Deadline: 9 November 2018
The Dunhill Medical Trust is delighted to be working with Care & Repair England has launched a Home Adaptation Grants Program.
Care & Repair England, a national charitable organisation set up in 1986 to improve the homes and living conditions of older people, aims to forge new partnerships and stimulate fresh research in the health/ housing/ ageing field by bringing together leading researchers and key stakeholders and is supporting clusters of researchers and stakeholders to work together on research proposals and projects that have a practical application.
Focus Areas
- specific types of home adaptation or assistive technologies
- specific risks to older people living at home e.g. falls
- specific areas of potential cost benefit e.g. aspects of healthcare provision such as GP visits, emergency admissions, ambulance call outs, hospital re-admissions etc.
- developing acceptable and robust alternative methodologies to Randomized Control Trials to address impacts/cost effectiveness
- applying a range of outcome measures relating to older people’s physical and mental health and well-being
- mechanisms for involving older people and relevant professionals in the research process.
Funding Information
- A total fund of £200,000 is available for this call, out of which they are anticipating being able to fund two projects.
- As they are positively encouraging multi-disciplinary teams to apply, consisting of university researchers, practitioners and others, they also welcome applications which have secured funding or in-kind resource contributions to make up any shortfall for projects which are costed at a higher level than they are able to support.
Duration
The Trust are looking for short, focused projects that will provide usable evidence within a short timeframe, so teams which are already up and running will have an advantage. The study may be for up to 18 months in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
The Trust are looking for applications from multi-disciplinary teams. They particularly welcome teams consisting of both researchers and practitioners (for example, third sector, public sector and private sector product and service providers) but the lead applicant (principal investigator) must be based at a UK university.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via give website.
Eligible Country: United Kingdom
For more information, please visit Dunhill Medical Trust.