We are part of @NIHRresearch @NIHRARC delivering an Applied Research Collaboration for Kent Surrey and Sussex
Kent, Surrey and Sussex
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New funding opportunity: awards of up to £2,000 are available to help researchers, communities and VCSE organisations build partnerships before developing a research application.
Find out more and apply: tinyurl.com/53w9r4kf
#ResearchFunding #CommunityResearch
Applying for research funding?
Get practical tips on choosing the right scheme, meeting funder priorities, writing for different reviewers and building a realistic route to impact.
Watch the recorded session: youtu.be/peRGzfJ7sHc
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🌟 Capacity building in action.
Through an @ARC_KSS Individual Development Award, Sharon Manship developed research that has helped shape draft NHS guidance on PMOS, demonstrating the power of research capacity building
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#NIHR20 #ResearchImpact
Developing an NIHR funding application?
Our fully funded Residential Grant Development and Writing Retreat offers dedicated writing time, expert support, food and accommodation from 16–18 March 2027 in Tunbridge Wells.
Apply by 5pm, 29 November:
tinyurl.com/2r2tbe8h
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What helps us live healthier lives - and how much does where we live shape the answer?
At #ARCKSS Research Week, participants used collage to explore how housing, work, transport, food & community influence health.
Read Sarah Hotham’s reflections: tinyurl.com/nc6fymh3
NIHR ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex retweeted
Develop your research skills while you undertake a placement within a part of the NIHR or a local authority setting.
Our Local Authority Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration will help develop your research skills, knowledge and expertise to co-create research that is more meaningful and better connected with practice.
It is open to NIHR Academy members, or individuals based in a local authority setting in England or Public Health Speciality Trainee based in England.
Find out more: nihr.ac.uk/funding/nihr-la-s…
ALT Funding opportunity Local Authority Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (LA SPARC) Closing on 19 November 2026 at 1pm Apply now
NIHR ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex retweeted
Tonight, we’re celebrating 40 exceptional research leaders at the NIHR20 Research Leaders Prizes! 🎉
From inspiring emerging talent to recognising outstanding research delivery, we’re celebrating the people helping to shape the future of health and care research. 🏆
#NIHR20
ALT Delegates gathering at the NIHR20 Research Leaders Prizes event in Leeds
📢How can researchers increase the reach and impact of their work? Dr Madalina Toma shares 6 practical lessons-from building trusted partnerships to planning for impact from day one.
Full story: tinyurl.com/4rncw5sx
Watch Madalina's presentation: tinyurl.com/22zb6cze
How can researchers genuinely share power with communities?
Our Research Week session explored how participatory approaches can make research more inclusive, relevant & useful.
🎥 Find out more: tinyurl.com/4hb3mwmm
What makes a successful grant application?
Join our first Building Better Research webinar on 13 October, 2.30–3.30pm, to explore how to develop a strong proposal and align it with funder priorities.
Register: tinyurl.com/3h333rr6
#GrantWriting #ResearchFunding #ARCKSS
Researching trans healthcare: what are the barriers to participatory research and how can we overcome them?
Join this free online seminar:
📢15 October, 12pm to 1pm.
💻 Online
🎟️Free
Register here: shorturl.at/Ajaiz
#ParticipatoryResearch #TransHealthcare #ARCKSS
New free course: Liver Smart helps community healthcare professionals support people with liver disease & those at risk. Co-designed with people with lived experience, it covers risk factors, signs, screening & supportive care.
➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/yv8a9n6y
#LiverHealth
New study explores why older adults with dementia might return to hospital after discharge.
The study identifies key factors that could help improve care and reduce avoidable readmissions. 🏥🧠
Read more: tinyurl.com/2thxadhy
A huge thank you to everyone who helped make our South East #NIHR20 celebration such a success. 🎉
From speakers & panel members to poster presenters and delegates, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences as we celebrated 20 years of NIHR impact across our region.
💡Lived experience is helping shape better care.
Sharon Manship has contributed to new draft national guidance on PMOS, drawing on her own diagnosis journey and research across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
▶️▶️Read more: tinyurl.com/2m586pzm
💡@Governors & trustees can help improve mental health & wellbeing in schools and colleges.
The free Governor’s Toolkit gives boards simple questions & practical steps to help them check what is working & what could be better.
▶️Read More: tinyurl.com/2dtyrhww
📢Have your say on support for adolescent & young adults (16-35) with severe mental health needs
There's still time to register and join our Research Week session taking place on Monday 14 Sept, 3-4pm, online.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/t8ctmms3
#arckssresearchweek2026
🎉Congratulations to Professor Kathryn Greenwood, Mental Health Innovation |& Implementation Lead at @ARC_KSS and Professor of Clinical Psychology @SussexUni & @SPFT_NHS on being recognised as one of the 20 #NIHR20 Research Delivery Leaders. 👏
More➡️ tinyurl.com/48whj4y3
📢 PhD Opportunity
Interested in improving healthy ageing for trans and non-binary adults? We're recruiting for a fully funded PhD to help shape more inclusive health and care services.
Learn more here👉 tinyurl.com/58ch47jh
#HealthyAgeing #NIHR #ARCKSS
💡 For 20 years, @NIHRresearch has supported innovations that improve lives. From empowering care home communities to enabling more personalised care, research is making a real-world difference.
Find out more here 👉 tinyurl.com/36t9297m
#NIHR20 #Innovation #SocialCare
