22/1/25: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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NIHR Three Research Schools’ Suicide Prevention Research Grant
As part of the NIHR Three Research Schools’ Mental Health Programme, the NIHR are offering a single award of (up to) £400,000 for research that evaluates interventions aimed at reducing suicide attempts and suicide. The funding call is particularly interested in research that will rapidly be able to demonstrate impact and/or inform policy. Various research…
Mid-week roundup 8/1/25: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Next round of Mental Health Research Group funding – opens March 2025
NIHR’s Mental Health Research Group (MHRG) funding is a really interesting scheme to build research capacity in areas with significant mental health support needs. The idea is for institutions with low or no mental health research capacity (and close to areas of high mental health need) to partner with HEIs with more experience and expertise…
Mid-week roundup 11/12/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Mid-week roundup 27/11/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Mid-week roundup 13/11/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Funding for projects to improve PPIE – deadline 13 Dec 2024
New funding is announced for mental health research projects which improve patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE). This funding comes from the 3 NIHR Schools Mental Health Programme. They would like to support a number of projects to improve public and community involvement and engagement and will specifically address working with the most underrepresented…
Mid-week roundup 30/10/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Career Development Awards from 3 NIHR Schools Mental Health Programme – 15 Nov deadline
Career development funding awards from the Three NIHR Schools Mental Health Programme are open now to apply for until 15 November 2024. Proposals of up to £30,000 are invited and if successful, you’ll become a member of one of the NIHR Schools, and have a personalised training and development opportunities related to that. It’s a…
Eating disorders research grants from Medical Research Foundation
The Medical Research Foundation invites early- and mid-career researchers in the field of eating disorders to apply for grants of up to £100,000 to support their research. To find out more, please visit their website.
Funding for addiction services and research groups
Do you work in an addiction service? Or are you an academic researcher of addiction? The MHR Incubator is offering two distinct types of funded placement opportunities for addiction service providers and university research groups to host researchers. Through our placement and internship programmes, we’re seeking to enable you to ask and answer the right…
Mid-week roundup 16/10/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Inclusive research design to become an NIHR condition of funding
The NIHR has recently announced changes to its funding and application process, in order to facilitate inclusion in health and care research. In order to support the NIHR’s mission of improving the nation’s health and wealth, applicants will now be required to demonstrate how inclusion is is found in all areas of the research design….
Mid-week roundup 2/10/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Funding for mid-career researchers to host an intern in your group
Are you an early-mid level career researcher? You can now apply to host up to three interns and gain valuable supervisory and grant application experience with the NIHR Undergraduate Internship Programme. The scheme provides funding for early to mid-career researchers with a PhD (or equivalent demonstrable years of experience) to host up to three interns…
Mid-week roundup 25/9/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Mid-week roundup 17/9/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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NIHR HTA programme – 2 commissioned calls for mental health research
There are a couple of mental health related commissioned calls as part of the NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) funding stream at the moment! Increasing the evidence about mental health nursing and the mental health nursing workforce: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/2489-research-in-mental-health-nursing-hta-programme/36407 (Deadline: Jan 2025) CBT adapted for autistic adults with a mental health problem: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/cbt-adapted-for-autistic-adults-with-a-mental-health-problem/36240 (Deadline: Nov 2024)…
Mid-week roundup 21/8/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Mid-week roundup 7/8/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Wellcome funding: accelerating scalable digital mental health interventions
Have you been involved in developing a digital or online mental health intervention? Wellcome Trust’s latest mental health call is looking to fund research to evaluate and further develop scalable digital interventions to advance early intervention in depression, anxiety and psychosis. Teams must have the research expertise required to drive the proposed research, an organisation…
Mid-week roundup 24/7/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Research into mental health nursing – HDSR programme, 8 Jan 2025 deadline
The NIHR’s HDSR programme is one of the programmes part of NIHR’s current cross-programme call for research proposals into workforce mental health. HDSR funds rigorous research to inform the quality, delivery and organisation of health and social care services. It exists for providing evidence for NHS and social care decision-makers to inform the best ways…
Mental health workforce research funding – RfPB, 6 Nov deadline
RfPB invites proposals for research that improves the evidence base surrounding mental health nursing and the mental health workforce.
Mid-week roundup 10/7/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Mid-week roundup 3/7/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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Mid-week roundup 26/06/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
MHR EditorWelcome to your weekly roundup of funding, events, and webinars we’ve shared with our followers over @MHRIncubator. Here’s what’s coming up on the horizon for mental health research.
Mid-week roundup 19/06/24: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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