Welcome to your weekly roundup of funding, events, and webinars we’ve shared with our followers over on the Mental Health Research Incubator Twitter. Here’s what’s coming up on the horizon for mental health research.
In Part 3 of our NIHR funding series, we outline how the Research Design Service can help mental health researchers develop great research ideas into strong funding proposals.
Welcome to your weekly roundup of funding, events, and webinars we’ve shared with our followers over on the Mental Health Research Incubator Twitter. Here’s what’s coming up on the horizon for mental health research.
Funding will support smaller-scale evaluation activity with awards lasting up to 12 months ranging between £100k-£250k at full economic cost. The aim is to: generate causal evidence on what works to spread opportunities and reduce spatial disparities in outcomes for people and places across the UK under one or more of the thematic areas of:…
ESRC funding will be provided to test and rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of interventions aimed at spreading opportunities and reducing disparities in economic, health and social outcomes for people and places across the UK. This fund will support projects lasting between 13 and 48 months. The full economic cost of projects can be between £1…
Welcome to your weekly roundup of funding, events, and webinars we’ve shared with our followers over on the Mental Health Research Incubator Twitter. Here’s what’s coming up on the horizon for mental health research.
In Part 2 of our NIHR funding series, we’re looking at the different NIHR Research Programmes and what they can offer to mental health research projects.
The Advanced Local Authority Fellowship (ALAF) Scheme supports doctorate holders employed within local authority settings to develop careers that combine research and research training with continued professional practice and development. These fully funded fellowships enable awardees to retain some professional responsibilities whilst concurrently undertaking post-doctoral research and pursuing bespoke programmes of professional and academic development,…
Welcome to your weekly roundup of funding, events, and webinars we’ve shared with our followers over on the Mental Health Research Incubator Twitter. Here’s what’s coming up on the horizon for mental health research.
In Part 1 of our new NIHR funding series, we’re breaking down one of the most flexible and accessible funding programmes for early career mental health researchers: the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme.
Welcome to your weekly roundup of funding, events, and webinars we’ve shared with our followers over on the Mental Health Research Incubator Twitter. Here’s what’s coming up on the horizon for mental health research.
Welcome to your weekly roundup of funding, events, and webinars we’ve shared with our followers over on the Mental Health Research Incubator Twitter. Here’s what’s coming up on the horizon for mental health research.
Webinars 28 February: The Council of Deans is holding free webinars being held throughout February for Allied Health Professionals interested/involved in research. The next webinar will be International Research Priorities, in conversation with Prof Karen Strickland at 10am on 28 February. 7 March: NIHR Research Professorships presentation webinar with Richard McManus, chair of the selection…
The NIHR Pre-doctoral Local Authority Fellowship (PLAF) scheme supports individuals based within local authorities and supporting services to undertake a bespoke programme of relevant Masters level training and to prepare an application for a subsequent PhD, all on their existing employment contracts and salaries. When taken full-time, standard fellowships have a duration of 12 months,…
Applications for the ARC East of England mental health research fellowship programme will open again in October of this year – and fellows always emphasise the importance of preparing your application early! In this video interview you can hear from previous ARC mental health fellow, clinical psychologist, Dr Loveday Newman. This ARC fellowship is for…
NIHR has issued a call specification to recruit more nurses and midwives to the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) funding stream. Launching on 25th January, the funding call aims to build capacity by requiring all applications to be led or joint-led by an early career researcher with a background in nursing or midwifery. Funding of…
Two important NIHR schemes which should make aspiring mental health researchers sit up and take notice are launching soon. The NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowship and the NIHR Pre-Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship both launch around end of January and beginning of February. They are fantastic schemes for professionals from both clinical and non-clinical backgrounds to take a…
Dr Lin Lin Ginzberg, national communications manager across the 15 NIHR ARCs explains what the ARCs can offer mental health researchers and professionals who are interested in research. ARC stands for Applied Research Collaboration and there are 15 of them across England. They are part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)….
