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Weekly roundup 12/5/23: events, funding, & opportunities in 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:

Weekly roundup 12/5/23: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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MAY

13 May

Mental Health Summit

Opportunity: In-person conference

Organiser: University of Kent School of Psychology

Location: Canterbury

Dates: Saturday 13 May

Cost: Free

15 May

The Prudence Trust Fellowship: Improving Mental Health in Children and Young People

Opportunity: Research fellowship

Organiser: The Prudence Trust and the University of Oxford

Eligibility: Post-doctoral researchers in child and adolescent mental health

Deadline: Apply by 12pm Monday 15 May

16 May

Primary Care Mental Health Research Conference 2023: Digital health and remote care

Opportunity: In-person conference

Organiser: The Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol

Location: Bristol

Dates: Tuesday 16 May

Cost: £50

17 May

Child & Youth Mental Health Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Opportunity: Webinar

Organiser: Universities of Manchester, Keele, Exeter and the McPin Foundation

Dates: Wednesday 17 May

Cost: Free

NIHR ARCs national webinar series: Mental health and world crises

Opportunity: Webinar

Organiser: NIHR Applied Research Collaborations: South London, Northwest London, and Oxford and Thames Valley

Dates: Wednesday 17 May

Cost: Free

19 May

Intensive Care Society and NIHR Clinical Research Awards 2023

Opportunity: Clinical Award

Organiser: The Intensive Care Society in partnership with NIHR

Eligibility: Clinical staff from all professions in adult critical care

Deadline: Apply by 5pm Friday 19 May

20 May

Council for Allied Health Professions Research East Anglia Conference: The Research Journey

Opportunity: In-person conference

Organiser: CAHPR East Anglia

Location: Keystone Innovation Centre, Norfolk

Dates: Saturday 20 May

Cost: £20, £10 for student AHPs

23 May

Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy

Opportunity: Webinar

Organiser: The Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Dates: Tuesday 23 May

Cost: Free

26 May

Autistica Social Care Grant Development Awards 2023

Opportunity: Research funding

Organiser: Autistica

Eligibility: Researchers (including early career researchers) at a UK institution

Deadline: Apply by 11:59pm Friday 26 May

27 May

Poetry and Mental Health Symposium

Opportunity: In-person conference

Organiser: Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham

Location: Nottingham

Dates: Saturday 27 May

Cost: Free

Deadline: Register by 18 May

JUNE

4 June

Mental Health Internship Awards

Opportunity: Career development and research internship

Organiser: ARC Wessex

Eligibility: Wessex based mental health or social care practitioner

Deadline: Apply by Sunday 4 June

6 June

CANDAL Seminar series 2023: Neurodiversity and mental health

Opportunity: Webinar

Organiser: The Institute of Mental Health

Dates: Tuesday 6 June

Cost: Free

7 June

NIHR Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship Round 3

Opportunity: Career development and PhD fellowship

Organiser: NIHR

Eligibility: Health and care professionals

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on Wednesday 7 June

Wellcome Trust Mental Health Award: Finding the right treatment, for the right people, at the right time for anxiety and depression

Opportunity: Research funding

Organiser: Wellcome Trust

Eligibility: Researchers worldwide

Deadline: Apply by Wednesday 7 June

The Kings Fund Circles Speaker Series: Natasha Devon on on mental health as a gendered issue

Opportunity: Webinar

Organiser: The Kings Fund

Dates: Wednesday 7 June

Cost: £35

9 June

NIHR School for Primary Care Research PhD studentships in primary care

Opportunity: PhD studentship

Organiser: Queen Mary, University of London

Eligibility: Postgraduates with a first or upper-second class degree in a subject relevant to primary care

Deadline: Apply by Friday 9 June

16 June

NIHR Future-Focused Leadership Programme: Emerging Research Leaders - Cohort 2

Opportunity: Career development

Organiser: NIHR

Eligibility: Early to mid-career researchers who are NIHR Academy members

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on Friday 16 June

21 June

NIHR ARCs national webinar series: Mental health and social inclusion

Opportunity: Webinar

Organiser: NIHR Applied Research Collaborations: South London, Northwest London, and Oxford and Thames Valley

