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July
Research for Patient Benefit programme invites proposals for research that improves the evidence base surrounding mental health nursing and the mental health workforce.
Research in mental health nursing funding from NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery programme is announced.
25 July
Wellcome Career Development Awards
Opportunity: Research Funding - funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders to develop research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing. Application windows opens 3 times a year.
Who's it for: Researchers who have completed one or two substantial periods of research after your initial training and made important contributions to their area of research.
Organiser: Wellcome
Eligibility: Researchers within any scientific discipline.
Deadline: Wednesday 25 July, 5pm
26 July
NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Award
Opportunity: Research Funding - post-doctoral level funding opportunity aimed at supporting early to mid-career researchers in gaining specific skills and experience to underpin the next phase of their research career.
Who's it for: Any postdoc researchers, but NIHR are particularly keen to see applications from nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, healthcare scientists and pharmacists.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Researchers working in England, but no longer required to be academy members
Deadline: Friday 26 July, 1pm
29 July
New mental health funding call to be announced from Wellcome
Opportunity: Research Funding will be announced in w/c 29 July
Who's it for: Details TBC
Organiser: Wellcome
Eligibility: Details TBC
Deadline: Details TBC
31 July
NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research - Competition 45
Opportunity: Research Funding - NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) Competition 45 is inviting Stage 1 applications for research proposals to develop individual programmes of applied health research.
Who's it for: Applicants can include funding for research capacity development, across all stages of the academic career pathway (i.e., from internships to Masters to PhD, to post-doctoral). Applications that include career development for methodological disciplines are particularly encouraged.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Open to NHS bodies and other providers of NHS services in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in collaboration with an appropriate academic partner.
Deadline: 31 July, 1pm
August
1 August
NIHR Pre-Application Support Fund - Round 3
Opportunity: Funding - funding to enhance future applications to NIHR career development schemes. For example, it could be used for training/development, or as a salary contribution that would buy out time to prepare an application. Funding is for up to 12 months.
Who's it for? Anyone who might otherwise not have sufficient support to apply for NIHR career development funding.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Applicants who need additional support, but particularly groups underrepresented within NIHR:
- regulated health and care professionals (nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, pharmacists and healthcare scientists)
- social work and public health professionals
- researchers in methodology
- applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds
- applicants who are disabled
Deadline: 1 August
9 August
The health of children and young people in contact with the criminal justice system
Opportunity: Research Funding - Research question: What interventions have an impact on the physical or mental health of children and young people in contact with the criminal justice system?
Who's it for? Researchers focused on children and young people and the criminal justice system, looking at either mental health or substance abuse
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Researchers in the UK
Deadline: 9 August, 1pm.
Application Development Award (ADA): Digital Health Inclusion and Inequalities
Opportunity: Research Funding - Funding of between £10-£150K for up to 12 months to support work on the development of a larger application and underpins current work on digital health issues.
Who's it for?: Researchers focused on digital technology and its impact on health outcomes, supporting many different approaches, including the impacts on mental health.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Researchers in the UK
Deadline: 9 August, 1pm.
21 August
NIHR Senior Investigators - round 18
Opportunity: Funding - NIHR Senior Investigators are appointed in recognition of their substantial leadership contribution within the NIHR research community. Senior Investigators receive a discretionary award of £20,000 per year for four years to fund activities that support their research.
Who's it for? Senior research leaders
Organiser: NIHR
Date/Time: 21 August
27 August
Require further support with your Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA)?
Opportunity: Webinar - NIHR interactive seminars designed to support individuals with prior knowledge of EqIAs
Who's it for?: People who need further support completing an EqIA
Organiser: NIHR ARC East Midlands
Location: Online - Register here - Maximum 7 places available
Date/Time: Tuesday 27 August, 1-3pm
Cost: Free.
September
4 September
UKRI - MRC Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Opportunity: Fellowship - UKRI have announced a Fellowship funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to undertake a PhD. The project can focus on any are of the MRC’s remit to improve human health.
Who's it for: Registered healthcare professionals.
