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Health & Social Care Research Across North East & North Cumbria.

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NIHR Doctoral Local Authority Fellowships Round 4

Funding Learning & Development

The fourth annual call for Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship (DLAF) applications has been launched.

The NIHR Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship (DLAF) scheme supports individuals based within Local Authorities, and supporting services, to undertake fully funded PhDs. These fully funded doctoral fellowships allow awardees to retain their existing employment contracts and salaries, whilst protecting their time to undertake a research doctorate, academic training, professional development and some appropriate continued practice. When taken full-time, fellowships have a duration of three years, but can be taken over as long as six years when taken part-time.

Deadline for submissions: 5 December 2024 (Thu)  1:00pm

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CR Research Day: Connecting the radiology research community (Online)

Events

The theme for this year’s annual CR research day is connecting the radiology research community. Get insights from expert speakers comprising radiologists of different subspecialties representing the various special interest groups of the RCR. Our inspiring keynote speakers will comprise of internationally renowned academics who will share their insights into the challenges they faced in their lives and careers as they tried to carve out their academic niche. Discover what you can and should be doing in your career now!

5 CPD points will be awarded on completion of this course.

Date: 22 November 2024 (Fri) 09:30AM

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RDF25 Call for Abstracts for Posters

Events

The R&D Forum Programme Content Group is inviting abstracts for posters for RDF25: The 2025 R&D Forum conference. The conference will be held from 18th to 20th May 2025 at the Manchester Central Convention Complex.

Please note: The call for oral abstracts is now closed. We are currently only accepting abstracts for posters.

Abstracts for posters that are accepted by the Programme Content Group will be invited to display their poster throughout the event. Authors should be prepared to stand by and discuss their poster with delegates during the breaks. This provides presenters with an excellent opportunity to interact with delegates and to see other posters in the same theme. As a general rule, posters should be vibrant and visually stimulating with clear aims, objectives and a take home message for the community.

Submission deadline (Abstracts for posters): 1 November 2024 (FRI)
Conference dates: 18 May 2025 (SUN) to 20 May 2025 (TUE)

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CAM-Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentships

Learning & Development

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is offering a range of ESRC-funded PhD scholarships through the CAM-Doctoral Training Partnership (CAM-DTP).

Dr Jonathan Pool tells us: “The specific PhD topic that I would like to highlight is ‘Analysing Music Therapy with Autistic Children’, which will be supervised by the following team:

Dr Jonathan Pool; Prof Simon Baron-Cohen (University of Cambridge); Dr Alexandra Georgaki.”

 

Application deadline: 15 December 2024 (Sun)

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4Ps Researcher Development Programme

Learning & Development

Do you want to feel more confident about exploring the evidence-base in your clinical area? Or do you have an idea for improving practice and are not sure how to take it forward? Then the 4Ps Researcher Development Programme could be just for you!

4Ps is an accessible, interactive course which provides skills, knowledge and confidence to develop as a healthcare researcher. It consists of 5 x 3-hour sessions, one per month. There is a cost to the course (£475), but many NMAHP colleagues have found that they have been able to fund this via NMAHP CPD funding. The next cohort runs from January to May 2025, and is on MS Teams.

First session: 16 January 2025 (Thu) 9:30am

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Local Authority Research Practitioner (LARP) - Application Webinar

Funding

Opportunity to apply for £50,000 for 24 months to appoint a LARP.

LARPs are dedicated to facilitating public health research and supporting the development of research governance systems and processes, enabling public health research to happen within local authorities and the communities they serve. 

Successful local authorities will receive up to £50,000 per award for a period of 24 months. The award will be a contribution (typically 50% where the post is 1FTE) to the salary costs of a LARP and includes the employer's contribution to National Insurance and Superannuation.  

Application webinar: 21 November 2024 (Thu) 10:00am - 11:30am
Applications open: 14 November 2024 (Thu)
Closing date for applications: 15 January 2025 (Wed) 5:00pm

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NIHR ARC - Creating better academic posters

Learning & Development

In this hour long session we will go through approaches to improve your poster. By thinking about how people interact with and consume your poster, you can make it much better. We’ll also look at how standards of good communication and user experience design can help us make better academic posters.

Improving your poster game could improve the interactions you have with people at conferences. Who knows, you could even win the coveted best poster prize!

During the course you will learn how to:

  • Think about the people viewing your poster and want they want to get from it
  • Apply communication and user experience principles to designing your poster
  • Create potentially award-winning posters!

The course will be hosted online.

Date: 3 December 2024 (Tue) 11:00am - 12:00am

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4Ps Lite

Learning & Development

4Ps Lite is a 3-hour course funded by NIHR INSIGHT which provides an introduction to research. It is delivered online via MS Teams. There are a limited number of funded places, and it is open to:

• students from registered healthcare, social work, and public health professions
 • staff from these professions who are at an early stage in their career (within 5 years of registration)

If you want to know more about the research landscape, and find out how you can make a difference, sign up for this accessible and interactive session!

Next session: 29 November 2024 (Fri) 9:30am

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NIHR Newcastle PSRC Pre-Application Support Fund

Funding

The NIHR Newcastle PSRC are pleased to announce that the Pre-Application Support Fund is now open for expressions of interest from pre- and post-doctoral early career researchers.

The main purpose of the fund is for pre- and post-doctoral researchers to purchase time for up to 12 months to develop a competitive application to an appropriate funding scheme (such as the PCAF, ACAF, or DCAF). A small fund for training and development will be available to successful applicants.

Applicants should complete the attached expression of interest form and submit by 30th November 2024 by email to [email protected] . Applications will not be considered if they are incomplete, including applications that do not have finance and manager signature.

Expression of interest submissions deadline: 30 November 2024 (Sat)

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Funding Your Future Research Ambitions

Events

This event for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) is hosted by the Community for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) North East. Join Dr Beth Harris at the National Horizons Centre in Darlington to hear about different NIHR funding streams. Successful recipients of various awards will share their journeys at an event filled with expert advice and networking opportunities. Discover the strategies and resources you need to take your research to the next level. Don't miss out on this chance to invest in your future success!

Date: 10 December 2024 (Tue)

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