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PRP (37-01-07) An Evaluation of the Thalidomide Health Grant

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.

  • Closes: 1pm on 31 December 2098

Research Programme for Social Care

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.

  • Closes: 13:00 on 17 January 2024

NIHR Health Protection Research Units - Stage 1

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.

  • Potential advert date: 17 October 2023

Mental Health Research Group Award

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.

  • Closes: 16 January 2024

Mental Health Research Leaders Award

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: 16 January 2024

Mental Health Research Development Award

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.

  • Closes: 06 December 2023

PRP (38-01-01) Social Care Policy Research Initiative

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.

  • Closes: 1pm on 18 June 2024