Starting a PhD After completing my Statistics MSc I thought about applying for PhDs in the field that I had done my dissertation in, cognitive impairment. In the end I decided to apply for jobs as a Research Assistant with the thought that I could gain some experience and also […]
Research Training Fellowships: Ageing, rehabilitation and palliative care
Research Training Fellowships: Ageing, rehabilitation and palliative care Application closing date Friday 15 January 2016 The Dunhill Medical Trust has announced the availability of up to four Research Training Fellowships to be awarded in Spring 2016. Applications are invited from talented clinicians and health or social care, professionals (including more senior staff) working in […]
New Research Strategy Office Guidance 2015-16 from the University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge has published its new “Research Strategy Office Guidance 2015-16: Concordate to Support Research Integrity” The guidance provides a link to the Universities UK ‘Concordat to Support Research Integrity’, compliance to which is a requirement for Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Research Councils UK (RCUK). […]
Opportunities for Patient/Public members of the NIHR’s Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre programme panel or board
Join an National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) programme panel or board There are currently a number of opportunities for public contributors on the NIHR’s Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Prioritisation panels, HTA Funding Boards and Public Health Research (PHR) Programme Advisory board. These are […]
Wellcome Trust Funding Opportunities: Research Awards for Health Professionals
Research Awards for Health Professionals: 2016 January Round 22 January 2016: closing date for preliminary applications 30 March 2016: closing date for full applications This scheme is intended for practising health professionals who wish to carry out a period of humanities or social science research in any area of human […]
NIHR launch of Round 9 of their Fellowships Programme 2016.
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) open application process for the NIHR Fellowships Programme 2016 Deadline for application submissions: 1.00 pm on Wednesday the 20th of January 2016 NIHR Fellowships support outstanding individuals to become the health research leaders of the future by buying out their salary costs, meeting their […]
NICE guideline on Disability, dementia and frailty in later life
NICE have published their guideline on “Disability, dementia and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to prevention”. This guideline covers mid-life approaches to delay or prevent the onset of dementia, disability and frailty in later life, and aims to increase the amount of time that people can be independent, healthy […]
NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF): October 2015 newsletter
We would like to draw your attention to the latest newsletter from the NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF). The newsletter outlines current news and funding opportunities. This October 2015 edition includes: NIHR School for Public Health Research Competition 2015 NIHR Photographic Competition 2015 – the results Top 10 health technology innovations AMRC […]
Public Involvement Event: National, Regional and Local Perspectives
The East of England Public Involvement Forum (EPIF) was jointly hosted by the PPI theme at CLAHRC EoE and NIHR Research Design Service (East of England) on the 30th September 2015 in Cambridge. Simon Denegri (INVOLVE and National Director for Public Participation and Engagement in Research) provided a national perspective. […]
How Collaborating with the Third Sector Can Support Research: A blog by Emma Dickerson
I attended the recent ‘Getting the most out of clinical research: AMRC-NIHR workshop” at Charles Darwin House, London. The aim of the workshop was to aid more collaborative working, between the third sector and NIHR infrastructure organisations. The agenda had a number of inspiring speakers, including Dr Russell Hamilton […]