Deadline: 1 September 2019
The Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network (VAMHN) has announced a calls for applications for small grants to support research in specific areas, to address identified gaps in knowledge, and to improve the knowledge-base in areas of new challenge or changing policy and practice.
VAMHN is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Grants are available up to a maximum of £25,000 and can be used to deliver a targeted piece of research or to pump-prime larger projects.
Theme
First Grant Call 2019: Measurement
Funding Information
- Grants are available up to a maximum of £25,000 (including indirect and estate costs) and grant-funded projects should be delivered within 12 months.
- All grant holders will be required to deliver a final report of 5,000 words within 6 months of the end of the project (detailing the key findings of the project and the impact/expected impact of the research for the knowledge-base, policy and practice in the areas of mental health and domestic and sexual violence); present the outcomes of the research at a VAMHN conference, workshop, or network meeting; and submit the research outcomes to a peer-reviewed / (including practitioner) journal. Where applicable, grant holders will formally deposit data generated by the research project with a responsible data repository (e.g. the UK Data Service) and will provide metadata for resource discovery to the UK Data Service and to the network PI within three months of the end of their grants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications from UK HEIs in collaboration with non-academic bodies, charities, third sector organizations and other relevant agencies are welcome to apply. Projects co-led by a HEI in partnership with non-academic groupings are also strongly encouraged, however, due to UKRI funding requirements, funding may only be transferred to the HEI partner.
- VAMHN requires that the co-applicant team be multi-disciplinary and welcome the inclusion of early career researchers and users/survivors as co-applicants.
How to Apply
Applications should be sent at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit https://www.vamhn.co.uk/grant-competitions.html