hrb webinar programme of calls 2014-2015. 1.patient-oriented research 2.population health 3.health...
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HRB Webinar
Programme of Calls 2014-2015
1. Patient-oriented research2. Population Health3. Health Services Research
• Projects• Applied Programmes• Centres/networks• Short courses/workshops• Fellowships and Career
Awards• Research Infrastructure• EU/International
opportunities
2015
• High quality, interdisciplinary health research
• Enhance research partnerships, collaborations and networks
• Focus on translation and application of knowledge
• Enhance use of existing health and social data
• Increase evidence-informed policy and practice
HRB Strategy - Key Themes
Scheme Call open Call closes
Health Professional Fellowships September November
Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement September December
Research Leaders October March
Health Research Awards November January
HRA – Definitive Interventions November January
AP-HRB Dementia Awards November January
Summer Scholarships December February
Cochrane Training Fellowships February May
Cancer Prevention Fellowship May August
Cancer Nursing Research - Project Development Grants May September
Wellcome Trust-HRB-SFI Partnership Rolling
US Ireland R&D Awards Rolling
Schedule of Calls 2014-2015
Awards Aim Funding
Up to 7 awards in 2015
To enable health and social care professionals to undertake research training leading to a PhD
Successful applicants should be independent researchers within 6-10 years of completion of the fellowship
• Three years full time or up to 6 years part-time
• Award covers salary, fees, research costs, dissemination and research experience abroad
Health Professional Fellowships
Applicants for HPFMainly targeted at those engaged in clinical practice
Medical Practitioners Dentists Nurses and Midwives Pharmacists Physiotherapists Occupational Therapists Speech and Language
Therapists Dieticians Audiologists Clinical Measurement
Scientists
Orthoptists Podiatrists/Chiropodists Health Psychologists Radiographers Medical Scientists Clinical Biochemists Social Care workers / Social
workers Medical Physicists Paramedics / Advanced
Paramedics Clinical Engineers
Contact: Caitriona Creely ([email protected])
Awards Aim Funding
Up to 3 awards in 2015 (up to 9 Postdoctoral Fellows)
Develop mid-career capacity in PH/HSR.
Support postdoctoral researchers with potential to be future leaders
Promote interdisciplinary teams and research at the interface of clinical research and PH/HSR
• Funding for a team of postdoctoral researchers (up to 3 per team)
• Award covers salary, research costs, dissemination, training, research experience abroad costs and overheads
Inter-disciplinary Capacity Enhancement (ICE) Awards
Inter-disciplinary Capacity Enhancement (ICE) Awards
• One award in the area of dementia, quality permitting (co-funded by HRB and AP through the AP/HRB Programme of Applied Dementia Research)
• Emphasis on prevention / treatment and/or care of dementia, including: – Organisation and delivery of dementia services– Management and decision making in dementia
care– Social, economic or policy issues in dementia care
Contact: Donna Tedstone ([email protected])
Awards Aim Funding
Up to 3 awards in 2015
Potential for award in the area of dementia, co-funded with AP
To enable research leaders to spend dedicated time on PH/HSR in areas of strategic importance for Ireland and to drive forward the national agenda for PH/HSR;
To facilitate strong research leadership to mentor more junior researchers, influence the development of the PH/HSR academic curricula and accelerate the transfer of research ideas into practice and/or policy
• HEIs nominate outstanding PIs at Associate Professor level or above
• Five year awards with HEI committing to supporting the post at the end of the award
• Salary support; research costs, including funding for personnel, travel, training, knowledge dissemination, overheads
Research Leaders Awards
Research Leaders continued
• Must involve a partnership with at least one health-related partner organisation involved in delivering healthcare services and/or engaged in healthcare policy or planning
• The application must be aligned with the strategic plans of the HEI(s) and the partner organisation(s), as well as reflecting national strategic priorities for research and capacity building in PH/HSR.
Contact: Donna Tedstone ([email protected])
Awards Aim Funding
Investigator led awards
Up to 24 awards in 2015
To fund internationally competitive and innovative research of benefit to health in:
• Patient oriented research (POH)
• Population health research (PHR)
• Health services research (HSR)
• Projects up to 3 years duration and up to €330,000
• Includes funding for research personnel, research costs, dissemination costs, overheads
Health Research Awards (1)
HRA Definitive Interventions
• To conduct RCTs/interventions studies (in line with the MRC Guidance on the Evaluation of Complex Interventions)
• Funding of up to €800,000 for larger-scale projects, typically 2-4 years (up to 5 years)
• This panel accepts patient-oriented, population health and health services research.
• Must have conducted rigorous pilot and feasibility work; if not, apply for support to do so through PoR, PHS or HSR panels.
