OCTOBER
23 October
Getting Into Mental Health Research: a one-day training for mental health workers
Opportunity: In person one day course. This course aims to widen your understanding of research, its processes and how to develop your journey through it and has been designed by recipients of the Mental Health Research for All fund.
Organiser: NIHR ARC North Thames
Location: In person in Euston
Eligibility: For people working in mental health care delivery within the area covered by the North Thames ARC.
Date/Time: Apply by midnight, 23 October. Course is on 7 November, 10:00 - 16:00
Cost: Free
25 October
NIHR Undergraduate Internship Programme
Opportunity: Webinar. In advance of the launch of the fund the webinar is intended to provide information for those who might be interested in applying once launched. The fund is to give early/mid career researchers the opportunity to apply for funding to host up to 3, fully funded research interns with the aim of attracting undergraduates from underrepresented professions into research careers
Organiser: NIHR
Location: Online via Zoom - register here
Intended audience: early/mid-career researchers who may be interested in hosting an undergraduate intern.
Time and date: 12:30 Wednesday 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 12 noon 25 October
27 October
McPin Foundation PPI online training
Opportunity: Training course - 3 session course for those new to PPI or who want to improve their PPI practice. Each session is 2.5 hours long for a group of less than 10 researchers.
Organiser: McPin Foundation
Location: Online via Zoom
Intended audience: academic mental health researchers
Cost: £600
Dates: 27 October, 10 November and 24 November - course is all three dates
31 October
UKRI Creating Opportunities Evaluation Development Fund
Opportunity: Research Funding - Apply for up to 12 months of funding to undertake evaluation activities that improve our understanding of interventions that increase opportunities and reduce disparities in economic, health and social outcomes for people and places across the UK. Funding of up to 80% for projects costing between £100,000- £250,00.
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
Senior Research Leader - Nursing & Midwifery Programme
Opportunity: Research Funding
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Be a nurse or midwife registered at an institution that receives DHSC funding
Deadline: Tuesday 31st October.
NIHR SPCR Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Opportunity: Research Funding - These awards provide funding to cover the costs of a 24 month Fellowship at one of the SPCR members. The aim of these fellowships is for the fellow to follow an independent research project, publish their research and prepare grant applications to secure future funding. Applications particularly welcomed from AHP's
Organiser: NIHR School of Primary Care Research
Eligibility: Strong academic background undertaking research at one of the 9 host institutions
Deadline: 13:00hrs Tuesday 31st October.
NOVEMBER
1 November
Early Career Researcher Bridge Fund
Opportunity: Short Term Research Funding - This scheme aims to enable the retention of early career researchers in dementia research or to address particular pinch points in their career path. The scheme may be used to cover funding gaps
Organiser: Alzheimers Research UK
Eligibility: Non-tenured ECR established in dementia research
Deadline: Apply by 1700hrs , Wednesday 1 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: £40 for one day, £60 for both
14 November
Mental Health Award: Understanding how anxiety and trauma related problems develop, persist and resolve
Opportunity: Research Funding - This call will fund research that advances scientific understanding of the causal mechanisms through which brain, body and environment interact over time in the development, persistence and resolution of anxiety- and trauma-related disorders.
Organiser: Wellcome
Eligibility: multi-focal researchers with work in low and middle income countries
Deadline: Apply by 1700hrs , Tuesday 14 November.
15 November
King's PhD Programme in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals
Opportunity: Funded PhD - This PhD programme is aimed at doctors, nurses, clinical psychologists and allied healthcare practitioners across a diverse range of topics relevant to mental health science. It covers salary costs, university fees, research expenses up to £50,000, along with support for travel and training.
Organiser: King's College London and Wellcome
Eligibility: Health professionals who have completed their undergraduate training and are registered with a national professional regulatory body
Deadline: Apply by 1300hrs , Wednesday 15 November.
16 November
Career Development Awards
Opportunity: Research Funding - This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. Funding is for around 8 years to cover salary and research activities.
Organiser: Wellcome
Eligibility: Researchers in UK, ROI or low/middle income countries
Deadline: Apply by 1700hrs , Thursday 16 November.
17 November
Psych Pharm Techs - Inspirational working practice in mental health
Opportunity: One day training - Psych Pharm Techs is a best-practice sharing event for pharmacy technicians of any grade working in mental health. It is a course designed for pharmacy technicians, by pharmacy technicians.
Organiser: The College of Mental Health Pharmacy
Location: Birmingham
Date/Time: 17 November
Cost: £150 for CMHP members, £175 for non-members
23 November
Local Authority SPARC
Opportunity: Research Funding - This scheme supports individuals working in local authority settings and NIHR Academy members allowing movement between NIHR/academia and local authority settings in either direction. You can apply for up to £15,000 to undertake a bespoke short placement in a part of the NIHR. Applications are short/light-touch and will be assessed in open competition.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Individuals in a local authority in England
Deadline: 13:00hrs Thursday 23 November.
Forensic mental health aspects of intellectual disability and autism: An update
Opportunity: Virtual CPD training
Organiser: The Royal Society of Medicine
Location: Online
Date/Time: 23 November, 09:15-16:45hrs
Cost: Cost varies by RSM membership
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 - For research addressing the question: Does pairing a child or young person in care with a non-related adult for regular social meetings and skills training improve mental health/mental resilience, prevent adolescent risk behaviours and improve inter-personal relationships when compared to current standard of care?
