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Brain cancer care, support, and rehabilitation

In summer 2024, we anticipate issuing a funding opportunity for research to generate high quality evidence in brain cancer care, support and rehabilitation.

  • Potential advert date: 25 July 2024

PRP (39-01-01) Evaluation of the Nursery Milk Scheme

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme (PRP) invites applications for a single research project to evaluate the Nursery Milk Scheme (NMS) to understand how the scheme contributes to the dietary requirements of children attending early years settings, the value of the scheme, and whether the scheme is cost-effective and equitable.

  • Closes: 1pm on 18 June 2024

PRP (39-01-06) Understanding best practice in social work interventions

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme (PRP) invites applications for a multi-phased research project which will aim to understand variation and best practice in adult social work interventions for people with complex needs.

  • Closes: 1pm on 18 June 2024

24/49 PHIRST Local Government Expressions of Interest

The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is accepting Expressions of Interest from local government for evaluations of interventions by the NIHR’s Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST).

  • Closes: 1pm on 24 September 2024

Mental Health Research Leaders Award Round Two

The Mental Health Research Leaders Award is designed to support 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.

  • Closes: 13:00 on 17 July 2024

NIHR Senior Investigators Round 18

NIHR Senior Investigators are appointed in recognition of their substantial leadership contribution within the NIHR research community.

  • Potential advert date: 18 June 2024

24/26 Climate change and health

The Public Health Research Programme (PHR) is accepting Stage 1 applications to their commissioned workstream for this topic.

  • Closes: 13:00 on 09 August 2024

24/33 PHR Programme researcher-led

The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme are accepting Stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream.

  • Closes: 13:00 on 09 August 2024

24/39 EME Programme researcher-led

The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream.

  • Closes: 13:00 on 20 August 2024
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24/41 NIHR NICE rolling call

The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications to this funding opportunity.

  • Closes: 13:00 on 20 August 2024
  • Webinar