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Weekly roundup 26/5/23: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research

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Weekly roundup 26/5/23: events, funding, & opportunities in mental health research
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MAY

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

30 May

NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowships

Opportunity: Research funding - DEADLINE EXTENSION

Organiser: NIHR

Eligibility: Graduates within health and social care looking to develop a competitive PhD proposal.

Deadline: Apply by 5pm on Tuesday 30 May

31 May

Introduction to Evaluation Online

Opportunity: Online Course application DEADLINE (extended)

Organiser: ARC North Thames Academy

Location: Online

Dates: Course runs 19 June - 28 August

Cost: Free

Deadline: Apply by 31 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

23 June

Bridging the Gap: Neuroscience and Clinical Practice in Mental Health Workshop

Opportunity: Workshop - expression of interest deadline 

Organiser: Wellcome 

Location: Wellcome offices, London

Dates: Workshop is on Thursday 19 October, expressions of interest to attend due June 23

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

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

11 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 Tuesday 11 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

18-19 July

Community Led Approaches to Health and Wellbeing

Opportunity: Online event

Organiser: The Kings Fund

Dates: Tuesday 18 to Wednesday 19 July

Cost: Free

26 July

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 26 July

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 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

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

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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October

19 October

Bridging the Gap: Neuroscience and Clinical Practice in Mental Health Workshop

Opportunity: Workshop

Organiser: Wellcome

Location: Wellcome offices, London

Dates: Thursday 19 October

30 October - 1 November

Global Mental Health Research Without Boarders Conference

Opportunity: In person Conference

Organiser: NIH

Location: NIH Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda Maryland. USA

Cost: Free registration

Dates: 30 October - 1 November. Register by 30 September

 

 

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