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CSO, part of the Scottish Government Health 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 the next 5 years 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 the Scottish Academic Health Sciences Collaboration.

Latest CSO News

  • The new Research Matters newsletter (Issue 2010/2) is now available to download.
  • The HTA programme is currently advertising standard calls for research proposals and outline proposals for clinical evaluation and trials.
  • Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act - See main news page for details of an ongoing consultation.
  • NIHR Public Health call - The NIHR have issued a commissioned research call for applications. Please see the NIHR website for more information.
  • Lifelong Health and Wellbeing (LLHW) initiative - A phase 3 call is now available online.
  • Investing in Research: Improving HealthReport thumb Download CSO Strategy here
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