Eligibility: To be eligible you need to:
- be a registered healthcare professional
- be at an appropriate point in your training to undertake a PhD
- show plans to pursue a research career
Deadline: 4 September, 4pm
4 September
The Churchill Fellowships 2024
Opportunity: Fellowship - funding to spend up to two months discovering new ideas and best practice among leading practitioners anywhere in the world. This can be in person or online, and the idea is that you gain insights that will help inform UK practice in your chosen area. Applications will open on 4 September.
Who's it for: UK citizens aged 18 or over, no particular qualifications.
Organiser: The Churchill Fellowship
Eligibility: Proposed topic areas must be beneficial to UK society, and must meet eligibility criteria.
Themes for 2025 are:
- Arts and communities.
- Caring for our natural environment.
- Children and young people with experience of care.
- Climate change.
- Supporting engagement in education.
- Promoting lifelong health.
- Resilient economies and communities.
- Tech for all.
Deadline: 12 November.
17 September
UKRI - MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health Programme Funding
Opportunity: Research Funding- UKRI have announced that the Medical Research Council (MRC) will be funding a programme of research focused on neurosciences and mental health.
Who's it for: Organisations eligible to apply for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.
Eligibility: To be eligible you need to:
- be employed at a research organisation eligible to apply for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding
- have a record of securing funding and delivering research
Deadline: 17 September, 4pm
26 September
Application Development Award for Health and Care Professionals
Opportunity: Application Development funding - funding of up to £150k for up to 10 ADA's to help support work needed to submit a competitive research application for larger funding
Who's it for: Health and Care professionals: Nurses, Midwives, Pharmacists, Healthcare scientists and Allied Health Professionals.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Applicants must hold or be about to be awarded a PhD or have equivalent demonstrable research knowledge and experience.
Deadline: 26 September, 1pm.
October
23 October
The British Academy Visiting Fellowships 2025
Opportunity: Fellowship - a postdoctoral fellowship of up to £40,000, enables academics from any country overseas to be based at a UK higher education or other research institution of their choice for up to six months.
Who's it for: Academics overseas looking to collaborate with colleagues in UK universities.
Organiser: The British Academy
Eligibility: To be eligible you need to:
- be at postdoctoral level or above (or have equivalent research experience)
- be on a permanent or fixed term contract
- make contact with your host institution ahead of applying
Deadline: 23 October, 5pm
November
1 November
Opportunity: Fellowship - funding to spend a year in the US for internationally comparative healthcare research.
Who's it for? Mid-career researchers with a clinical or non-clinical healthcare policy background
Funder: jointly funded from NIHR and the Commonwealth fund
Deadline: 1 November
6 November
Research for Patient Benefit programme
Opportunity: Research funding for high quality quantitative and qualitative research with a clear trajectory to patient benefit.
Who's it for: ECRs
Funder: NIHR
Deadline: 6 November
12 November
The Churchill Fellowships 2024
Opportunity: Fellowship - funding to spend up to two months discovering new ideas and best practice among leading practitioners anywhere in the world. This can be in person or online, and the idea is that you gain insights that will help inform UK practice in your chosen area. Applications will open on 4 September.
Who's it for: UK citizens aged 18 or over, no particular qualifications.
Organiser: The Churchill Fellowship
Eligibility: Proposed topic areas must be beneficial to UK society, and must meet eligibility criteria.
Themes for 2025 are:
- Arts and communities.
- Caring for our natural environment.
- Children and young people with experience of care.
- Climate change.
- Supporting engagement in education.
- Promoting lifelong health.
- Resilient economies and communities.
- Tech for all.
Deadline: 12 November.
Various
Doctoral studentships focusing on dementia-related practice
Opportunity: Doctoral studentships - fifteen full-time PhD studentships focusing on dementia-related practice in England with support from the National Institute for Health and Care Research.
Who's it for: Aspiring PhD students aiming to conduct research relevant to dementia - see the listed projects for more details on available topics.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: See individual project listings for more information on eligibility.
Deadline: Differs per project but studentships will start in October 2024.
Associate Principal Investigator (PI) Scheme
Opportunity: Training opportunity - the Associate Principal Investigator Scheme aims to develop health and care professionals to become the Principal Investigators (PIs) of the future.
Who's it for: Healthcare professionals just starting their research career, particularly those who would not usually have the opportunity to take part in clinical research in their day-to-day role.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: The scheme is open to any health and care professional willing to make a significant contribution to the conduct and delivery of a study at a local level over a period of six months.