NIHR launches £56 million new funding competition for public health research The NIHR has launched a new funding competition to allocate up to £56 million of funding over 5 years to public health research. The competition will award funding from the Department of Health and Social Care to 14 NIHR […]
INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITY: Expert by Experience Representative Member for CPFT Research and Development Strategic Funding Allocation Committee Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) have a vacancy for an Expert by Experience (EbE) to join the CPFT Research and Development (R&D) Strategic Funding Allocation Committee. If you have experience of using […]
Opportunities to influence health research in the UK Are you a health professional with the expertise to support the research funding process? Opportunities are available for experts to join a number of NIHR funding and prioritisation committees and help to shape the future of health research. The committees prioritise important […]
New report explores how NHS staff can get involved in research THIS Institute explored why and how NHS staff contribute to research, the factors that enable engagement, the impact of engagement on research processes and outcomes, and the implications for future engagement efforts. Key findings from report From shaping research questions, […]
Learning for Involvement – launch of a new website INVOLVE’s new ‘Learning for Involvement’ website has recently launched. The site offers a range of functions: you can search for learning resources – guidance, reports, toolkits, books, websites, videos, blogs, MOOCs, etc you can recommend resources that you have found useful […]
What can be achieved by using creative writing as a social research method? A blog by Harriet Cooper My project is finding out what a ‘rights-based rehabilitation’ experience looks like, from the point of view of disabled people who have been through this process. So, the issue of how this […]
NEW GUIDANCE: Public Co-Applicants in research INVOLVE, in partnership with the Health Research Authority (HRA) and the NHS R&D Forum have launched a new guide: Public Co-Applicants in Research – guidance on roles and responsibilities https://www.invo.org.uk/posttypepublication/public-co-applicants-in-research-guidance-on-roles-and-responsibilities/ This guidance is intended to help: Researchers wanting to include public co-applicants in a […]
Health research project required advice or approval from 89 different people to get the green light, in case study of approvals process Which health research projects involving humans are ethically justified, safe and legal? Who decides whether they should get the green light to proceed? In one case study, researchers […]
Invitation to Tender: A qualitative review focusing on gender inequalities in clinical academic careers NIHR Academy in partnership with five other organisations, Academy of Medical Science, Cancer Research UK, Health Education England, Medical Research Council, and Wellcome Trust are inviting research proposals to help understand the factors that influence career […]
Chief Allied Health Professions Officer’s Awards 2019 – open for applications The Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) Awards celebrate the contribution AHPs have made in supporting improvements in health, care and wellbeing and the impacts described in AHPs into Action. The awards are open to all AHPs, student AHPs and […]