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 groups. They explicitly state that public and community involvement and engagement includes working in partnership with those with lived experience, families, carers and across settings including prisons, schools, care homes, domiciliary care, and Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) who deliver services.
Building trust and relationships with communities takes resources, time, and different approaches to involvement. This call provides funding for individuals to trial and/or evaluate different approaches to involvement with these communities.
Applications must be linked with collaborators based within at least two of the three NIHR Schools. (Additional collaborators outside the Schools are possible as well.) Each School is comprised of different member institutions – please see below for details:
NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) member institutions
NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) member institutions
NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR) member institutions
Find out more about the Projects to improve PPIE award and apply.