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Mental Health Funding Opportunities

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Improving mental health and wellbeing in underserved populations through collaborative research

April 2024 to March 2026

PHASE TWO

We are thrilled to announce that the National Health Institute for Health and Social care (NIHR) has invested a further £4.98 million in the Three NIHR Research Schools’ Mental Health Programme. This second phase will build on our early successes in phase one, supporting the implementation of evidence into practice and policy and will be prioritised to populations and themes not significantly represented in phase one.

Projects to improve Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE)
The Three Schools have a strong track record in public and community involvement and engagement. This ensures our research is more accountable, relevant and timely and promotes the relevance of our work to practitioners, policymakers and research users. Public and community involvement and engagement will continue to underpin all our activities and we will ensure the public continue to be involved in all aspects of our mental health programme.  This includes working in partnership with those with lived experience, families, carers and across settings including prisons, schools, care homes, domiciliary care, and Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) who deliver services.
 
To support increasing our understanding of working with these populations we would like to support a number of projects to improve public and community involvement and engagement and will specifically address working with the most underrepresented groups. 
 
We recognise that building trust and relationships with communities takes resources, time, and different approaches to involvement. Therefore, this call provides funding for individuals to trial and/or evaluate different approaches to involvement with these communities. It is our hope that through this funding researchers and research teams will be able to improve understanding of how best to work with these communities which can inform ongoing and/or future research. 

This competition is now open and will close on Friday 13 December 2024 at 3.30pm 

*Please note, non HEI organisations can be costed up to 100%. Overheads should not be included for non HEI organisations and must be removed from the ‘Institutions & Organisations’ worksheet of the costing template where they are generated but do not apply.

Your application should be sent by email to Claire Ashmore: c.ashmore@keele.ac.uk

Submission Deadline Friday 13 December 2024 at 3.30pm 
Panel meeting to discuss applications  January 2025  
Competition outcomes to be announced January/February 2025 
Awards may start from this date  March 2025 

If you have any questions about the application procedure, please contact c.ashmore@keele.ac.uk