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Guidance notes for the second round of the NIHR Local Authority Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (LA SPARC) Scheme, which supports short placements for individuals to move between practice and NIHR in order to enhance their careers by developing their skills, knowledge and expertise to work at the interface between local authorities and academia.
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20 September 2022
Guidance notes for round nine of the NIHR Short Placement for Research Collaboration (SPARC) scheme. This offers NIHR Academy members the opportunity to spend time in other parts of the NIHR; to network, train in a specific skill or collaborate with other researchers/specialists.
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20 September 2022
NIHR Researchfish Update 2021
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12 January 2022
Guidance notes for the first round of the NIHR Local Authority Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (LA SPARC) Scheme
- Published:
28 September 2021
The NIHR SPARC scheme offers NIHR Academy members the opportunity to spend time in other parts of the NIHR; to network, train in a specific skill or collaborate with other researchers/specialists.
- Published:
28 September 2021
Members of the Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (SPARC) Selection Committee
- Published:
08 September 2021
Information about Round 1 VSA case studies
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21 October 2019
Find your Academic Career Development Lead
- Published:
15 October 2019
Information and guidance from previous SPARC awardees.
- Published:
18 September 2019
Find out where you can undertake a NIHR Infrastructure SPARC placement.