Monthly Archives: August 2020

NIHR Newsletter

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More volunteers needed as vaccine registry grows
We recently launched a call for the public to join the NHS COVID-19 vaccine research registry. This registry will accelerate recruitment in vaccine studies over the coming months. We’re delighted that more than 200,000 people have now signed up but still need more people to register. Researchers are looking for people with or without existing health conditions, from all backgrounds, ages and parts of the UK. People aged 65 and over, frontline workers and those from the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities are particularly invited to sign up.  Sign up now Continue reading NIHR Newsletter →

Research Professional Update

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‘We already have a DARPA model in the UK’, says graphene chief

Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre is example of DARPA’s philosophy in action, says chief executive.

UKRI awards funding in second wave of Strength in Places Fund

Money will allow projects to develop full bids and apply for £10m-50m later this year.

 

 

 

UKRI – Medical Research Council

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UKRI open call for research and innovation ideas to address Covid-19 – Proposals are invited for short-term projects addressing and mitigating the health, social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. Since we opened this competition in March 2020 the research and innovation community have responded with some excellent ideas and proposals. Sadly, Covid-19 is still with us, and robust solutions to many problems are still needed. That said, there are some areas that are already well funded, and others where few high-quality proposals have been submitted. For this reason, for this next phase of the call, we will focus on areas that fill gaps in the Covid-19 research and innovation landscape. Click title for more information. 

NIHR Updates

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Back in May the NIHR published a Framework to support the restarting of research paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read our two month update on the implementation of the Restart Framework, and our goal to restore a fully active portfolio of NIHR research while continuing to support important COVID-19 studies as part of the Government response to the pandemic.

Research to inform policy responses to COVID-19 in the health and social care systems

The Policy Research Programme is running a funding call for research to inform policy responses to COVID-19 in the health and social care systems

Priorities announced in the second round include risks of being overweight/obese, causes of disparities in health outcomes for Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, policies mitigating poor outcomes for disabled people, addressing challenges in social care practice, and building organisational resilience to AMR

Public Health Research Programme
20/83 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
20/84 Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR Programme

Policy Research Programme
Artificial Intelligence for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (AIM)
Evaluating the use of the ICON programme in its purpose to prevent instances of Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) in infants

View the full list of funding opportunities on our website.