As part of the NIHR Three Schools’ Dementia Research Programme, we are inviting proposals for research projects to address priorities for improving the lives of people living with or at risk of dementia, family and other carers.
Funding of up to £500,000 is available for projects between January 2024 and December 2028.
This is a two-stage call for proposals. Outline proposals must be submitted by 16.00 on Friday 22 September 2023.
Find out more: Call for outline research proposals - dementia
We are seeking innovative, original, high-quality proposals which represent good value for money.
Previously funded projects under this programme led by SPCR researchers include:
- Facilitating the role of social prescribing link workers in providing care for people living with dementia Jane Wilcock UCL
- Emergency decision making in dementia care: Exploring context and stakeholder perspectives for intervention development Jemima Dooley Bristol
- Generating a Dementia-Friendly SAFER-MH Care Bundle Natasha Tyler Manchester
- A novel, artificial intelligence, approach to dementia risk prediction model development and testing in the diverse UK population NADIR-PC Nadeem Qureshi Nottingham
Projects involving SPCR researchers include:
- Developing a sustainable platform to understand the primary care, public health and social care needs for dementia, with a focus on underserved populations (COMPHAD) Carol Brayne, Cambridge with Nadeem Qureshi Nottingham
- Tailoring carers assessments to the needs of carers of those with dementia (how does this interface with primary care) Paul Clarkson, Manchester with Caroline Sanders
- Towards equality of opportunity for timely and equitable dementia diagnosis EQUATED (primary care data in East London) Charles Marshall QMUL with Fiona Walter
- Understanding the role of ‘peer tutors’ in post-diagnostic support for people with dementia: a realist process evaluation of the good life with dementia approach Kate Gridley, Mark Wilberforce and Louise Newbould, York with Sam Creavin Bristol
- Examining access to social farms for people living with dementia: a mixed-methods study Ruth Bartlett, Southampton with Sara McKelvie
- The essential caregiver role in primary and social care of people living with dementia Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Gree, KCL with Nathan Davies UCL
- Dementia risk prediction in areas of social deprivation: views of key stakeholders Eugene Tang, Newcastle with Becci Morris Manchester