NIHR – themed call on early action to prevent poor health outcomes

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The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) have launched new themed funding call focused on early action to prevent poor health outcomes.

The aim is to drive a health and social care prevention revolution Themed Calls | NIHR

This is a targeted prevention funding opportunity which is part of a co-ordinated response by NIHR to the DHSC Areas of Research Interest 1 (ARI1): Early Action to Prevent Poor Health Outcomes. To note normal eligibility rules apply for the participating programmes.

ARI 1 priority research topics will be addressed through a series of specific but linked research funding opportunities across the relevant NIHR research programmes and infrastructure. These funding opportunities will include (but not be limited to) the following priorities:

Analogue to digital

  • screening and early detection: novel approaches to screen and detect ill health, encompassing new technologies

Moving care from hospital to community

  • neighbourhood health: improving care delivery in community settings for the neighbourhood health service models, including a healthy start for all children

Sickness to prevention

  • lifecourse health: to ensure a healthy start for children, a boost in workforce health and healthy ageing
  • targeted health Interventions: personalised prevention, boost health in the workplace and healthy ageing to empower citizens and tackle health inequalities

Participating funding programmes open to Scottish applications and launch dates