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: researchers in NI and Scotland should contact NIHR about eligibility to apply
Deadline: Apply by 1300hrs , Wednesday 29 November.
23/40 Supporting the mental health of birth mothers at risk of recurrent care proceedings
Opportunity: Research Funding - For research addressing the question: What programmes are used to improve emotional wellbeing and reduce the cycle of repeated care proceedings for women who have had a baby taken immediately into care, and how effective are they?
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: researchers in NI and Scotland should contact NIHR about eligibility to apply
Deadline: Apply by 1300hrs , Wednesday 29 November.
30 November
Pre-Application Support Fund
Opportunity: Research Funding - The Pre-Application Support Fund is a new scheme providing extra support to those who need it to enhance their chances of making a successful application to an NIHR career development scheme in the future. Funding can be requested for up to 12 months to develop an application for an NIHR career development scheme.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Researchers eligible to apply for one of NIHR's career development funds
Deadline: Apply by 1300hrs , Thursday 30 November.
DECEMBER
6 December
Mental Health Research Development Award
Opportunity: Research Funding - This award is designed to support higher education institutions (HEI) to carry out targeted preparatory work to develop a competitive Mental Health Research Group (MHRG) application
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: HEI's with limited or no mental health research capacity who wish to expand
Deadline: Apply by 1300hrs Wednesday 6 December. Webinar on October 10th
NIHR Research Professorships
Opportunity: Research Funding - A 5 year award to fund research leaders of the future to promote effective translation of research and strengthen health, public health and care research leadership at the highest academic levels.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: members of HEI's, the NHS or any other health, public health or care body in England
Deadline: Apply by 1300hrs Wednesday 6 December.
7 December
NIHR Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship (DLAF) scheme Round 2
Opportunity: PhD Funding for local authority employees - The NIHR Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship (DLAF) scheme supports individuals based within local authorities and supporting services to undertake fully funded PhDs. These fully funded doctoral fellowships allow awardees to retain their existing employment contracts and salaries, whilst protecting their time to undertake a research doctorate, academic training, professional development and some appropriate continued practice.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Local authority employees looking for undertake a PhD during a sabbatical from current role.
Deadline: Apply by 7 December.
12 December
23/86 Reducing health inequalities related to ethnicity by influencing the wider determinants of health
Opportunity: Research Funding - To address the question: For people from ethnic minority backgrounds in the UK, what is the impact on health inequalities of interventions that influence the wider determinants of health?
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 - For research addressing the question: Which interventions, aimed at people at high risk of suicide or suicide attempts, are effective in reducing the rate of suicide and suicide attempts?
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 - For research addressing the question: What are the most effective interventions that organisations can adopt to improve the physical and mental health of the UK workforce?
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
15 December
Early Career Researchers Funding
Opportunity: Funding for career development support - funding for up to 8 ECRs to support networking activities, conference attendance, cross-training activities (e.g., ECR working in mental health training to develop their skills in circadian biology), mentoring visits (supporting ECR visits to their mentors’ labs to learn and develop new skills), and public engagement activities.
Organiser: Circadian Mental Health Network
Eligibility: ECRs working at the intersection of mental health, sleep and circadian science.
Deadline: Friday 15 December
20 December
PhD Programme for Primary Care Clinicians
Opportunity: Funding for PhD - Up to 5 PhD studentships will be awarded annually to clinicians of all disciplines working in UK primary care, for example: practice nurses; health visitors; dentists, primary care pharmacists; optometrists working in primary care and general practitioners. These studentships can be hosted at one of the 10 primary care research departments who are part of this consortium.
Organiser: NIHR SPCR
Eligibility: Clinicians working in UK primary care
Deadline: Wednesday 20December
29 December
Public Health Research Programme Rapid Funding Scheme
Opportunity: Research Funding - Funding specifically to conduct rapid baseline data collection, as well as other feasibility work, prior to intervention implementation, for unique, time-limited opportunities such as a natural experiment or similar evaluations of a new public health intervention.
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
January 2024
16 January
Mental Health Research Group Award
Opportunity: Research Funding - Funding aimed at increasing the national capacity to deliver mental health research by funding HEI's with little to no MH research capacity and partnering them with experienced institutions for guidance.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: HEI's with limited or no mental health research capacity who wish to expand
Deadline: Apply by 1300hrs Tuesday 16 January. Webinar on October 10th
Mental Health Research Leaders Awards
Opportunity: Research Funding - The Mental Health Research Leaders Award is designed to support an individual in a higher education institutions (HEIs) with a strategic interest in undertaking targeted and applied mental health research that will be directly beneficial for the local communities and health and care system, who currently lack the institutional capacity to do so.
Leader Awards can be for up to £2.5m, up to 5 years,
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: members of HEI's, the NHS or any other health, public health or care body in England
Deadline: Apply by 1300hrs Tuesday 16 January. Webinar on October 10th
18 January
NIHR Advanced Fellowship Round 11
Opportunity: Postdoc Funding - Intended for anyone who is in postdoctoral but has not obtained a professorial post. The Advanced Fellowship supports individuals undertaking research in any scientific discipline or sector that can demonstrate a contribution to improving health and/or care. It funds salary and research activities for between 2-5 years.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Proposed Host Organisation must be an English or a participating devolved nation HEI, NHS body, social care organisation or other provider of health and/or care services.
Deadline: Apply by 1300hrs Thursday 18 January.