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.
Applications are now open. Who can apply: Early-career researchers Funding period: 3 years Funding amount: up to £225,000 Research area: Premature mortality, namely suicide and comorbidities Application deadline: 29th April. This MQ Fellows Award will have the theme “Gone too Soon”. People affected by mental illness and mental distress die too soon; their lives are scandalously short. Suicide is one contributing factor. However, a major reason is the close link between…
Curious about research and the difference it could make to the people you work with? Up to £20,000 is available to help as part of an NIHR ARC OxTV research internship. Our funded internships offer an introduction to all aspects and roles across clinical / social academic research, from trial design, data management and analysis…
The Norwegian Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research will be awarding a total of NOK 20 million (£1.6million) to collaborative research projects addressing selected evidence gaps in child and adolescent mental health in 2022. The pre-proposal form is now open to applicants from Norway, Sweden, Finland or the United Kingdom. Find out more: https://kavlifondet.no/en/2021/12/call-for-proposals-kavli-trust-programme-on-health-research-2022/
Applications are now open for a new PhD Programme in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals. The programme will be based at King’s College London and funded by the Wellcome Trust. How to apply: https://kclmentalhealthphd.co.uk/apply Listen to a Mental Elf podcast on the programme.
Where can I find out about potential charity funding for my study? If you aren’t a well-established researcher, it can be very difficult to know where to start. Even if you are, mental health remains an underfunded area with far fewer charities with either open or themed calls compared to other health conditions. But there are starting points.
The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) is offering a series of funded research taster days at a range of leading academic centres in the UK. Awards will be made to year 2 Foundation trainees who wish to explore mental health research opportunities. The aim of this scheme is to widen access to research…
It is considered good practice to involve members of the public and people with lived experience as early as possible in the research design process. Funding public involvement at the application stage can be challenging. The Research Design Service (RDS) ‘Public Involvement Funds’ aim to bridge that gap. Funds are available to help facilitate public…
The Applied Research Collaboration for East of England announces the launch of its Mental Health Fellowship programme for people who work in mental health to undertake an 18 month supervised mental health research and implementation project. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3xrKWjS
NIHR Programme Development Grants (PDG) invites proposals to address the challenges within adult social care and aim to improve the evidence base for adult social care. We are particularly interested in applications that include users of social care, focus on populations and communities with high support/care needs, or have historically been under-served by research activity, and…
The Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) Competition 37 is now open for applications for research proposals to develop individual programmes of applied health research. The application deadline is 24 November 2021. Find out more: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/programme-grants-for-applied-research-competition-37/28718 NIHR Programme Development Grants (PDG) allow researchers to pull together a community to develop a grant application over a…
Fantastic UKRI funding opportunity for mental health researchers at any career stage: Apply for funding to help improve research in the field of ‘adolescence, mental health and the developing mind’ through: methodological innovation capability building. You can be researcher at any career stage who is: within the remit of AHRC, ESRC or MRC based in…
Research for Patient Benefit grants are great options for early and mid-career researchers who are looking for smaller pots of funding to consider. A real strength of the programme is the option to have co- principal investigators where an earlier career PI can be supported by a more experienced PI. RfPB is researcher-led and does not…
Funded by NHS England and NHS Improvement in collaboration with the AHSN Network, SBRI Healthcare announces a Phase 3 funding competition open to innovations in an advanced stage of development. The aim is to accelerate these innovations into relevant health or social settings, and to facilitate the generation of evidence in Real World settings required by commissioners…
The NIHR Schools for Primary Care Research (SPCR), Public Health Research (SPHR) and Social Care Research (SSCR) have launched a new programme to address the challenges faced by front line health and care professionals. The Mental Health Practice Evaluation Scheme aims to support the three NIHR Schools work in partnership with professionals across a range…
Online webinar from NIHR for those wishing to pursue an PCAF application. Webinar topic: Find out how to develop a competitive PCAF application The HEE/NIHR ICA Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellowship (PCAF) supports health and social care practitioners (excluding doctors and dentists) to develop a competitive doctoral fellowship application. The award funds a bespoke training and…
A huge new investment in mental health research offers significantly more funding opportunities for mental health researchers in the year ahead. The broad range of programmes will offer opportunities for both early and mid/late career researchers. They specifically target key geographical regions with the most need and include opportunities for researchers in fields not traditionally…
Mental health in the North of England Research for Social Care is running an additional call focusing on important social care questions around mental health in Northern England. This additional call is an important part of the Department of Health and Social Care’s ongoing interest in strengthening mental health research in less well supported areas….
Apply now for Launchpad Grants for mental health research from the Medical Research Foundation. The closing date is 27 September. The Medical Research Foundation’s Launchpad Grants will support early and mid-career researchers and clinical academics, whose research will increase understanding of mental health, and improve diagnosis, treatment and recovery. The funding should be used to…
The NIHR Programme Development Grants (PDGs) programme has launched a funding call inviting proposals for research to address the challenge of mental health. Deadline: 4 August 2021 Find out more on the NIHR website: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/programme-development-grants-mental-health-call/27995
The Wellcome Trust have launched three new discovery research funding schemes which can support mental health research projects. The three schemes – early career awards, discovery awards and career development awards – will open in late summer 2021. Find out more about the schemes on the Wellcome Trust website.
The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme will launch the 5th round of its Connect Awards on the 17th of August 2021. There will be two funding streams in this round: 1) Connect awards, and 2) Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) awards. The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme is a translational funding…
Mental Health Biomedical Research Preparatory Clinician Fellowships offer healthcare professionals an opportunity to obtain the necessary research track record, skills and support to compete for externally funded three year Clinician Training Fellowships with NIHR, MRC, Wellcome or other funder. The scheme is available to medical trainees in psychiatry or neurology and to other health professionals…
MentalHealthResearchUk announces a competition for two PhD Scholarships beginning September 2022.
Bea Shelley
MHR Editor