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CSO, part of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates, supports and promotes high quality research aimed at improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of services offered by NHSScotland and securing lasting improvements to the health of the people of Scotland. CSO supports research initiated by the research community in Scotland and advises the Scottish Government on how research contributes to improvements in health and healthcare. CSO's research strategy "Investing in Research: Improving Health" sets out our aims for 2010-14 and features changes to give greater emphasis to funding experimental and translational medicine research and health services and health population research. We also aim to deliver value for money through partnerships with other funding agencies and to foster Scotland-wide working through Health Science Scotland.

 

 

Further information is available on progress towards implementing the strategy.

 

Latest CSO News - For more information on all items below see the News page

  • Call for applications for Scottish Senior Clinical Fellowships
  • First group of NRS Career Research Fellows appointed
  • UK Biobank opens for research!
  • NIHR Public Health Research Programme announces commissioned call for proposals
  • CSO launch a consultation on the research provisions of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
  • Announcement of Strategic Alliance with PPD and creation of NRS Innovation Fund
  • The NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research programme replaces the former Health Services Research and Service Delivery and Organisation programmes from January 2012.
  • IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ON CSO RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND GRANT APPLICATIONS (21/12/11)
  • Investing in Research: Improving HealthReport thumb Download CSO Strategy here
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