100,000 participants enroll in urgent COVID-19 research
Over 100,000 UK participants have now enrolled in COVID-19 urgent public health research supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) – at NHS hospitals and care settings across the United Kingdom.
NIHR launches new UK wide funding call for longer-term COVID-19 research
The NIHR has launched a new call inviting applications to better understand and manage the health and social care consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic beyond the acute phase, to help mitigate the impact of subsequent phases of the pandemic and its aftermath. Read more
Celebrating nurses and midwives as they adapt to the COVID-19 crisis
International Nurses’ Day was celebrated around the world on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. Dr Sharon Barrett, Associate Director of Nursing at the NIHR Clinical Research Network marks this day by reflecting on the way research nurses have responded to the global pandemic.
New research to assess extent of coronavirus infection in children and teenagers
New research funded by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will assess rates of coronavirus infection and immunity in children and teenagers across the UK, to provide vital evidence to guide the response to the pandemic.
NIHR reaffirms its support for patient and public involvement, engagement and participation during the COVID-19 pandemic
The NIHR has highlighted its continuing commitment to ensuring patients, carers and the public have a say in and help to shape health and care research during the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with its long standing commitment to patient and public involvement, engagement and participation (PIE) in health and care research.
RDS Blogs: From the RDS desk
Each month, the Research Design Service, brings you handy tips, insights and experiences of the funding application process. The blogs touch on various themes in the design process and highlight what you need to know before you make a research application.
This month’s blog: The RDS Model of Support for Social Care Research discusses how social care has risen up the political agenda and there has been an injection of funds into social care research but there are some serious challenges faced by social care researchers. The blog looks at those challenges and introduces an RDS model of support to help researchers engage and develop competitive and relevant social care applications.
Check out the previous blogs below:
August 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic creates a myriad of research questions and ideas: An economic perspective
July 2020: Working in partnership to develop public health research – An RDS perspective
June 2020: Equality, diversity and inclusion in health and social care research: COVID-19 and beyond
May 2020: Public involvement during a pandemic: how we are supporting researchers
April 2020: Our new normal; still your RDS
March 2020: Social care research – a heated debate