Our full library of useful links aimed at providing you with information to help you develop your research funding application in applied health and social care.
Link | Description | Date added |
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NIHR Research Terms Glossary | A glossary of the terms used when people are speaking about research containing definitions and explanations. | 10 December, 2021 |
“Co-pro-what-now?” Learning to explain co-production | A helpful article by Sam, from the Scottish Co-production Network, who shares his experience getting to grips with the language of co-production. | 10 December, 2021 |
Public Involvement in Social Care Research | Commissioned by the NIHR, this report from the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) identifies good practice in user, carer and public involvement in social care research, explores differences between involvement in healthcare and in social care research, and highlights opportunities for further work. | 20 July, 2021 |
NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination releases new guidance for payment for Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement | This guidance has been compiled for a wide audience, but in particular it will be of value to: researchers who need to cost public involvement activities at any stage of the research process, anyone in a professional role involved in costing public involvement, advising researchers on budgeting for involvement or who has an interest in the topic, public contributors who want to know how their involvement in research is costed, research advisors/ managers who provide guidance to the research community about involvement, commissioners of research who invite funding applications from the research community reviewers and panel members who appraise research projects with costed involvement activities. | 26 April, 2021 |
Guidance for planning virtual public and patient involvement activities | Following the social distancing measures introduced by the UK Governmental bodies in response to the Covid-19 pandemic the use virtual platforms, for example Zoom and Microsoft teams, to deliver patient and public involvement activities has increased. In light of this trend, the Research Design Service North West (RDS NW) Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) team has developed the this guidance to assist those planning virtual platform-based PPI activities. | 23 October, 2020 |
phinder – connecting public health practice and research website | phinder is a portal that connects public health practice and research. Their aim is to capture new and forthcoming UK interventions that have the potential to impact on population health and bring them to the attention of public health researchers, by encouraging and enabling more research into issues that are a high priority for public health policy and practice. | 18 September, 2020 |
HRA Podcast series looking at innovative trial design launches | The Health Research Authority (HRA) has launched a new series of podcasts to explore innovative trial design and delivery - working with the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). | 20 April, 2021 |
NIHR Learn | NIHR Learn offers a range of courses to develop your knowledge of clinical research and support you to do what you do best. | 24 August, 2020 |
Improving health by improving trial resources website | Aiming to support researchers and trialists to improve trials, this website provides details of training courses, workshops/event and webinars. It also provides access to guidance packs and many other resources. | 24 August, 2020 |
Evidence collection guide for medicinal products to prevent or treat COVID-19 | The NIHR and NICE have developed a guide on clinical evidence generation for developers of medicinal products for COVID-19. The aim is to promote the highest standards possible within the constraints of the pandemic in terms of registration, conduct and reporting of studies, so that research on new treatments can be translated into clinical practice as fast as possible. | 11 June, 2020 |