Category: Latest News
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 […]
NIHR Roadshow – Postponed
Due to an unanticipated level of interest in the upcoming NIHR Roadshow in Glasgow, this event has now been rescheduled. […]
Chief Scientist Office and Stroke Association Celebrate New Awards
Today, the Chief Scientist Office and the Stroke Association celebrate a partnership that will build on the excellence of […]
UK Health Research Analysis 2014
The UK Health Research Analysis 2014 report published today – 20th August – is the third UK wide analysis of […]
NRS Conference
The NHS Research Scotland annual conference will take place on Wednesday 28 October at the Teaching and Learning Centre at […]
National Clinical Lead Appointments
As part of the restructuring of the NHS Research Scotland Network, the Chief Scientist Office is looking to appoint […]
A Health and Biomedical Informatics Research Strategy for Scotland
The Scottish Government has published this strategy which sets out key areas for action and specific recommendations from the Health Informatics […]
NRS Research Champions
NHS Research Scotland – Applications are invited for Clinical Research Champions in Mental Health and Dementia & Neurodegenerative Disease. Interested […]
Science Simplified – Have your say
The access to Understanding Science writing competition raises awareness of the importance of plain english summaries of research articles by […]
Draft UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research – for comment
CSO, along with the HRA and other Devolved Administrations, has been working to develop a draft UK-wide policy framework to replace the […]
Research Fellowship in Huntington’s Disease
The Chief Scientist Office is pleased to announce that its call for a Research Fellowship in Huntington’s Disease is now […]
Clinical Research Fellowship in Motor Neurone Disease
The Chief Scientist Office is pleased to announce that its call for a Clinical Research Fellowship in Motor Neurone Disease […]
Collaboration with Breast Cancer Campaign
We are delighted to announce our collaboration with Breast Cancer Campaign to fund breast cancer research in a Scottish […]
NRS Clinical Research Champions
As part of the ongoing process to appoint specialist research leads within NHS Research Scotland, CSO are seeking applicants for […]
Scottish Medical Researchers Win RCGP Awards
Two Scottish research teams funded by the CSO have been awarded prizes recognising the quality of their groundbreaking work by […]
Joint Stroke Association and Chief Scientist Office Priority Programme Award
We are delighted to announce our partnership with the Stroke Association to offer a Priority Programme Award for Scotland only. […]
NRS Career Researcher Fellowships 2014
The Chief Scientist Office is delighted to announce that applications are now open for a 4th round of NRS […]
Chief Scientist Office – NHS Scotland Health Informatics Research Challenge Grants
The Chief Scientist Office is pleased to announce a call for proposals for health informatics research. The use of e-health […]
Head of CSO appointment announced
Following a competitive process Mike Stevens, previously Acting Director of the Chief Scientist Office (CSO), has been appointed to the […]
Publication of Primary Care model Clinical Trial Agreement
A new standard agreement for speeding up pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry-sponsored clinical research conducted in General Practice has now been […]