APRIL
3 April
Programme Grants for Applied Research - Competition 44
Opportunity: Research Funding - awards average £2-2.5m over 5 years, but can be larger.
Who's it for?: Researchers addressing local and/or national priorities in health, public health or social care
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Researchers in the UK, based at either an NHS authority or an HEI if appropriate (new scheme remit)
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 3 April.
16 April
Wellcome Discovery Awards
Opportunity: Research Funding - awards of between £700k-£8m over up to 8 years (average award £3.5m/7 years) for established researchers looking to make a major contribution to their field.
Who's it for?: Lead applicant must be a significant researcher in their field and can be in any area of research as long as it is making a contribution to improving human life and aligns with the Wellcome remit
Organiser: Wellcome
Eligibility: Researchers in the UK, Republic of Ireland or a Low or middle income country (excl. India or mainland China)
Deadline: Apply by 17:00 16 April.
23 April
Wellcome Neuroscience and Mental Health Neuromatch registration
Opportunity: Research Collaboration Registration- Register to be matched with a neuroscientist to develop an application for a new Wellcome grant focusing on anxiety, depression and/or psychosis - full details of grant released in mid April
Who's it for?: Clinical professionals working on mental health challenges.
Organiser: Wellcome
Eligibility: Clinical professionals such as psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, counselors, mental health nurses, etc.
Deadline: Register on Neuromatch by 16:00 UTC 23 April.
Essential Guide to Grant Applications
Opportunity: Online Training- Three day online masterclass on writing strong, convincing grant applications
Who's it for: Anyone considering writing a grant application who needs some support to get started or may have been unsuccessful in the past/
Organiser: NIHR RSS
Location: Online - apply here
Date/Time: 23 - 25 April, full day sessions
Cost: Free
Men's mental health
Opportunity: Research Funding - Research Question: What interventions are effective in promoting good mental health, or preventing poor mental health, among men?
Who's it for?: Researchers looking at group or population level interventions in men's mental health. If from England and not had PHR funding before, must contact PHRADA first.
Organiser: NIHR PHR
Eligibility: Researchers from any of the devolved nations of the UK
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 23 April. Webinar on 6 February
Interventions to support women in prison or post-release commissioning brief
Opportunity: Research Funding - Research Question: What interventions are effective in promoting the physical and mental health of women in prison or post-release?
Who's it for: Researchers looking at mental (and physical health) interventions in women in prison and after release, either for issues arising from incarceration or the reasons for imprisonment. If from England and not had PHR funding before, must contact PHRADA first.
Organiser: NIHR PHR
Eligibility: Researchers from any of the devolved nations of the UK
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 23 April. Webinar at 1015-1130 on 6 February
Faith-based groups and the impacts on health and health inequalities
Opportunity: Research Funding - Research Question: How can engagement with faith-based groups impact health and health inequalities?
Who's it for: Researchers looking at the positive impact faith-based groups might have on mental health, on a population of group level. If from England and not had PHR funding before, must contact PHRADA first.
Organiser: NIHR PHR
Eligibility: Researchers from any of the devolved nations of the UK.
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 23 April. Webinar at 1015-1130 on 6 February
Healthy homes
Opportunity: Research Funding - Research Question: What are the health and health inequality impacts of interventions affecting the physical quality of UK housing?
Who's it for: Researchers looking at a range of aspects of housing conditions and the impact they have on mental (and/or physical) health. If from England and not had PHR funding before, must contact PHRADA first.
Organiser: NIHR PHR
Eligibility: Researchers from any of the devolved nations of the UK.
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 23 April. Webinar at 1015-1130 on 6 February
Climate change and health
Opportunity: Research Funding - Research Question: What are the impacts of local authority led interventions aimed at climate change mitigation and/or adaptation on health and inequalities?
Who's it for: Researchers looking at the impact on mental (and/or physical) health of local level policies and interventions for managing climate change. If from England and not had PHR funding before, must contact PHRADA first.
Organiser: NIHR PHR
Eligibility: Researchers from any of the devolved nations of the UK.
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 23 April.
What are the health and health inequality impacts of being outdoors for children and young people?
Opportunity: Research Funding - Research Question: What interventions lead to children and young people spending more time outdoors in ways that improve their health and reduce health inequalities?
Who's it for: Researchers looking at mental (and physical health) impacts of outdoors time, and whether opportunities and benefits are equal. If from England and not had PHR funding before, must contact PHRADA first.
Organiser: NIHR PHR
Eligibility: Researchers from any of the devolved nations of the UK
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 23 April.
Workforce health
Opportunity: Research Funding - Research Question: What are the most effective interventions that organisations can adopt to improve the physical and mental health of the UK workforce?
Who's it for: Researchers looking at any form of intervention which might improve the mental health of employees. If from England and not had PHR funding before, must contact PHRADA first.
Organiser: NIHR PHR
Eligibility: Researchers from any of the devolved nations of the UK
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 23 April.
Continuing areas of research interest to the PHR Programme
Opportunity: Research Funding - various programmes with a public health focus which have a mental health aspect to them. Many have been previously posted but applications were low and so are still open.
Who's it for: If from England and not had PHR funding before, must contact PHRADA first.
Organiser: NIHR PHR
Eligibility: Researchers from any of the devolved nations of the UK
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 23 April.
24 April
RfPB Under-represented disciplines and specialisms highlight notice: Allied Health Professionals
Opportunity: Research Funding - proposals up to £500,000 for a period of up to three years. Please note that all applicants are required to submit an expression of interest by 26 March 2024 before proceeding to Stage 1 application submission.
