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The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme (PRP) invites applications for a single research project to evaluate the effectiveness of the current Thalidomide Health Grant in supporting Thalidomide Survivors health needs.
NIHR Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (SPARC) Round 10 future funding post
Local Authority Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (LA SPARC) Scheme Round 3
The new Research Programme for Social Care will fund research which generates evidence to improve, expand and strengthen the way social care is provided for users of care services.
The Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award provides up to 5 years of funding for individuals at post-doctoral level to engage in research activities.
The Global Research Professorship award is NIHR’s flagship career development award.
The scheme aims to fund research leaders of the future to promote effective translation of research.
The NIHR is launching a new, two-stage, open competition to designate and fund NIHR Health Protection Research Units (HPRUs) in England. NIHR HPRUs are partnerships between Universities and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), and will act as centres of excellence in multi-disciplinary health protection research in key priority areas.
The NIHR is looking to establish Mental Health Research Groups (NIHR MHRGs) in geographical areas with high mental health (MH) burden, limited local research capacity and low recruitment into MH research studies (“target areas”). The establishment of the MHRGs marks the NIHR’s ongoing commitment to address the disparity in mental health research, aiming to develop and deliver a balanced portfolio of at-scale, high-impact applied mental health research, relevant to the mental health needs of the target areas and their local communities.
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.
The Mental Health Research Development Award is designed to support higher education institutions (HEI) to carry out targeted preparatory work to develop a competitive Mental Health Research Group (MHRG) application.
Funding post for the launch of the Pre-Application Support Fund Round 1
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme (PRP) invites applications for research projects to inform adult social care policy decisions and build the evidence base for policy making.
Applications are invited for Evaluation of early language identification measure & intervention (ELIM-I) research proposals to support policymakers in the Department of Health and Social Care.
Applications are invited to investigate the demand for and supply of therapies for children and young people (CYP) with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Applications are invited for Developing the economic case for early intervention research proposals to support policymakers in the Department of Health and Social Care.
Applications are invited for Restricting promotion of food and drink high in fat, sugar and salt research proposals to support policymakers in the Department of Health and Social Care.
Applications are invited for Climate Change and health - building resilience research proposals to support policymakers in the Department of Health and Social Care.
The NIHR Policy Research Programme (PRP) invites applications for research projects on Nutrition in Early Years (years 1-5).
The NHSE/NIHR Advanced Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (ACAF) supports post-doctoral researchers to develop their academic career while developing their health or care career.
The Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications to this funding opportunity.
The Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (DCAF) scheme funds registered health and care professionals to undertake a PhD by research and, concurrently, to undertake further professional development and practice.
The new Cancer Research Transatlantic Development and Skills Enhancement (DSE) Award is a post-doctoral bridging award for cancer researchers
NIHR is partnering with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to launch a new £30 million funding programme.
NIHR & OLS Cancer Mission: Early Cancer Diagnosis Clinical Validation and Evaluation Call
