Resources to help deliver a research skilled workforce

Funding opportunities, skills workshops, events and useful links

Research funding opportunities

PIPP aims to equip research nurses and midwives with the necessary theoretical knowledge, leadership skills and practical experience to become a principal investigator responsible for conducting research at a site.
(Now closed) You can apply to Cohort 2 2024 from 15 April 2024
Awards providing short-term support for those in the South West aspiring to develop a clinical academic career and apply for national awards. 
Application deadline 12:00 noon, Tuesday 21 May 2024
ENRICH brings together care home staff, residents and their families with researchers. It provides a toolkit of resources to help care homes make the most of research; and researchers to set up and run studies effectively and collaboratively in care homes.
In September 2023, the RfSC call will be replaced with the NIHR’s new Research Programme for Social Care, with the programme’s first call launching on 27 September.
Training and support for talented mid-career clinical academics in and around the South West region to develop an independent fellowship and progress their clinical academic career.
  • University of Exeter 
  • Part-time funding for two years
  • Deadline: 11 March 2024, 17:00
This programme of fellowship schemes and short placement awards supports individuals based within local authority settings to develop as health and/or social care researchers whilst retaining their existing employment and salary. This new initiative provides exciting opportunities for a wide range of individuals.
 

AHP writing sessions

The Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) is to start delivering writing sessions.
Our objective is simple yet powerful: to create an environment free from distractions where you can devote your undivided attention to writing. These sessions will cultivate focus and offer brief intervals for a break. Whether you are an experienced researcher or just starting your research career, we invite all Allied Health Professionals within the South West to join us.

CAHPR launch the Directory of Professors 

AHP Professors are often hidden within academic institutions so CAHPR are showcasing the UK's AHP Professors in a new directory.
Allied Health Professions (AHP) Professors are the key leaders and influences to help promote and advance AHP research and AHP research capacity, but they can be hidden within academic institutions.  
As AHP researchers, we should showcase our Professor community. The Community for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) are bringing together a new Directory of AHP Professors to facilitate networking, knowledge exchange, collaboration, and enhanced visibility. This directory will be hosted on the CAHPR website.  
If you’re an Allied Health Professional and a UK-based full Professor, we invite you to join this directory. You can find out more and join the Directory of Professors by completing this form (sorry, we’re excluding visiting, associate and assistant professors). 
We also seek to establish a snapshot of how diverse our community of AHP Professors is. Please complete the diversity and inclusion survey for the CAHPR Directory of Professors (this data is anonymous).
 
The first phase of the project is to explore and consensus-build what AHPs and AHP support workers across the South West feel 'under-recognised in AHP research career progression' means to them. This will be done via virtual co-production workshops which are being held over November 2023. We have had an excellent response rate to sign up for the workshops, so the survey to sign up to the workshops has now closed. 
The second phase of the project will be to explore the barriers and enablers to research career development, research delivery and research leadership for the under-recognised group that the participants of the coproduction workshops, in phase one, felt should be focused on in stage two. 
The third phase of the project will be to create a summary report to identify how access and equity can be improved for the focused-on under-recognised group within AHPs across the South West.
 

Could you be a research delivery leader? 

Virtual event, 20 March 2024, 12:30–14:00
Are you a healthcare professional with a passion for improving patient care?
Do you want to improve patient outcomes by leading groundbreaking research studies?
Learn more about our Master’s level clinical research delivery leadership qualifications at this event.
  • Suitable for all healthcare professionals who have no or limited research experience and those currently working in research delivery.
  • All courses are designed for part time learning to fit around busy schedules.
  • All courses consist of theory-based online learning modules and a research practice experience module.
  • The ‘research practice’ module helps learners to develop their skills and expertise by working on research projects alongside experienced mentors.
A number of DHSC funded bursaries for course fees will be available. Further details will be provided at the event.
 
 

Job opportunities

Head of Research
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
£70,417–£81,138 per annum
Closing date: 05/03/2024, 23:59

Funding opportunities

NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement award (DSE) 
The DSE award is a post-doctoral level funding opportunity aimed at supporting early to mid-career researchers in gaining specific skills and experience to underpin the next phase of their research career. The closing date is 29 March 2024. 
RfPB Under-represented disciplines and specialisms highlight notice: Allied Health Professionals 
The Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme invites applications from allied health professionals to the third highlight notice addressing the NIHR strategy to strengthen careers of under-represented disciplines and specialisms. The call offers researchers considerable flexibility to focus on any subject area or topic provided the application is within RfPB remit.
 

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