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NIHR RDS for the East Midlands R&D Email Update

February 2011: Latest news from online R&D sources

Dementia Research  - NIHR Call

http://www.nihr.ac.uk/research/Pages/Dementia.aspx

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) will issue a call for research on dementia in March 2011. The call supports the NIHR response to 'Living well with Dementia – A National Dementia Strategy', published in February 2009. It also supports the work of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research (MAGDR) on ways to improve the volume and impact of dementia research. Reports from the MAGDR subgroups should be available in late March and applicants will need to consider their recommendations, carefully, particularly in respect of topic priorities and better ways of working.  This early advance notice of the intention to call will allow adequate time for the dementia research community to prepare high quality applications.
 

The call will extend across the translational pathway, covering the fields of cause, cure and care, including prevention. Seven of the NIHR managed research programmes will be participating:

  • Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation
  • Public Health Research
  • Health Services Research
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • Programme Grants for Applied Research
  • Research for Patient Benefit
  • Service Delivery and Organisation

The themed call will be launched in March 2011 with applications closing on 20 May 2011. Research proposals will be assessed by independent peer review and funding decisions will be made by the end of March 2012.

Cancer Experiences Collaborative
Research Scholarships – Nursing and Allied Health Professionals

http://www.ceco.org.uk/research-capacity/scholarships.php

The purpose of the scheme is to attract novice researchers to supportive and palliative care research. Funding will be provided to support applicants for up to three months (full-time) or for a longer period (part-time), to enable them to work with CECo researchers to develop their research skills and submit:

  • an application for a research grant
  • an application for a PhD Fellowship, and/or
  • a substantial research-related paper directed at a peer-reviewed journal.

The scheme is aimed at clinicians and researchers within nursing, medical and allied health professions and other areas relating to health and social care research. Two research scholarships are available (max. £10,000 per scholarship). The Scholarship will be held at one of the five CECo universities: Lancaster University, University of Liverpool, University of Manchester, University of Nottingham and the University of Southampton.

Closing date 18th February 2011

Training, Education, Workshops & Courses

NIHR studentships for MA Research Methods, University of Nottingham

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nmp/postgraduate/nihr.aspx

Studentships are available for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals with at least one year's experience of clinical practice since graduating, who are looking to start a clinical academic career.  The Clinical Academic Training Studentships will provide full tuition fees and employee salaries to cover employer's back–fill costs.  Students can study either full-time over one year or part-time over two years. 

The 2011 round of applications is now open.  Application documents and guidance are available from the link above. The closing date for applications is 12pm on 27th May 2011

The University is running roadshows during the spring:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nmp/postgraduate/nihr-roadshows.aspx

and has also published a useful set of  slides:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nmp/documents/nihrstudentshiproadshowspresentation2011.pdf