Research & Development Co-ordinating Centre Weekly EBulletin
19 November 2007
Career Development Opportunities
1. University of Alberta Dean of the Faculty of Nursing
To commence July 2008. Competition No. A10013238
Contact: Laverne Smith & Associates Inc.
Email: uofanursing@lavernesmith.com
Website:
http://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Academic/CompetitionDetails.aspx?key=2001
Closing date for applications: will remain open until position filled.
Research Funding
2. Royal College of General Practitioners and Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited Research
Paper of the Year Award 2007.
Submissions are now invited for consideration for this award. Have you read a paper, published
during 2007, that has particularly impressed you and which you think deserves recognition as
the Research Paper of the Year? An award of 1,000GBP will be made in respect of the paper
judged to be best by a panel of assessors. To be eligible, the paper must relate to a research
project in general practice/primary care undertaken within the United Kingdom and/or the
Republic of Ireland and have been published between 1st January and 31st December 2007, in a
peer reviewed journal. At least one author should be an active general practitioner.
Contact: Research Paper of the Year, Royal College of General Practitioners, Room 2.08, 31
Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HJ
Tel: 020 3170 8246
Email circ@rcgp.org.uk
Closing date: Friday, 10th January 2008
Website:
http://www.rcgp.org.uk/continuing_the_gp_journey/circ/research/research_paper_of_the_year.
aspx
3. RCN TB Nurses travel & research awards 2007 sponsored by the Department
of Health (England)
Awards up to 10,000GBP each for RCN members currently working in the field of TB in the UK to
help improve the prevention, control, and management of TB in line with the Chief Medical
Officer's action plan. Applicants will be expected to identify areas of proven good practice in
other countries and demonstrate how this can be transferred to the UK.
Contact: forms and full details can be requested by emailing scholarships@rcn.org.uk quoting
reference TB2008 or by sending an SAE to TB Nurse Awards 2008, c/o Moira Lambert, RCN, 20
Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN.
Closing date: 30 November 2007
4. British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN)
A key objective of BACCN is to promote the art and science of critical care nursing, and to
provide facilities for nurses to further their education, skills, and personal and professional
development in caring for critically ill and dependant patients. The following awards will be made
on an annual basis and successful applicants will be required to publish an article in the BACCN
journal Nursing in Critical Care, or present a paper at the BACCN national conference. For more
information on these awards, see the BACCN website.
i) Conference and study tour awards.
ii) Small research grants.
Website: http://www.baccn.org.uk/events/awards.asp
Deadline for awards: 31st March, 31st July and 30th November each year
Current Research Commissions
5. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR): Research for
Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme Competitions Five
The NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme is a nationally coordinated funding stream for regionally commissioned research. The main aim of
the programme is to support projects in health services research and public
health. The national budget is 25 million GBP per annum. Individual research
projects can last for up to 36 months with a budget of up to 250,000 GBP.
Projects can be either quantitative or qualitative. All researchers across England
can apply and applications can be made throughout the year. For more
information about dates for calls and competitions see the website.
Competition 5 deadline to register Intention: 3 January 2008
Website: http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/rfpb/default.cfm
6. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Design
Services
These services will support researchers making funding applications and doing
research within the new health research system. We intend to let eight contracts
initially: one in each Strategic Health Authority region (excluding the North West
and East Midlands regions where current R&D Support Units will continue). This
will provide consistent support to the health and social care research community
nationally.
Contact: Helpline, Tel: 0208 943 8459
Website: http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/callsproposals/rds/default.cfm
Deadline for receipt of application: 14 January 2008
7. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology
Assessment (HTA) programme Call for proposals for HTA Clinical
Trials
The NIHR HTA programme is inviting research proposals for pragmatic clinical
trials. Outline proposals for HTA clinical trials, to assess the effectiveness of
treatments and tests within the NHS, are accepted on an ongoing basis
addressing any health problem, however in this funding round they would
particularly welcome proposals related to stroke or dementia. NIHR HTA intend to
consider applications twice a year.
Contact: HTA Clinical Trials Team
Tel: 023 8059 5621 (24 hour answer phone)
Email: htact@soton.ac.uk
Website at http://www.hta.ac.uk/funding
Deadline for receipt of application: 16 January 2008, 1pm
Fellowships/Studentships
8. Arthritis Research Campaign (arc): NEW Foundation Fellowship
Applications are invited for a new Foundation Fellowship offered by arc for newly
qualified non-clinical PhD researchers. The fellowship is open to PhD students in
the final year of their training or within one year of completing their PhD at the
time of application. It will provide a basic salary for 3 years (plus an additional
fixed salary supplement of 3,000GBP a year for non-clinical fellows) with
reasonable running costs and small items of equipment. All arc grants provide an
automatic additional allowance for conference travel. Awards will be made once a
year by open competition involving external peer review and interview.
Contact: Research and Education Department
Tel: 01246 541115
Website: http://www.arc-research.org.uk
Deadline for the first round of applications: 7 April 2008
9. Cancer Research UK Clinical Nurse Scientist Fellowship and Senior
Clinical Nurse Fellowship
Cancer Research UK has established two nursing research training fellowships Clinical Nurse Scientist Fellowship and Senior Clinical Nurse Fellowship, catering
for different stages of an academic clinical nursing cancer research pathway. If
your research can be relevant to preventing, diagnosing or treating cancer and
you are aiming to become a leader in your field then these fellowship schemes
can help you to achieve this.
To be considered you must be committed to combining cancer research with
clinical practice. Preference will be given to applicants whose proposed research
project has arisen directly from problems identified in your clinical practice, or
where the results of the research could be applied directly in your clinical work.
