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News about funding and collaboration opportunities around mental health research.
Last update: 12 April 2021.
College of Mental Health Pharmacy/Pharmacy Research UK research award
Funder: College of Mental Health Pharmacy / Pharmacy Research UK
Awards: £20,000 max (12-20 months)
Deadline: 21 April 2021
Funding for pharmacy professionals to undertake practice research in one of the following areas: Cross sector communication and interface working; medicines safety/optimisation for those with mental illness by community, general practice or general hospital pharmacy teams; Relapse prevention and keeping well (including maintaining adherence), Mental health services in community and primary care, or equivalent areas, and/or Managing public health issues in mental health (e.g. physical health).
Guidance notes can be found here.
Rosetrees Trust Interdisciplinary Awards
Funder: Rosetrees Trust
Awards: £300,000 max (3 years)
Deadline: 30 April 2021
The aim of the interdisciplinary award is to foster innovative research that is at the interface between disciplines – these may seem very different, but have potential common interests that need to be developed. This year the award is for collaboration between Medicine and Engineering including healthcare technology.
Contact Sheree Oxenham for guidance
NIHR long-COVID funding Call
Funder: NIHR
Awards: n/a; 2 years max
Deadline: 5 May 2021 (EoI); 12 May 2021 (full application)
Funding for research on four areas of Long COVID treatment and management:
- Pharmaceutical treatments, including the effectiveness of drugs already being used as treatments, and non-pharmaceutical therapies
- Treatment pathways and service management approaches, including healthcare, community and social care services
- Diagnostics, including what tests are appropriate
- Other topics to help and support individuals with Long COVID
The call will fund research projects designed to deliver rapid tangible outcomes. The projects can be up to two years in length, but shorter proposals are encouraged, and will be expected to start in July 2021.
Guidance notes can be found here.
MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health Research Grants
Funder: MRC
Awards: n/a (up to 5 years)
Deadline: 26 May 2021
Investigator-led grant funding for research into disorders of the nervous system, including fundamental research normal development and function, and understanding of the mechanism of disease. Research grants are suitable for focused short or long-term research projects and can support method development or development and continuation of research facilities.
Guidance notes can be found here.
MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health New Investigator Research Grants
Funder: MRC
Awards: n/a
Deadline: 26 May 2021
Grant funding for research into disorders of the nervous system, including fundamental research normal development and function, and understanding of the mechanism of disease.
New investigator research grants are aimed to support the transition into becoming an independent principal investigation with support from the host institution. There is no limitation on length of post-doctoral experience.
Guidance notes can be found here.
MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health Programme Grants
Funder: MRC
Awards: Typically £1m or more; maximum 5-year duration (renewable)
Deadline: 26 May 2021
Programme grants provide large, long-term and renewable programme funding for researchers working in the area of neurosciences and mental health research. They aim to help the medical science community to ‘think bigger’.
Guidance notes can be found here.
MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health Partnership Grants
Funder: MRC
Awards: n/a
Deadline: 26 May 2021
Funding for partnerships working to transform the understanding of neuroscience and mental health. Partnership grants are expected to support these research areas, but funds can not cover research costs.
Guidance notes can be found here.
Health services and delivery research programme; researcher-led workstream
Funder: Department of Health and Social Care including NIHR
Awards: n/a
Deadline: 3 June 2021 (stage 1 applications)
The Health Service & Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme aims to produce rigorous and relevant evidence on the quality, access and organisation of health and social care services, including costs and outcomes. The programme will enhance the strategic focus on research that matters to the NHS including research on implementation and a range of knowledge mobilisation initiatives.
Guidance notes can be found here.
Children and Young People’s mental health
Funder: Department of Health and Social Care including NIHR and What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC)
Awards: n/a
Deadline: 3 June 2021 (stage 1 applications)
The Health Service & Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme is collaborating with the What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) and looking to receive applications for high-quality, evaluative research to improve the quality of care, support and access to services for children and young people (CYP) with mental health conditions, including children who have, or have had a social worker.
Guidance notes can be found here.
BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants 2020-21
Funder: BA/Leverhulme Trust
Awards: £10,000 max (2 years)
Deadline: 3 June 2021
Funding for primary research in humanities and social sciences. Open to post-doctoral researchers resident in the UK.
Guidance notes can be found here.
Research into inclusive ageing (pre-announcement)
Funder: ESRC
Awards: £500,000-2,000,000; 5 years max
Deadline: 8 June 2021
Funding for innovative projects focused on social and economic inequalities that affect people in later life, or ways to improve inclusivity in later life.
Principal investigator must be based at a UK institution eligible for UKRI funding; co-investigators from business, third sector or government organisations can be included where appropriate.
Guidance notes can be found here
Better methods, better research: Nov 2021
Funder: MRC/NIHR
Awards: £500,000 max
Deadline: 11 November 2021
Funding to support research to improve research methods being applied by others anywhere within the remit of MRC or the NIHR. Multidisciplinary teams and approaches welcome. welcome multidisciplinary teams or approaches.
Grant types: research grants, new investigator research grants, partnership grants.
Guidance notes can be found here.