Who's it for: AHPs who are early career with novel ideas for research and have the backing and support of established researchers.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Researchers in any UK country
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 24 April. Webinar 14:00 15 January
Machine Learning in Mental Health Research workshop
Opportunity: Webinar - The 4th MQ and DATAMIND workshop for Early Career Researchers (ECR) focusing on machine learning, starting with fundamentals and progressing to running basic machine learning analysis on synthetic mental health data.
Who's it for: ECR's in Mental Health Research: aimed at beginners and curious learners with a basic familiarity with R
Location: Awen Institute Swansea University, Singleton Park, Sketty, Swansea, SA2 8PP - Get Ticket here
Date/Time: 1000 - 1600 24 April.
Cost: £15
May
8 May
Health Inequalities in Early Life - NIHR ARCs National Webinars One
Opportunity: Webinar - NIHR ARCs national #ARCseminar on health inequalities in early life. Topics include maternity, ethnicity, mental health and care-leavers.
Who's it for?: Anyone interested in health inequalities in early life
Organiser: NIHR ARC's
Location: Online - Register here
Date/Time: 1300-1400 Wednesday 8 May
Cost: Free.
Launchpad Grants in Mental Health
Opportunity: Research Funding - funding up to £100k over up to 2 years for mid-career researchers to help support their research and/prepare for larger funding
Who's it for: Researchers focusing on increasing understanding of mental health, and improving diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
Organiser: Medical Research Foundation
Eligibility: Researchers with a doctoral level qualification at an eligible institution (UK HEI, Research councils, hospitals, other independent research institutions)
Deadline: Apply by Noon Wednesday 8 May
21 May
Wellcome Early-Career Awards
Opportunity: Research Funding - funding for your salary and up to £400k research costs over usually 5 years for early-career researchers to get them ready to lead their own independent research programme. Thrice yearly advertisement.
Who's it for: Researchers from any discipline, but mental health is one of their strategic programmes.
Organiser: Wellcome
Eligibility: Researchers with a doctoral level qualification and with minimal postdoc experience.
Deadline: Apply by 1700 Tuesday 21 May
27 May
Mental Health Research UK - PhD Scholarship Competition 2025
Opportunity: PhD Scholarship Funding - funding for 2 PhD Scholarships in maternal mental health
Who's it for: Universities with relevant faculty members who wish to apply for funding to host a student to study maternal mental health
Organiser: Mental Health Research UK
Eligibility: Universities in the UK
Deadline: Apply by Midnight 27 May
Machine Learning in Mental Health Research
Opportunity: Workshop- 4th MQ and DATAMIND workshop for ECRs focusing on ML in mental health research, from the basics through to implementation. Part of a series of sessions which included R, Python, Data Management and Epidemiological methods using R.
Who's it for?: Beginners to ML and curious learners, some background with R is helpful. There is some prep work to cover ahead of the session
Organiser: MQ: Mental Health Research and DATAMIND
Location: Awen Institute, Swansea University
Date/Time: 1000 - 1600 Wednesday 24 May
Cost: £15.
June
7 June
NIHR ARC OxTV Internship
Opportunity: Research Internship - funding up to £20k for public health, health or social care workers to kickstart a research-focused career by experiencing the process within an established team of leading health researchers
Who's it for: Health and social care professionals who are in the Oxford and Thames Valley region
Organiser: NIHR ARC OxTV
Eligibility: Any registered professional working in the health or social care sector in Oxford and the Thames Valley region with at least one year post-registration practice experience.
Deadline: Apply by 1700 Friday 7 June
July
9 July
Create a successful hybrid working community
Opportunity: Webinar- focused on learning the best ways of creating a hybrid working community that works for you based on the needs of your role, team and life outside work.
Who's it for: Anyone who is either a NIHR Academy Members/leaders or working at a publicly funded organisation which is conducting and supporting clinical research within the UK.
Organiser: NIHR
Location: Online - apply here
Date/Time: 1300 Tuesday 9 July
Cost: Free
24 July
Facilitated access to mutual aid for adults with problem alcohol and drug use
Opportunity: Research Funding- funding to develop an intervention offering participation in mutual aid groups for adults undergoing treatment and support for alcohol and drug dependency.
Who's it for: Researchers in England who are intending to work with groups in underserved areas of the country.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Researchers working in England
Deadline: Apply by 1300 Wednesday 24 July
August
9 August
The health of children and young people in contact with the criminal justice system
Opportunity: Research Funding - Research question: What interventions have an impact on the physical or mental health of children and young people in contact with the criminal justice system?
Who's it for?: Researchers focused on children and young people and the criminal justice system, looking at either mental health or substance abuse
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Researchers in the UK
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 9 August. Informational webinar at 13:15-14:30 on 5 June
Application Development Award (ADA): Digital Health Inclusion and Inequalities
Opportunity: Research Funding - Funding of between £10-£150K for up to 12 months to support work on the development of a larger application and underpins current work on digital health issues.
Who's it for?: Researchers focused on digital technology and its impact on health outcomes, supporting many different approaches, including the impacts on mental health.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Researchers in the UK
Deadline: Apply by 13:00 9 August. Informational webinar at 13:15-14:30 on 5 June
September
26 September
Application Development Award for Health and Care Professionals
Opportunity: Application Development funding - funding of up to £150k for up to 10 ADA's to help support work needed to submit a competitive research application for larger funding
Who's it for: Health and Care professionals: Nurses, Midwives, Pharmacists, Healthcare scientists and Allied Health Professionals.
Organiser: NIHR
Eligibility: Applicants must hold or be about to be awarded a PhD or have equivalent demonstrable research knowledge and experience.
Deadline: Apply by 1300 26 September. WEBINAR - 20 March 1000-1100, email crossprogramme@nihr.ac.uk to register