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Weekly roundup 11/08/23: 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 11/08/23: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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AUGUST

15 August

NIHR Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR Programme

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open - many mental health related workstreams

Organiser: NIHR Public Health Research Programme (PHR)

Eligibility: Researchers in England without previous PHR Programme funding

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

23 August

NIHR Senior Investigator Award

Opportunity: Research funding

Organiser: NIHR

Eligibility: Applicants must be paid part of their salary as a research cost from current active NIHR research or infrastructure funding

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on Wednesday 23 August

25 August

NIHR Team Science Camp

Opportunity: Training and networking camp, September 26-28.

Organiser: NIHR

Eligibility: Be hosted by an English or a participating devolved nation HEI, NHS body, social care organisation or other provider of health and/or care services.

Deadline: Express interest by 25 August

30 August

NIHR Reducing compound pressures on the NHS and social care

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open - many mental health related workstreams

Organiser: NIHR

Eligibility: Researchers falling within remit of at least one participating NIHR Programme

Deadline: Apply by 30 August

SEPTEMBER

5 september

Building your postdoctoral career in mental health research - webinar

Opportunity: Webinar - more details to follow

Organiser: Mental Health Research and NIHR

Date: Tuesday 5 September, 12:30-13:30.

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

8 September

MQ Mental Health and Wellcome Trust transdisciplinary grant

Opportunity: Short term grant

Organiser: MQ Mental Health

Eligibility: Researchers in any field currently not focused on mental health research

Deadline: 8 September 13:00hrs

12 September

Let’s talk about Mental Health: economic and policy perspectives

Opportunity: In-person day conference

Organiser: Oxford Psychiatry and Green Templeton College

Location: Oxford

Dates: 12 September 12-5pm

Cost: Free

13 September

RfPB Under-represented disciplines and specialisms highlight notice: Methodologists

Opportunity: Research Funding

Organiser: NIHR

Eligibility: Research methodologists in medical statistics, health economics, clinical trial design, operational research, modelling, bioinformatics, qualitative research, mixed methods and epidemiology

Deadline: 13 September 13:00hrs

14 September

Mental Health Award: Understanding how anxiety and trauma related problems develop, persist and resolve

Opportunity: Research Funding - Informational webinar

Organiser: Wellcome

Location: online

Dates: 1300hrs Thurday 14 September

20 September

National Mental Health Programme Demand Signalling

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR HSDR

Eligibility: Researchers in the UK

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on 20 September

National Learning Disability and Autism Programme Demand Signalling

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR HSDR

Eligibility: Researchers in the UK

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on 20 September

23/91 Improving the Organisation and Quality of Health and Social Care Services in Rural and Coastal Areas of the UK

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR HSDR

Eligibility: Researchers in the UK

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on 20 September

23/89 Series 1: Overcoming ethnicity-based inequities in access and experience of health and care services

Opportunity: Research funding, applications now open

Organiser: NIHR HSDR

Eligibility: Researchers in the UK

Deadline: Apply by 1pm on 20 September

21 September

Enhancing Well-Being for the Future

Opportunity: Research Funding

Organiser: CHANSE and NORFACE

Eligibility: Groups of researchers with PI's from multiple European countries covered by the scheme

Deadline: 21 September 14:00hrs CET

26 September

Fellowship Application Day - RDS South Central

Opportunity: In-person information day

Organiser: NIHR RDS South Central

Location: Oxford

Eligibility: Anyone within the remit of the RDS South Central - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight & Oxfordshire

Dates: 26 September

Cost: Free

29 September

NIHR Nursing & Midwifery NMAHP Post-Doctoral Colloquium

Opportunity: In-person Informational Colloquium

Organiser: NIHR Nursing and Midwifery Incubator

Location: London

Dates: Friday 29 September, register interest by end of July

Cost: Free - limited spaces

 

OCTOBER

16 October

Transdisciplinary Placements in Public Health Research

Opportunity: Research 'work experience' 

Organiser: NIHR SPHR

Eligibility: People in professions currently not associated with public health in any way.

Deadline: Monday 16 October, 4pm

17 October

NIHR PHR informational webinar - sign up via funding programme of interest

Opportunity: Webinar 

Organiser: NIHR PHR

Location: Online

Time: Tuesday 17 October, 11:15hrs

25 October

South West NHSE-NIHR Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Academic (ICA) programme awards

Opportunity: Short Term Research Funding

Organiser: NIHR ARC South West

Eligibility: All healthcare related professionals within the remit of ARC SW.

Deadline: Apply by 1200hrs 25 October

31 October

UKRI Creating Opportunities Evaluation Development Fund

Opportunity: Research Funding

Organiser: UKRI

Eligibility: UK based researchers looking to increase opportunities and reduce disparities in economic, health and social outcomes for people and places across the UK

Deadline: Tuesday 31st October 14:00hrs

 

NOVEMBER

1-2 November

Emergency Care Incubator Symposium

Opportunity: In person event

Organiser: NIHR Emergency Care Incubator

Location: University of the West of England, Bristol- register interest here

Date/Time: 1 & 2 November

Cost: Free

14 November

Mental Health Award: Understanding how anxiety and trauma related problems develop, persist and resolve

Opportunity: Research Funding

Organiser: Wellcome

Eligibility: multi-focal researchers with work in low and middle income countries

Deadline: Apply by 1700hrs , Tuesday 14 November.

29 November

This. Space 2023

Opportunity: Virtual conference

Organiser: This.Institute

Location: Online - register here

Date/Time: 29 & 30 November

Cost: Free

23/97 Pairing a child or young person in care with a non-related adult for regular social meetings and skills training

Opportunity: Research Funding

Organiser: NIHR

Eligibility: researchers in NI and Scotland should contact NIHR about eligibility to apply

Deadline: Apply by 1300hrs , Wednesday 29 November.

DECEMBER

12 December

23/86 Reducing health inequalities related to ethnicity by influencing the wider determinants of health

Opportunity: Research Funding

Organiser: NIHR PHR

Eligibility: Researchers looking to address the wider determinants of health for ethnic minorities in the UK

Deadline: Tuesday 12 December, 13:00hrs. Webinar on October 17th 11:15 - 12:30hrs

23/82 Suicide prevention in high risk groups

Opportunity: Research Funding

Organiser: NIHR PHR

Eligibility: Researchers studying interventions for groups with high risk of suicide

Deadline: Tuesday 12 December, 13:00hrs. Webinar on October 17th 11:15 - 12:30hrs

23/83 Workforce health

Opportunity: Research Funding

Organiser: NIHR PHR

Eligibility: Researchers studying interventions for organisations to improve workforce physical and mental health

Deadline: Tuesday 12 December, 13:00hrs. Webinar on October 17th 11:15 - 12:30hrs

29 December

Public Health Research Programme Rapid Funding Scheme

Opportunity: Research Funding

Organiser: NIHR

Eligibility: Researchers looking for funds to conduct rapid baseline data collection, as well as other feasibility work, prior to intervention implementation, for unique, time-limited opportunities

Deadline: Friday 29th December 2023

 

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