Category: Latest News
Developing the Mental Health Research Landscape in Scotland
The impact of poor mental health in Scotland is high: one in four adults experience mental health problems within their […]
Updates to Response Mode Grant Application forms
CSO has recently updated the application forms to its response mode grant schemes to place more emphasis on patient and […]
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Health Foundation partner to support a new UK Centre to enhance the use of research evidence in adult social care
ESRC and the Health Foundation have announced funding to support a new UK Centre to enhance the use of research […]
HIPS Commitee – New Members Wanted
The Chief Scientist Office is looking to recruit new members to its research funding Committee: Health Improvement, Protection and Services […]
Update on CSO Catalytic Grant Scheme
In March 2016 CSO launched the Catalytic Research Grants Scheme. The remit of this scheme is to provide modest amounts […]
CSO Funding Committees – Members Wanted
The Chief Scientist Office is looking to recruit new members to its research funding Committees. Expressions of interest are invited […]
Outcomes of the Precision Medicine Summit
A summit on precision medicine was held on the 10th September 2018. This summit brought together pre-eminent academic, industry, NHS, […]
Research Project Briefing
We are changing the end of project reporting for our committee grants and fellowships. Instead of a long final report […]
NCRI launches the UK Top 10 Living With and Beyond Cancer research priorities
NCRI partnered with the James Lind Alliance on a Priority Setting Partnership that involved two UK-wide surveys which attracted more […]
Health Foundation Consultation
Health Foundation launches consultation for their Research & Improvement grants – tell the Health Foundation what you think The Health Foundation […]
Applications are invited for the Chair of the Chief Scientist Office External Strategic Advisory Board
Role description and person specification The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) is establishing an External Strategic Advisory Board to support the […]
Phinder – Advertising public health interventions
Phinder is a new website aimed at encouraging the research of real-world public health work. The aim is to “match-make” […]
Precision Medicine Survey
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy (BEIS) manages a programme of Science and innovation Audits (SIA) to catalyse […]
NCRI Cancer Conference 2018 – Glasgow
Registration and abstract submission for the 2018 NCRI Cancer Conference is now open and ‘earlybirds’ booking is available up till […]
Chair of the board of the Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR)
The Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR) brings together the UK public funders of health research, who work […]
Experimental Medicine Challenge Grant’ call deadline 31 May 2018
The MRC is pleased to announce the launch of a £10m ‘Experimental Medicine Challenge Grant’ call, which aims to support […]
NCRI – Have your say on the future of research relevant to living with and beyond cancer
Have your say on the future of research relevant to living with and beyond cancer More and more people are […]
Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education – recognition for HSRU and HERU
The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education has been awarded to the University of Aberdeen for long-standing excellence […]
Have your say on the future of research relevant to Living With and Beyond Cancer
More and more people are living with the consequences of cancer and its treatment – what we have termed Living […]
Registration now open – NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Annual Conference
Wednesday 1st November 2017 Perth Concert Hall www.nrsconference.org.uk As a previous conference delegate, we are delighted to inform you […]
UK Research Councils Join Forces on Mental Health
Following consultation with academic and stakeholder communities the UK Research Councils are pleased to publish a Cross-disciplinary Mental health Research […]