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Joint NES/CSO Lectureship posts – new round open

NHS Education Scotland and the Chief Scientist Office are delighted to announce that the next round of their joint lectureship […]

NRS Mental Health Network Annual Scientific Meeting 2019

NRS Mental Health Network Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 29th October 2019 Lost in Translation? Bringing research evidence to practice & […]

Scottish Radiotherapy Research Forum

Save the Date! – 12th March 2020 Stirling Court Hotel University of Stirling  8th Annual Scientific Meeting: Precision Radiotherapy  The […]

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 […]

NRS Career Researcher Fellowships

The next round of the NRS Career Researcher Fellowships is now open for applications. – Closing date Wednesday 13th November […]

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 […]

CSO Clinical Academic Fellowships

The CSO Clinical Academic Fellowship scheme has reopened for applications with a deadline of Monday 7th October 2019. The interviews will […]

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 […]

UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) Call Pre-announcement and Information and Networking Event

Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a significant burden to the UK, accounting for around 89% of all deaths and resulting […]

Drugs Research Network for Scotland

The Drugs Research Network for Scotland (DRNS) is funded by the Scottish Government to support the development and dissemination of […]

Scottish Senior Clinical Fellowship Scheme 2019

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

Scottish Seedcorn Fund for Neurological Research – open for applications

CSO is pleased to announce that the Scottish Seedcorn Fund for Neurological Research is open for applications. The Chief Scientist […]

HDRUK – Call for New Master’s Degree Programmes and Studentships in Health Data Science

Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) is the UK’s national institute for data science in health, and they wish to […]

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 […]

Help define the research leadership role of Public Health Scotland

As part of the programme to create a new national agency – Public Health Scotland – a project is underway […]

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 […]

Clinical Academic Fellowships

The CSO Clinical Academic Scheme is currently open for applications.  This scheme provides the opportunity to undertake a PhD and […]

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 […]