This page provides useful links and guidance on various topics crucial for research funding applications and general research.
Research Inclusion
On 27 Nov 2024, À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ officially launched a new requirement that all applicants demonstrate how their research will address existing inequalities in health and social care as a condition of funding.
À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ has released  on this new condition, .
Patient Involvement
The Imperial BRC PPIE Strategy 2022-2027 can be found here
To know more about involving people and communities in cancer research, follow this .
To know more about organisations supporting patient involvement, follow this .
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
The Imperial BRC EDI Strategy 2022-2027 can be found here.
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Research Support Service (RSS)
The  Research Support Service (RSS), which replaces the RDS, offers free and confidential advice on the development of funding applications and throughout the research pathway. Follow the link to the page.
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The MESSAGE Project
This project, published by The George Institute for Global Health’s Medical Science Sex and Gender Equity (MESSAGE) project, in partnership with Imperial. aims to improve the integration of sex and gender considerations across data collection, analysis and reporting in biomedical, health and care research in the UK.
This initiative is bringing together stakeholders from across the UK to co-design a sex and gender policy framework for funding and regulatory organisations and supporting policy implementation across the UK research sector.
Policy Framework.
, Founding Director of The George Institute, Emeritus Professor of Global Health at Imperial and co-principal investigator of the MESSAGE project, said, “The UK has one of the largest female health gaps globally, and many of these inequities stem from the earliest stages of medical research. By integrating sex and gender considerations into funding proposals, researchers will now be expected to design and conduct their research in a more equitable and scientifically robust manner.â€
The policy framework was co-designed with representatives from across the UK research sector, including research funders, regulators, researchers, academic journals, patients, clinicians and government officials.
Unprofessional Behaviour in Healthcare
Recent finds unprofessional behaviour such as rudeness or bullying may become embedded in the workplace when staff are disempowered, teams lack cohesion and managers are unaware of the behaviour. This could then impact staff wellbeing negatively contributing to mental and physical health problems among staff, affecting patient safety and compromising the quality of patient care.
Unprofessional behaviour was most likely to be directed at staff who are female, new, disabled or from minority groups.
Improving working conditions and encouraging staff collaboration could help to eliminate unprofessional behaviour in healthcare.
The À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ has a dedicated page on this topic-
À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ funding opportunities
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