NIHR has opened applications for funding in four research programmes for children’s and young people’s mental health. This is an excellent opportunity with a broad scope for researchers looking to evaluate mental health interventions for children and young people. Applications are open to anyone who feels they can carry out high-quality research. Health and Social…
The Wellcome Trust has issued a call for applicants to the Mental Health Award. The award will fund research into the field of stratification in anxiety and/or depression. This opportunity is suitable for a multidisciplinary team with postgraduate research experience. Studies funded through the Mental Health Award will further validate biological, psychosocial, social, and digital…
The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North Thames has several opportunities for career development and funding for mental health researchers and professionals working within the North Thames region. There are two awards currently open through the Mental Health for All scheme. These would be suitable for mental health and care professionals with some research experience…
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex is pleased to announce three research awards, now open to applications. This funding is designed to boost the next generation of health and care researchers, particularly those working in healthcare in Wessex. The awards will fund the time, training, mentorship, and support to conduct a project that contributes to one…
The closing deadline for applications to the 2023 NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East of England Mental Health Fellowship is Wednesday 30th November. Who is the fellowship for? This fellowship is for people based in the East of England who work in an area of mental health, including mental health practitioners, clinicians, NHS managers, health and…
Research internships (deadline 9am 5th December 2022), career development fellowships and springboard grants (deadline for both 9am 12th December 2022) from ARC North Thames.
Post-doctoral opportunities for mental health researchers at NIHR: the DSE award provides a maximum of 1 year of funding for post-doctoral NIHR Academy Members to gain skills and experience for the next phase of their research career. Find out more on NIHR webpage.
WWCSC is particularly interested in applications in the area of children and young people’s mental health.
The Medical Research Foundation is co-funding mental health research to enhance our understanding of the biological, psychological and social causes of eating disorders, to help improve treatments and prevention strategies. Mandatory expressions of interest by 6 October. https://www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/grants/new-collaborations-to-support-eating-disorders-research
The PhD Programme in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals, based at King’s College London and funded by the Wellcome Trust is now open for applications. The closing date is 1 December 2022. Watch Professors Matthew Hotopf, Sandrine Thuret and Alan Simpson from King’s College London talk about the Programme in this video by The…
The NIHR Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship (DLAF) scheme supports individuals based within local authorities and supporting services to undertake fully funded PhDs. It’s a fantastic opportunity for social workers and others based in local authorities to build on their existing experience make a difference through research. These fully funded doctoral fellowships allow awardees to retain…
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is providing opportunities for individuals working in local authority settings to undertake short placements to enhance their careers and develop skills and capabilities to co-create research that is more meaningful and better connected with practice. The placements include funding of up to £15,000 per individual and…
New NIHR funding call for research into improving access and use of services for people with speech, language, and communication needs recognises a really important area for mental health research to engage in. Funding call webpage
Here’s a broad outline of Wellcome Trust funding calls that are scheduled to launch in the next two years. Winter 2022: Focus on proposals that will enable stratification in relation to anxiety, depression, or psychosis Summer 2023: Consider developmental pathways to anxiety, depression, and psychosis Winter 2023: Focus on unlocking the potential of neuroscience to…
The NIHR is looking to appoint a registered Allied Health Professional (AHP) to support the delivery of an Allied Health Professions Research Summit commissioned by Health Education England (HEE). NIHR would aim to hold the summit in November 2022 and will pay the pro-rated amount of the individual’s salary to their employer for the duration…
The Local Authority Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (LA SPARC) offers awards of up to £15,000 per individual and provides opportunities for both individuals working in Local Authority settings and NIHR Academy members to undertake placements and move between NIHR and LAs in either direction. The aim of the award is to provide opportunities…
NIHR Programme Development Grants for developing innovative, inclusive and diverse public partnerships will launch on 27 July 2022. This is a great opportunity for mental health researchers looking to further work with community & charity partners. The NIHR recently recorded a webinar about the call which you can watch here:
The NIHR 3 Schools programme is inviting applications for its next round of fellowship funding. The closing date is 12 noon on Thursday 28 July 2022. Applications are invited from health and care professionals working in mental health but without a strong track record of mental health research (including but not limited to social work,…
This 75-minute webinar is aimed at researchers applying for NIHR Fellowship Awards and staff accountable for public involvement. The webinar will cover: • NIHR’s definition of public involvement • UK Standards for Public Involvement in Research • Guidance on co-producing a research project • The support Research Design Service (RDS) provides for researchers in regards…
Wellcome has released new mental health research funding opportunities. They are funding a broad range of research to understand how anxiety, depression and psychosis develop and how they resolve.
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