Deadline: 24-Jul-23
Applications are now open for the Marie Curie Research Grants Scheme for addressing barriers to equitable end of life experience.
At Marie Curie, the purpose is to create a better end of life for all. They want to see high quality palliative and end of life care and support for everyone, but they know that profound and persistent inequalities exist in access to, and experiences of, care and support for people affected by dying, death and bereavement.
Research can play a part in changing this, providing the evidence needed to drive improvements to policy and practice that can reduce inequities at the end of life. That is why through Call 12 of the Marie Curie Research Grants Scheme they are inviting proposals for research that can help understand, and critically address, barriers to equitable end of life experience.
They are particularly interested in receiving solutions-focused proposals relating to:
- Groups and communities experiencing inequity related to their protected and/or social characteristics (for example, ethnicity, disability, sex or gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation, trans and gender diverse communities, rural communities)
- Inclusion health groups (for example, people experiencing homelessness, imprisoned people, vulnerable migrants, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities)
- Intersecting sources of inequity and disadvantage, including, but not limited to, the above.
Funding Information
- A total of £650,000 is available for this call and a maximum of £150,000 can be applied for per project.
- Marie Curie understands the challenges of involving community/group representatives at the pre-award stage when no funds have been allocated to support their time and that this in itself can often be a barrier to representation within research involvement. They will therefore make available up to £500 per applicant team where it is needed to support the involvement of community/group representatives in the design and development of the research proposal.
Eligibility Criteria
- Expressions of interest are invited from lead applicants at recognised Universities, NHS hospitals, hospices or research institutes within the UK. Expressions of interest will also be considered from lead applicants who are research and policy professionals based at other organisations with experience relating to the theme of the call.
- The lead applicant must have a post which covers the entire duration of the proposed study. Host institutions must be in a position to comply with all clauses of the Marie Curie Terms and Conditions. It is essential that applicants from hospices form links with an academic institution or NHS partner organisation to build collaborations and obtain support and guidance when preparing their applications, for instance with research governance issues.
- Joint Lead Applicants are permitted – although, if successful, the contracted grant (and associated funding arrangements) will be with one Lead Applicant’s institution only.
- As outlined in the call scope above, alongside the Lead Applicant/s each application will also need a Community/Involvement Lead who is a representative of one or more of the communities or groups which are the focus of the research proposal. This could be a representative from an organisation relevant to the community or group in question, or someone unaffiliated with a particular organisation but who is bringing their own lived experience as member of the community or group.
- The Community/Involvement Lead should be an equal partner in shaping and developing the proposed research, and Lead Applicants should think carefully about how to support their meaningful, authentic involvement.
- There are no restrictions on co-applicants and collaborating partners and they strongly encourage Lead Applicants to ensure that they involve a collaborative team with all experience necessary to give the project the best chance of success.
- As well as the designated Community/Involvement Lead, Lead Applicants should consider more broadly how to involve from the outset people with lived experience of the issues that are the focus of the project. Lead applicants should also pay particular attention to including representatives of the end user groups that the project is trying to reach (i.e. those who sit on the planned pathway to impact for the research).
Timelines for the Call
- August 2023: Expressions of interest reviewed and full applications invited
- December 2023 : Applicant response to peer reviews
- Jan-Feb 2024: Research Funding Committee meeting
- March 2024: Applicants notified of outcome
For more information, visit Marie Curie.