NIHR Health Services Research (HSR) programme and INVOLVE joint funding call: Public involvement in research

This is a joint funding call about public involvement in research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) through INVOLVE and delivered by the NIHR Health Services Research (HSR) programme managed by NIHR Evaluations, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC). We anticipate funding a range of studies in both size and duration using different approaches and within a variety of areas of NHS, public health and social care research.

The closing date for submission of outline proposals is before 1pm on Thursday 6 May 2010.

PhD Studentship Opportunities at the School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton

The School of Health Sciences is a world class environment which focuses on the improvement of health outcomes and the transformation of health care delivery. It is one of the largest and most successful Schools in the UK, educating a wide range of non-medical health professionals and generating research of the highest quality.

The School offers superb facilities for teaching and research in one of the UK’s leading research Universities. The School was ranked 2nd in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise for Nursing and Midwifery. The School benefits from a superb environment for interdisciplinary research through the University Strategic Research Groups that bring together academics from across the University to focus on key contemporary concerns. There also exist important infrastructures to support health related research such as the Southampton Statistical Research Institute, ESRC’s National Centre for Research Methods, MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility and the NIHR Research Design Service.

The School’s research encompasses a vibrant set of activities of direct value to people and to health and social care organisations and with high impact. The School is the leading centre nationally and internationally for developing clinician researchers through the clinical academic careers initiative. The School of Health Sciences has been awarded NIHR centre status for Master’s preparation in research, one of four in the UK. Research within the School is focused around three interdisciplinary research groups:

• Active Living and Rehabilitation
• Cancer Palliative and End of Life Care
• Organisation and Delivery of Care

All researchers belong to one of the research groups and they provide a managed environment where research teams share expertise and resources and also provide mentorship and support to individuals in developing their research. The School has superb facilities to support a range of clinical and health service related research activities with three research gait laboratories with state of the art measurement and data capture capabilities for our rehabilitation research programmes, and a unique nursing laboratory based at Southampton University Hospitals Trust.

Joint CECo/COMPASS review published on behalf of the NCSI

A review by both the CECo and COMPASS Collaboratives, commissioned by the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative, has recently been published and is available for download from the CECo website. To download this document, see the link that follows.

Research Proposals Invited for HTA Clinical Evaluation and Trials
(This item is included for information only and may not be directly related to CECo)

The NIHR Clinical Evaluation and Trials funding stream is particularly interested in receiving research proposals in palliative and supportive care for the next funding round. The cut-off date for this is 13 April.

HTA Clinical Evaluation and Trials - Application Round

We would like to bring your attention to the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme’s ‘Clinical Evaluation Trials’ programme (i.e. the HTA’s responsive scheme) which has four closing dates per year. The 13th April 2010 deadline will have a specific topic focus on ‘Palliative and Supportive Care’ – details at: http://www.hta.ac.uk/funding/clinicaltrials/index.shtml.

*Please note those wishing to submit an application to be considered as part of a topic focus need to ensure it is submitted during the relevant funding round (i.e. after the 14th January 2010 and before the cut off date for the topic focus, which is the 13th April 2010).

CECo Annual Report 2008-2009 now ready for downloading