Funding Opportunities

Researcher-led calls

We strongly advise that applicants read the guidance notes in full and consult the application checklist before filling out the proposal form to ensure that it meets the expected criteria.

Highlight Notices

In addition to our standard researcher-led call the PHR Programme would encourage applications in the following areas:

• Air Quality & Public Health
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• Walking & Cycling
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Useful Documents:

• New Tips for success in applying to the PHR Programme now available to download.
• Word version of the Standard Application Form
• The PHR Programme application checklist
  
• Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions
• Requirements to support research in the NHS this is a copy of the letter sent to all NHS trusts and SHAs regarding recent policy statements and operational requirements for research in the NHS. Applicants are recommended to view this information if their projects include any NHS components or partners.

Assessment dates

Proposals received by 1pm on the 30 July 2013 and deemed within remit will be assessed for their importance to public health by the Programme Advisory Board in September 2013.

Shortlisted proposals from this round will be considered by the Research Funding Board in October 2013 who will assess for scientific quality, feasibility and value for money. Decisions from the Research Funding Board will be communicated to applicants by late October 2013. Following this meeting successful outline proposal applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal. Applicants have eight weeks to complete a full application form for it to be considered at the next Research Funding Board.

Please note that if a very high response is received, some outline applications may not be taken forward for further assessment if they are deemed to be non-competitive and/or it may be necessary to defer some outline applications until a later date. 'Non-Competitive' means that a proposal is not of a sufficiently high standard to be taken forward for further assessment in comparison with other proposals received and funded by the PHR programme because it has little or no realistic prospect of funding. This may be because of scientific quality, cost, scale/duration, or the makeup of the project team.

Funding process

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In line with the government’s transparency agenda, any contract resulting from this tender may be published in its entirety to the general public. Further information on the transparency agenda is at: http://transparency.number10.gov.uk/#