Resources for researchers

Useful links

What is writing for publication and why is it important? Answers to your questions, and useful resources.

Key strategies and policies from 2004 until present day.

What makes a NIHR Doctoral Fellowship application excellent?

Chair of the NIHR Doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee and Professor of Maternal and Child Health at the University of Newcastle, Judith Rankin, she shares her thoughts on what makes an excellent application.

A guide to starting out in clinical academic research

This is a series of ten films giving advice and tips on becoming a clinical academic.

Routes to Research

This guide, created by staff from across North East and North Cumbria, will help you find the best ways to get involved in research.

Priorities for health and care research

This tool has been designed through Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and can be used by researchers to:

Strengthen your research proposals by addressing topics of known importance to UK James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships
Help choose or refine your research questions
Consider who you could collaborate with (from which areas of health and care)

Research Wheel

If you are a nurse, midwife or AHP who is new to clinical research, use this research wheel as a helpful guide to getting your study idea off the ground.

NIHR ICA Application Flowchart

Preparing your application for the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Integrated Clinical Academic (ICA) scheme. This timeline will help you plan your application for the Health Education England (HEE) / National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Academic (ICA) Programme. The ICA programme is aimed at health and social care professionals, including nurses, midwives, and AHPs, who wish to develop careers that combine research and clinical practice

Patient and Public Involvement

Community Engagement Toolkit

This resource from the NIHR Research Design Service (RDS) is aimed at supporting researchers who are developing grant applications with, and for, diverse communities.

Equality and Diversity in Research

Inclusivity within research participation is important to enable engagement with underrepresented groups. Researchers can use the links here for guidance on how to promote equality and diversity within their research.

PPIE Planner

This resource is an online planner, funded and developed by NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), in collaboration with the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University. It was designed to support researchers and make it as easy as possible for them to plan out their Patient Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) activity – ensuring that the public are at the heart of research.

PPIE means working with patients and the public from diverse backgrounds to shape research, as well as making sure research work is clearly communicated, while feedback is encouraged.

For more information and opportunities you can follow us on Twitter @NUTH_NMAHPRes and use our hashtag #MakeSpace4Research to join in the conversation. Share your experience, tell us about your successes, or flag any barriers the NMAHP research team could help you with.