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Public Health Research (PHR) Programme - Researcher-led Details (Hits : 4669)
| Aims: | The NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) programme will evaluate public health interventions: specifically, it will provide new knowledge on the benefits, costs, acceptability and wider impacts of non-NHS interventions intended to improve the health of the public and reduce inequalities in health. The scope of the programme will be multi-disciplinary and broad: it will cover the range of public health interventions, from social marketing for the promotion of safer sex, to speed humps for the prevention of road traffic accidents. |
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| Description: | The development of modern, evidence-based and politically credible public health practice depends on a better understanding of what public health interventions are worth pursuing and in what contexts. This is needed both for the implementation of successful action at local level and the development of national policy and guidance. Many agencies involved in the improvement of health are potential users of such knowledge and have a particular need for reliable evidence to underpin its guidance on public health interventions. Recognising the importance of improved knowledge in this area, the 2006 national health research strategy Best Research for Best Health included public health research as a target for investment and emphasised the contribution it could make to improving health. |
| *Type: | Projects |
| *Duration: | 1 year - 3 years |
| Funding: | The funding available for the PHR programme was up to £2m in 2008/9, rising to £5m in 2009/10 and £10m in 2010/11. Primary research projects are likely to range from the small (lasting 12 months and costing less than £500,000 in all) to the large (several years and more than £1 million). Evidence synthesis projects will probably cost about £200,000 and last some 18 months. The budget of the Programme will enable it to fund single large studies of national or international importance that would be beyond the capacity of other funders. |
| *Amount: | > £100K (Estimated total funds: £15,000,000) |
| Closing Date: | 10 May 2010 |
| Comments: | The next cut-off date to submit outline proposals is 10 May 2010 by 1pm. Proposal forms will be available from mid October 2009. For further information see their website. |
| Restrictions: | The PHR programme will fund both primary research and evidence synthesis, depending on the availability of existing research and the most appropriate way of responding to important knowledge gaps. While most funding will be committed to projects answering specific questions, the PHR Programme may from time to time provide funding for research groups to conduct a series of research projects to address linked questions within a topic area, where this seems to be the approach most likely to produce answers to important questions. The Programme will also commission research to support NIHR and DH evaluation needs in specified areas of public health, particularly where NIHR has the strategic lead. |
| Grant Contact: | Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre Alpha House, Enterprise Road Southampton Science Park, Chilworth, Southampton SO16 7NS Email: info@phr.ac.uk |
| Grant Web Page: | Public Health Research (PHR) Programme - Researcher-led |
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