UKRI: Scale up Health Inequality Prevention (UK)

Deadline: 23-Sep-21

The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced the applications for its Scale up health inequality prevention and intervention strategies.

Apply for funding to carry out a pilot study for the Mobilising Cultural and Natural Assets to Combat Health Inequalities programme.

The study should focus on how to scale up small, local approaches for addressing health inequalities.

Funding Information

• Total fund: £1,300,000
• Maximum award: £180,000

What they’re looking for?

• The AHRC, MRC and NERC are looking to fund research to establish how cultural, natural and other community assets can mitigate health inequalities.
• Specifically, research should focus on how prevention and intervention strategies can be scaled up from small, locally based approaches benefitting small numbers of individuals, to whole communities. Projects will therefore support the national roll out of place-based approaches to public health as an established part of health policy.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications for pilot studies are encouraged from those working both with existing and newly developed partnerships for improving population health and social wellbeing in the UK. Ensuring these partnerships fit into new and emerging local and national intervention structures will be key.
• Projects may be approached from grass roots through to a strategic level.  However, it is essential that proposals articulate how the project may influence at a strategic level in the longer term.
• They are particularly interested in receiving applications to this funding opportunity from researchers and practitioners working within areas of social deprivation that feature low on socio-economic indices. A strong place-based focus is required; however you may draw on input and expertise from other areas in designing your project and assembling your team.
• You must be:
  • a UK resident
  • hosted by a research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.
• Your project must:
  • relate to health outcomes
  • involve a range of arts and humanities disciplines
  • engage with other academic disciplines
  • include collaborations with partners from outside academia.

For more information, visit https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/scale-up-health-inequality-prevention-and-intervention-strategies/