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Funding and support round-up

August 2021
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Latest funding opportunities

Evidence Synthesis Programme
Incentive Awards Scheme 2021

Programme Development Grants
Competition 31 (highlight notices on brain tumours and dementia)

View the full list of funding opportunities on our website.
Antivirals in COVID-19
We are looking to fund a research consortium to deliver a complex community-based clinical trial platform for antiviral candidates for COVID-19, that could augment the current vaccine and therapeutic programmes.

Due to the urgency of this research, applications will be fast-tracked.
Leadership development workshops - confident communication
Holding difficult conversations is a challenge facing everyone in leadership. Join NIHR’s virtual workshops for insight and techniques to build your confidence, and help you achieve positive outcomes.

Attend one or both of our half-day sessions on 21 and 28 September 2021, as part of our Leaders Support and Development Programme. 
Public health practitioner’s research informs child obesity policy in local government  
The NIHR has an ambition to increase the number of public health and social care practitioners, who undertake research training alongside their vital work in local communities.

Read our case study on Ravita Taheem, practitioner academic and member of Southampton City Council’s public health team, to find out about training opportunities.
From the RDS desk - raising the public involvement standards in the RDS
Patient and public involvement has been an essential element of research funding applications for many years, and the Research Design Service (RDS) have been making it an essential element in how we work.

Our blog this month shows how we've integrated our public contributor teams to our advice-giving service, and the resulting benefits.
New vision for harnessing the full potential of data-enabled trials

NIHR-funded researchers have launched a blueprint, highlighting innovative ways and best practice for using fully consented patient data, in clinical trials for public benefit.
Why technology trials are vital to improve young people’s mental health therapies

Online interventions that retain a personal touch can provide an important blend of open, inclusive, and timely treatments but need rigorous testing, writes Dr Charlotte Hall, and Professor Chris Hollis.
A record high - participation in NIHR Clinical Research Network studies doubles in pandemic year    

This month, the NIHR Clinical Research Network published its annual statistics for 2020/21, to show the extraordinary impact the Network has made in delivering vital clinical research during the 2020/21 pandemic.  
How to generate inclusive and diverse mental health, in patient and public involvement and engagement  

Public contributors and researchers from the mental health theme at the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, share some strategies that enabled them to work collaboratively with individuals from marginalised communities, to co-design research.
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