Open Access Policy
CSO aims to ensure the widest and fastest possible dissemination of the research it supports, thereby encouraging the rapid uptake of research finding into clinical practice. CSO is also committed to ensuring that the outputs from the research it funds are publicly available. Form 6a
For CSO grants other dissemination costs (such as feedback of findings to research participants or healthcare practitioners, or other decision makers) and costs associated with data-sharing, such as preparation of datasets for archiving or compilation of metadata may be applied for separately up to a limit of £2,000 within six months of completion of the project. Applications should be made on Form 6b.
ResearchFish
CSO uses the ResearchFish system to collect the outputs from grants and fellowships that it funds. Collection of such information is vital in order for CSO to be able to demonstrate the value of the research it funds and highlight case studies of where a genuine impact on the health service has been realised.
Europe PubMed Central
CSO is one of the funders of this resource which offers free access to biomedical literature resources.
CSO Research Summaries
Abstracts and Lay summaries of research from CSO funded grants and Fellowships are available on our Funded Research pages
NIHR Dissemination Centre
The aim of the NIHR Disemination centre is to put good research evidence at the heart of decision making in the NHS, public health and social care. The work is intended to help clinicians, commissioners and patients to make evidence-based decisions about which treatments and practices are most effective and provide the best use of resources. The dissemination centre appraise the latest health research from both within the NIHR and other research organisations to identify the most reliable, relevant and significant findings and disseminate these findings as actionable, accessible, and trustworthy information in the form of Signals, Highlights and Themed Reviews.
CSO contributes to NIHR funding to allow researchers based in Scotland to apply for the majority of the research programmes administered by NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC). Therefore summaries and reviews published by the NIHR dissemination centre includes research performed in Scotland, funded either via the NETSCC schemes or by other funders.
UK Health Research Analysis
CSO participates in this analysis, the last report which covers research supported in 2018 is available to read at: 2018 report
CSO Outturn Summary
Extracts of annual figures from official internal monitoring documents are provided for an insight of how the delegated CSO budget is used.