Funding and support round-up

September 2021

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Latest funding opportunities

Transforming care and health at home and enabling independence

Public Health Research (PHR) Programme
NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRC)

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme
21/554 Health Technology Assessment Programme Researcher-led (primary research)
21/555 Health Technology Assessment Programme Researcher-led (evidence synthesis)
21/556 NIHR NICE Rolling Call - (HTA Programme)

View the full list of funding opportunities on our website.

Major new funding opportunity for local government based public health research collaborations

The NIHR has launched an exciting new initiative to fund public health research collaborations based in local authorities.

The new funding has been assigned for five new Health Determinant Research Collaborations (HDRC), which will focus on how to address the wider determinants of population health and health inequalities, explicitly addressing the needs of local disadvantaged groups.

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Career development opportunities with NIHR Academy’s leadership programme

Starting this month, the NIHR Academy is offering a programme of online workshops and webinars to support colleagues in enhancing their leadership and management skills.

There are sessions relevant to early or mid-career researchers, and workshops aimed at senior research leaders.

NIHR Global Research Professorships

NIHR Global Research Professorships are five-year awards funding research leaders to undertake research which specifically and primarily benefits the health and welfare of people in low and middle-income countries.

Join our webinar on 15 September 2021 at 12:00 noon to learn more, ahead of applications opening at the end of the month.

Invention for Innovation: an introduction to the NIHR i4i funding programme and our i4i seminar series

The Research Design Service is holding a series of events focusing on funding from the Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme:

The 22 September 2021, 13:00-14:30 session is an overview of what translational research entails, and what i4i committees are looking for in applications.
A three-part series (6, 13 and 20 October 2021, 13:00-14:30) providing deeper insights into aspects of i4i project development, and highlighting which organisations you'll need to consult during the research design process.

Do you have ideas for how to reduce research bureaucracy?

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is conducting an independent review of research bureaucracy. They are seeking views on ways to substantially reduce research bureaucracy, primarily for the benefit of individuals and teams conducting research.

From the RDS desk - navigating the innovation pathway

Do you have an idea for a product but feel like a rabbit in the headlights when you look at putting together an Invention for Innovation (i4i) funding application? You're not alone.

Our Research Design Service (RDS) blog this month will provide you with a few tips, and our seminar will introduce you to the support around i4i applications that you'll need to draw on.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces need for invasive ventilation in hospitalised COVID-19 patients

The NIHR-supported RECOVERY-RS trial has demonstrated that treating hospitalised COVID-19 patients who have acute respiratory failure with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), reduces the need for invasive mechanical ventilation.

Ethical challenges in stakeholder and community engagement in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic

Noni Mumba, Head of Engagement at KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, writes in our blog about how she overcame some of the challenges arising during the pandemic, to continue their work connecting with the community.

Advice on ethical dimensions of community engagement and involvement

In this new learning resource about community engagement and involvement (CEI), we explore ethical dimensions of CEI in global health research.

£30 million investment to rebalance the scale of mental health research

The Department of Health and Social Care and the NIHR have announced a new £30 million Mental Health Research Initiative to tackle the disparity between regional needs, and mental health research activity.

How our journey through NIHR funding has improved care for people with heart failure

Dr Hasnain Dalal and Prof Rod Taylor describe how they’ve used several consecutive funding awards from the NIHR to develop, test and implement a new home-based approach to rehabilitation that is now improving lives for people with heart failure.

Lung drug trial offers new hope for heart failure patients

An early phase trial, funded by the NIHR, brings new hope for patients with a common form of heart failure. Dr Chris Miller’s study, published in Nature Medicine, showed that a drug used to treat lung fibrosis could offer a viable treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

HRA/MHRA Combined Review update: new application service

The NIHR Clinical Research Network is now offering earlier support, using the Non-commercial Portfolio Application service within our Central Portfolio Management System. Investigators applying for ethical and regulatory approval for Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products through the HRA/MHRA’s combined review service can apply now.

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