We are excited to be launching both our Peer Coaching for Career Development programme (PeCo) and new GROW programme cohort this week! Based on feedback from GROW programme participants, we know that the coaching and network aspects are both particularly valued elements to GROW. However, due to the limited number of places on the GROW…
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…
We have exciting news – we at the Mental Health Research Incubator are pleased to announce that we are recruiting for the 2024 GROW programme cohort! GROW is a fully-funded programme for early career mental health and addiction researchers who have completed a PhD and who are moving towards an independent research career. GROW is…
2023 has been a great year for the Incubator, and hopefully it hasn’t been too shabby for all you mental health researchers out there either? We are taking a little festive break here at the Incubator until the new year, so we thought to wrap up this year we would share a few of our…
We’re happy to confirm that the Mental Health Research Incubator will be continuing in our mission to build a vibrant and supportive cross-disciplinary community of mental health researchers across the UK – hurrah! The coming years will see more cohorts of our GROW programme for postdoctoral researchers, as well as internship and placement opportunities, writing retreats…
Celia Hulme, a current GROW cohort member based at University of Manchester and NIHR Three Schools Research Associate, has written about her experiences so far of participating in the GROW programme over on the NIHR SPCR website. Here are a couple of great quotes from the original post by Celia, check out the full post…
Last week we held our first meeting for all GROW programme alumni – aka: The Great GROW Gathering! The gathering focused on providing relevant sessions for all the early career researchers in mental health and plenty of time for building those interdisciplinary networks which are so crucial for research. Our current GROW cohort is the…
The DSE award is a post-doctoral level funding opportunity from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) aimed at supporting early to mid-career researchers in gaining specific skills and experience to underpin the next phase of their research career. In a change from previous rounds, applicants are no longer required to be Academy members.
DID YOU KNOW: you don’t have to be a university researcher to apply to the GROW Programme! GROW 2022 alumnus Eva Schoenwald wasn’t sure what to expect when joining the programme as a senior quantitative researcher at the government-funded research centre What Works for Children’s Social Care. In this blog, Eva shares how she found…
Dr Beth Bareham, recipient of an NIHR Mental Health Fellowship and a post-doctoral researcher in health psychology at Newcastle University, reflects on her experience of the 2022 GROW Researcher Development Programme.
Since our pilot programme in 2022, 37 mental health researchers have participatned in the GROW Researcher Development Programme , building their professional skills and networks. We caught up with a few of the researchers from Cohorts I and II to share what they’ve been working on since their time with GROW. Dr Hazel Marzetti and…
The NIHR Incubator for Mental Health Research is pleased to open applications to the GROW Researcher Development Programme for 2023. Applications are sought from early career researchers in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland working in a research role following a PhD or with equivalent research experience. We welcome applications from researchers in any discipline…
Why is there a growing appreciation and a need for interdisciplinary collaboration in mental health? Where do we begin? What can facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration? Can we get better at collaboration? GROW 2022 cohort member and researcher at Lab4Living, Dr Michael Tan, reflects on how you set up collaborative research projects in mental health – why…
Dr Ruth Naughton-Doe had been lacking in confidence and knowledge to turn her research ideas into funded projects. Now with her first postdoctoral fellowship funding to her name, a network of supportive peers and greater understanding of the mental health research funding landscape, she feels more confident in her next steps. She credits three great…
Find out what members of our previous cohorts have to say about their experiences of the GROW Researcher Development Programme. Applications for the 2024 cohort are now open. Head to the GROW page to find out more and apply now!
Professor Peter Fonagy is Director of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre for children and families, and senior clinical advisor to NHS England on children and young people’s mental health policy. Speaking to our GROW programme participants, Peter shared insights about his richly rewarding career in mental…
Funding for the 2023 GROW programme is now confirmed. The application window opens in February 2023.
We are delighted to announce the first cohort of the GROW Researcher Development Programme. Our 18 early career researchers are deliberately a very diverse group – with interests varying from perinatal to older adults; from individuals, to families and carers, to public health and service development. Addressing intrenched inequalities in mental health has emerged as…
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