Dates: Wednesday 21 June

Cost: Free

22 June

7th UK Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Research Conference: 'PROMs Across the Lifespan'

Opportunity: In-person conference

Organiser: University of Sheffield and NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber

Location: University of Sheffield

Dates: Thursday 22 June

Cost: £50

30 June

HEE/NIHR Clinical Scholar Programme

Opportunity: Pre- and Post-Doctoral Bridging Programmes

Organiser: University of Nottingham

Eligibility: Clinicians in the East Midlands area who have completed a master degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification (Pre-Doctoral Programme) and clinicians in the East Midlands area who have been awarded a PhD (Post-Doctoral Programme)

Deadline: Apply by 5pm Friday 30 June

JULY

4 July

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 8

Opportunity: Early career research funding, applications now open

Organiser: UK Research and Innovation

Eligibility: Early career researchers

Deadline: Apply by 4pm on Tuesday 4 July

6 July

Collaborative Community Research to Tackle Health Inequalities

Opportunity: Research Funding, applications now open

Organiser: UK Research and Innovation

Eligibility: Interdisciplinary team / partnership who have or have not participated in previous phases

Deadline: Apply by 4pm on Thursday 6 July

Third UK and Ireland Mental Diversity Law Conference

Opportunity: Hybrid in-person and online conference

Organiser: The Institute of Mental Health at the University of Nottingham

Location: Nottingham

Dates: Thursday 6 and Friday 7 July,  pre-conference on Wednesday 5 July

Cost: From £50

NIHR Advanced Fellowship Round 10

Opportunity: Postdoctoral research funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR Fellowship programme

Eligibility: Postdoctoral researchers or clinicians in the UK who do not already hold a position as a Chair

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on Thursday 6 July

12 July

NIHR Research for Patient Benefit - Competition 51

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme

Eligibility: Researchers in England

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on Wednesday 12 July

NIHR ARCs national webinar series: Young people's mental health

Opportunity: Webinar

Organiser: NIHR Applied Research Collaborations: South London, Northwest London, and Oxford and Thames Valley

Dates: Wednesday 12 July

Cost: Free

13 July

6th UK and Ireland Implementation Science Research Conference 2023

Opportunity: Hybrid in-person and online conference

Organiser: NIHR ARC South London and the University of Limerick

Location: Limerick

Dates: Thursday 13 and Friday 14 July

Cost: From €62.50

17 July

Summer School in Youth Mental Health Research

Opportunity: Online summer school

Organiser: The Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health at Cardiff University

Dates: Monday 17 to Wednesday 19 July

Cost: Free

28 July

NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Award (DSE)

Opportunity: Post-Doc skills development funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR

Eligibility: Hold a PhD or MD, no longer required to be Academy members

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on Friday 28 July

AUGUST

15 August

NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Programme

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Programme (HSDR)

Eligibility: Researchers in England

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on 15 August

NIHR Public Health Research Programme commissioned workstream: Effectiveness of interventions aimed at preventing domestic abuse

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR Public Health Research Programme (PHR)

Eligibility: Researchers in England

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on 15 August

NIHR Public Health Research Programme commissioned workstream: Health impacts of having ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR Public Health Research Programme (PHR)

Eligibility: Researchers in England

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on 15 August

NIHR Public Health Research Programme commissioned workstream: Interventions to improve health outcomes for sex workers

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR Public Health Research Programme (PHR)

Eligibility: Researchers in England

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on 15 August

SEPTEMBER

6 September

Refocus on Recovery 2023 international conference

Opportunity: In-person conference

Organiser: The Recovery Research Team at The Institute of Mental Health at the University of Nottingham

Location: Nottingham

Dates: Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 September

Cost: £280

 

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