New Chief Scientist

Following an externally advertised secondment opportunity, Professor David Crossman will take up the post of Chief Scientist, Health, with effective from […]

CSO Partner with Fight for Sight to fund research in Scotland

CSO has partnered with Fight for Sight, the UK’s leading eye research charity, to help address age-related eye diseases. The […]

2017 NCRI Cancer Conference 5-8Nov in Liverpool

Register today at the UK’s largest cancer conference, deadline 22 Oct 2017.  http://conference.ncri.org.uk

Public Involvement in Research – Consultation on Standards

Over the past year, the National Public Involvement Standards Partnership has developed and drafted a set of 6 core standards […]

Chief Scientist – Health

Applications are now invited for the post of Chief Scientist, Health. This is a key Senior Civil Service role in the Scottish Government […]

NHS Research Scotland/Universities Scottish Senior Clinical Fellowship Scheme

Applications are invited from outstanding early career clinical academics, medical and dental, for five-year tenure track senior research fellowships to […]

UK Prevention Research Partnership launched

An alliance of research funders including charities, Research Councils and UK Health Departments, including CSO, has established the UK Prevention […]

Developing national standards for public involvement in research

How do you assess the quality of public involvement in your research? How does a research organisation know if it […]

Call for UKCRC Clinical Trials Unit Registration

The UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Units Network invites new applications from previously unregistered Clinical Trials Units to undergo the Registration […]

Food Standards Scotland tender for systematic review on obesity and diet-related disease

Food Standards Scotland wishes to commission a systematic review (including assessing strength and identifying gaps) of documentation and critique of […]

Clinical Academic Fellowships

Our Clinical Academic Fellowship scheme is now open and we are accepting applications for our 2017 round. The scheme is […]

National Clinical Leads

As part of the restructuring of the NHS Research Scotland Network, the Chief Scientist Office is looking to appoint National […]

NRS Career Researcher Fellowships

The Chief Scientist Office is delighted to announce that applications are now open for a 6th round of NRS Career […]

Improving health with environmental data

NERC, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (CSO) are investing up to £600,000 in […]

National Clinical Lead Appointments

  As part of the restructuring of the NHS Research Scotland Network, the Chief Scientist Office is looking to appoint […]

Clinical Research Fellowship in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

The Chief Scientist Office is pleased to announce that its call for a Clinical Research Fellowship in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy […]

Site Specific Information (SSI) for NHS/HSC Sites – Call for comments

The UK Four Nations Group is seeking views on the content and format of Site Specific Information (SSI) provided to sites […]

Genomic Medicine Industrial Catalyst – Funding Call

Scottish Enterprise are launching the Genome Industrial Catalyst Research and Development Grant (R&D Grant), which will invest in using genetic […]

Draft UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research – Scottish Responses

The following Scottish responses were received on consultation of the Draft UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research. […]

Minister Launches new Health Research Strategy

Jamie Hepburn launched the new Health Research Strategy at the 4th annual NRS conference in Glasgow on the 28th October […]

CSO announce Joint Funding Call with Action Medical Research

CSO and Action Medical Research have agreed to jointly fund one or more project grants.  Applicants can apply for up […]