Public Health Grassroots Awards now open

Opportunity to apply for Public Health Grassroots Awards funding (£5000)

Applications are now being accepted to fund a Public Health Grassroots Award.

The vision for the Public Health Grassroots Awards is to foster a culture of research within public health at the grassroots level, empowering more individuals to contribute to innovative and informed practices that improve public health and reduce inequalities.

By offering short-term, part-time funding, the award is focused on equipping individuals in public health with the research skills necessary to enhance their impact and contribute to evidence-based practices, with support from local and national infrastructure.

Key priorities of the award:

  1. Encouraging Research Engagement: The award aims to stimulate interest and activity in public health research among professionals who might not traditionally have access to such opportunities. Applicants do not need to have had any previous research experience, and for some this will be the first step in their research journey.
  2. Inclusive Research Engagement: Acknowledging that barriers to being research active vary, the award is designed to be open to everyone, actively addressing and mitigating challenges some may face in becoming research active. The award can be used to provide supplementary resources for childcare, accessibility support (e.g. British Sign Language), or other needs that might otherwise prevent professionals from accessing the Public Health Grassroots Award support.
  3. Flexibility: Recognising the diverse demands on awardees' time, the funding is structured to be adaptable and part-time, ensuring that it aligns with each awardee's professional and personal commitments and needs.

 

Application timeline

Applicants must complete the application form and submit it by email to NIHR.RSS.PublicHealth@newcastle.ac.uk by 5pm on the closing date.

The panel will be scoring applications as they are received, so applicants are encouraged and welcome to submit applications at any time in advance of the closing date.