The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex has announced its next round of Individual Development Awards (IDAs), to help support individuals to build their research careers.
The three IDA opportunities are:
- Springboard Awards: £5,000 over six months to provide dedicated time for research development activities for individuals employed by a health or social care organisation, including: social work, private or charity and public health. Closing date: Friday 16 September 2022 at 5pm.
- Investment in Future Leaders Awards (Round 3): This award aims to support individuals to develop research leadership skills through conducting a small scale applied health or social care project. Awards are for up to £20,000 each, for a maximum of 12 months. ARC KSS will fund a maximum of £15,000 with £5,000 co-funding from organisations involved in your project. There is also additional funding for up to six projects related to children and young people's mental health that align to their Starting Well theme and up to eight projects across their other themes. Closing date: Friday 30 September at 5pm.
- Embedded Researchers in practice: Children and young people's mental health: They are inviting applications from individuals to conduct an applied health and/ or social care research project embedded in practice with a focus on children and young people's mental health and wellbeing and clear plans for using findings to benefit practice. Funding covers up to 21 months and must align with the ARC KSS Starting Well: Children's Mental Health theme. Closing date: Friday 31 August 2002 at 5pm.
If you are interested in any of these, please contact EKHUFT Research Facilitator Jane Povey: jane.povey2@nhs.net
Further details are available on their website
