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