Deadline: 25-Jan-22
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced the applications for the Public Health Intervention Development Grant Programme to develop an early-stage intervention that seeks to address UK or global public health challenges.
Scope
Population level interventions, with a focus on non-health care settings. Examples of the focus of health-related population level interventions include:
- transport
- education
- employment
- leisure
- the built environment.
Funding Information
- The full economic cost of your project can be up to £150,000. MRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost (100% for overseas costs).
- Your project can last up to 18 months.
What they are looking for?
- MRC is looking to support the early-stage development of interventions that seek to address either UK or global public health challenges. This might include qualitative and quantitative primary research and the development of theory and logic models. However, emphasis should be placed on developing the intervention.
- This opportunity supports the incorporation of systems thinking in addressing public health challenges. It is justifiable to focus on just one aspect of a system as long as the wider systems context is recognised, for example, in the framework for evaluation.
- It also encourages the use of multi-disciplinary teams and co-production with users and other relevant stakeholders, such as policy makers.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any researcher with an employment contract at an eligible research organisation, including MRC institutes and units (including those in Gambia and Uganda), can apply for this funding opportunity.
- International co-investigators can be included if they provide expertise that’s not available in the UK.
- Applicants can also include one or more project partners in their application.
For more information, visit https://beta.ukri.org/opportunity/public-health-intervention-development-jan-2022/