• If in doubt check with HRB as applications submitted to the wrong panel cannot be transferred after submissionContact Annalisa Montesanti ([email protected])
Applied Research Initiative in Dementia
• Funded by the HRB and Atlantic Philanthropy• Linked to the National Dementia Strategy• Projects should focus on prevention, treatment and/or
care of dementia, including: – Organisation and delivery of dementia services– Management and decision making in dementia care– social, economic or policy issues in dementia care
• Between 3 and 5 awards in 2015; same scale and general conditions as HRAs
• Also, funding for one ICE award and potentially, one Research Leaders Award
Contact: Teresa Maguire ([email protected])
Awards Aim Funding
40 awards in 2015
To offer undergraduates (except those in their final year) opportunity to conduct a small research study in any health-related discipline over the summer months.
Must be associated with a HEI in Ireland, although can do the research in another setting
Good opportunity for mid-career researchers to supervise a student and/or conduct pilot work
• Scholarship of €250 per week
• Up to 8 weeks• Supervisor can
only support one application and applicant may only apply once
Summer Scholarships
Awards Aim Funding
4-5 awards in 2015
Funded by HRB and Health and Social Care R&D Office (Northern Ireland)
Aim to build capacity on the island of Ireland to conduct systematic reviews for inclusion in the Cochrane Library
Aimed at individuals resident in island of Ireland working in the health and social care area
• Provides protected time of up to two days per week for up to two years to conduct their review.
• Award covers systematic review training costs, salary-related costs and research expenses.
Cochrane Fellowships
Contact: Annalisa Montesanti ([email protected])
Awards Aim Funding
Funded by the HRB, the Irish Cancer Society and the NCI
All-Ireland Cancer Consortium
Training for early-stage post-doctorate candidates from health related professions, biomedical, and behavioural sciences to become leaders in the field of cancer prevention and control
• Support for MPH training in Ireland (year 1), attendance at the NCI Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention and Control and mentored research at the NCI (years 2–4).
• Opportunity to apply for a fifth year of funding to facilitate return to Ireland
• Award covers salary, mobility allowance, running costs, dissemination
Cancer Prevention Fellowship
Contact: Teresa Maguire ([email protected])
Cancer Nursing Research – Project Development Grants
Awards Aim Funding
1-2 awards
Funded under the All-Ireland Cancer Consortium
To build capacity in cancer nursing research. Aimed at Individuals with experience in cancer nursing.
Should lead to future larger competitive applications through carrying out preparatory work or small scale research study.
• up to €20,000 for 18 months. Funding cannot be applied to personal salary costs or used for research staff or PhD students
• Award covers research costs, dissemination, travel, overheads
Wellcome Trust-HRB-SFI Biomedical Partnership• The Wellcome Trust, in partnership with HRB and SFI, funds
biomedical and clinical research in the Republic of Ireland
• Wellcome Trust definition of ‘Biomedical science’: “from molecules and cells vital to life, through the spread of diseases or the vectors of disease across the globe, to clinical and public health research to improve the quality of healthcare”
• Applications and awards under this Partnership are administered by the Trust
• Most other Wellcome Trust Schemes are also open to applicants based in Ireland
• Contact: www.wellcome.ac.uk ; Oonagh Ward ([email protected])
US-Ireland R&D Awards
• The “US-Ireland R&D Partnership” links clinicians, scientists and engineers in partnerships across academia and industry
• A ‘single-proposal, single-review’ mechanism by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) accepting joint submissions from teams in Ireland, NI, and the US to their existing funding programmes
• The work proposed for each jurisdiction must add significant value.
Contact: Annalisa Montesanti ([email protected])
Seeking support / advice
• Please approach early to allow people to do a good job
• Build into methodology / feasibility / budget
• Look up previous successful awards recipients / project titles (see website)
Support available• Lots of useful resources and links listed in the
guidance notes for each call• HRB Trial Methodology Research Network
– Community of experienced trialists / methodologists– Methodology support– Advice on trial / study design– Methodology education and training
• Clinical Research Facilities / Centres– Study design, regulatory compliance, quality systems,
participant accrual, data management, data analysis– Each CRF/CRC has its areas of specific expertise –find the right
one!– UHG, UHC/Mercy Cork, St James’s Dublin, SVUH/Mater Dublin,
Beaumont
• Centre for Advanced Medical Imaging (CAMI)– 3T MRI dedicated to research
Applying through GEMS
• Apply for HRB Awards using GEMS• Register and complete CV, publications
etc. (‘My Details’): these will be ‘pulled’ into your application form
• Leave time for receiving and uploading collaborator agreement forms
• Need Host Institution Approval: leave plenty of time – don’t wait until the HRB deadline!
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• http://www.hrb.ie/about/rss-e-mail-alerts/
• Thanks for listening