The awards are open to members of the nursing profession who hold a post in
nursing practice in the UK and are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery
Council. To check your eligibility and apply for these awards see the website.
Website: http://fellowships.cancerresearchuk.org
Deadline for applications for both schemes: 7 December 2007
Research Policy/Strategy
10. NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH): Research Capability
Programme section launched
A new programme which aims to enable research to achieve its full potential as a
core activity for healthcare.
Website: http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/research
Completed Research & Development - Open Access
11.The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (AJAN)
AJAN, published by the Australian Nursing Federation, is now freely
available on its new website AJAN is now able to be downloaded from the
website by article or by complete issue. Back volumes are also available.
Website: http://www.ajan.com.au
12.Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF): Insight
and Action publications and other resources
Insight and Action series provides insights into important concepts of knowledge
transfer and exchange, including networks, brokering, dissemination and research
use. Suggestions are welcome for future issues of the series and CHSRF
encourages feedback on any of the summaries presented.
This month's featured resource: Issue 23, (1 November 2007)
Nieva, V.F., et al, From science to service: A framework for the transfer of
patient safety research into practice, Advances in Patient Safety
Key messages:
- Moving research into practice involves three key stages: creating and distilling
knowledge; disseminating it; and having knowledge adopted and institutionalized
by the end user.
- "Real-world" knowledge about the end user's work environment, motivations
and day-to-day challenges can also help get research used.
- When introducing new procedures to facilitate research use, attention must be
paid to the resulting changes to staff responsibilities, power structures and
processes - otherwise the new procedures are likely to fail..
Previous articles include:
Issue 22 - Kramer, D.M., & Wells, R.P. (2005) Achieving buy-in: Building
networks to facilitate knowledge transfer, Science Communications
Website: http://www.chsrf.ca/other_documents/insight_action/index_e.php
13. National Primary Care Research and Development Centre report,
"Evaluation of closer to home demonstration sites"
A key government objective in reform of the English National Health Service
(NHS) is to move health services from acute hospitals into the community and so
bring care closer to home. In 2006, a series of 30 demonstration sites were
selected in six specialties: Dermatology, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), General
Surgery, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics and Urology. This report summarises the
experiences of these demonstration sites from an evaluation carried out between
September 2006 and May 2007 by the National Primary Care Research and
Development Centre of the University of Manchester and the Health Economics
Facility of the University of Birmingham. The evaluation included: interviews with
managers and others at all sites; qualitative case studies in 12 sites; economic
case studies in 6 sites; and patient questionnaire surveys at all sites.
Website:
http://www.npcrdc.ac.uk/Evaluation_of_Closer_to_Home_Demonstration_Sites.ht
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Disseminating Your Research - Call for papers
14. 7th European regional conference of Commonwealth Nurses
Federation: Unity through the Commonwealth - present
challenges in nursing Call for Abstracts
Malta, 28 - 29 March 2008
Contact: Commonwealth Nurses Federation, c/o Royal College of Nursing
Tel: +44 20 7647 3593
Email bookings: cnf@rcn.org.uk
Email enquires: mumn@maltanet.net
Website: http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/cnf/EuroConference.htm
Abstract deadline: 30 November 2007
15. The Dementia Services Development Centre - Northern Ireland:
Embracing the Challenge: Citizenship & Dementia
Stormont Hotel, Belfast, 6th - 8th May 2008
Contact: Jemma Galbraith
Email: jemma.galbraith@stir.ac.uk
Website: http://www.dementiacentreni.org/conferences.asp
Abstract Deadline: 19 December 2007
Events
16.Clinical Research Support Centre (CRSC) workshop series autumn
2007
CRSC aims to promote and support high quality clinical research in Northern
Ireland that will contribute to the knowledge used to improve health and well
being through better policy, advice, and health and social care services for
individuals and communities.
Clinical Research Support Centre, Education & Research Centre, Royal Group of
Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland
26 Nov 07 - Clinical Data Management
29 Nov 07 - Survival Analysis
3 Dec 07 - Support for the Innovation Process
5 Dec 07 - Economic Evaluation in Clinical Research
10 Dec 07 - Qualitative Research Methods
Contact: Christine McNally, CRSC administration office
Tel: 028 9063 5794
Email: christine.mcnally@crsc.n-i.nhs.uk
17.RCN Northern Ireland seminars and masterclasses
26 November 2007 - "Out of hours services" masterclass
Contact: Anna-Marie Boyd, Conference Administrator
Tel: 028 90 384 600
Email: anna-marie.boyd@rcn.org.uk
18. RCN Fertility Nurses Forum: "The best possible start - making
reproductive choices"
RCN, HQ, London, 2 February 2008
Contact: Pat Anslow, Conference & Events Organiser, RCN Events
Tel: 029 2054 6492
Fax: 029 2054 6495
Email: pat.anslow@rcn.org.uk
Website: http://www.rcn.org.uk/newsevents/event_details/rcn_events/event3469
19. Middlesex University and the North London Cancer Network
symposium: "Cancer and palliative care: new research, new
applications"
20 February 2008, Archway campus, Middlesex University, London, England.
Writing for publication masterclass on 21 February 2008.
Contact: Dr Gina Copp
Tel: 020 8411 3539
Email: g.copp@mdx.ac.uk
20. International Centre for Nursing Ethics (ICNE), University of
Surrey conference: Nursing ethics and health care policy bridging local, national and international perspectives
Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, USA, 17-19 July 2008
Contact: Douglas Olsen or Verena Tschuding
Email: douglas.olsen@yale.edu or vtschudin@fastnet.co.uk
Website: http://nursing.yale.edu/Centers/International/EthicsConference/