Research Funding Opportunities

Applications are invited from all College members and fellows for the Spring 2023 RCEM Research Grants.

Grant application forms can be downloaded from here and a guidance document found here.

For advice on writing a grant application see www.mrc.ac.uk and the following headings should be used:

• Introduction – what is already known in this area
• Research Question – usually as a 3 or 4 part question
• Methods – including sample size calculation if relevant, how the statistical analysis of results will be performed and a timeline for the project
• Project Budget Sheet – details of exact costs of proposed project
• Project timeline – a detailed plan
• Reasons for support requested – include importance of the question to Emergency Medicine, and future potential of the work for attracting further research funding.

Applications will be rated according to the quality of science, the relevance to Emergency Medicine, the potential for academic development of the lead applicant, deliverability and the likelihood that the work will lead to future research funding.

Successful applicants will be expected to produce a short report in the approved format on the progress of the project every 12 months and may also be invited to present their work at the RCEM Annual Scientific Conference.

Applications are particularly welcome from trainees, specialty doctors, consultants within 5 years of CCT and consultants without an established research background who wish to develop an academic portfolio.

The lead applicant must a member or fellow of the College. A team-based approach with strong EM leadership is encouraged. Appropriate commercial and non-commercial partnerships are welcome.

These grants are potentially eligible for inclusion on the UKCRN Portfolio and for support from your local clinical research network. Preference will be given to applicants who submit projects likely to lead to UKCRN Portfolio adoption.

Applications are particularly welcome around the theme of wellbeing and mental health. These applications will be considered for RCEM Foundation grant funding alongside being considered for funding through the main research grants call.

Please send your application along with a copy of your CV to the College office or via email to Theo.Chiles@rcem.ac.uk

Deadline: 5pm Friday 31 March 2023

For further information regarding the application process please contact:
Theo Chiles, RCEM research committee administration email: Theo.Chiles@rcem.ac.uk
Matt Reed, RCEM Professor, email: matthew.reed@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Applications are invited for RCEM grants to undertake emergency medicine research in low income countries. The RCEM encourages applications up to £5,000 for a research application focused on improving the delivery of emergency medicine in low income countries. Applicants must:

1. Be practising emergency medicine in a low & middle income country
2. Show collaboration on the project with at least one member or fellow of the UK College of Emergency Medicine in good standing who should also be a co-applicant but need not be currently practising in the UK (and this should be clearly indicated on the application) *

For advice on writing a grant application see mrc.ukri.org/

Papers deriving from any successful LMIC grant will be guaranteed external peer review if submitted to the Emergency Medicine Journal – please flag any submissions to Dr Jafar.  Leading up to any such submissions, we are working to develop a pool of mentors who can offer writing support in order to give the best possible chance of favourable review

The following headings should be used:

Purpose and Background – what is already known in this area and an outline of the value the research will bring to emergency medicine.

A Plan of investigation which should include:

• Research Question – usually as a 3 or 4 part question
• Methods – including sample size calculation if relevant, how the statistical analysis of results will be performed and a timeline for the project.
• Project Budget Sheet – details of exact costs of proposed project
• Project timeline – a detailed plan
• Dissemination – an outline of how the research findings will be disseminated to inform clinical practice and service delivery
• Reasons for support requested – include importance of the question to Emergency Medicine, and future potential of the work for attracting further research funding.

Applications are rated according to the quality of science, the importance of the underlying research program, the strength and value of the collaboration with Members and Fellows of the College of Emergency Medicine and contextual relevance. Due regard is given to the relative wealth of the country or countries in which the research will be carried out and the findings acted upon.

Successful applicants are expected to produce a short report in the approved format on the progress of the project every 12 months for the first 2 years of the award, and may also be invited to present the findings of the study at our Annual Scientific Conference up to 3 years after the award

*if no-one in your team is currently a member or fellow of RCEM but you have an interesting/important research idea in emergency medicine, please take a look at colleagues in the NIHR Incubator for Emergency Care who may be able to help support as a co-applicant or link you to further colleagues for this or future submissions.

The next application window will open in Spring 2023. Please indicate if your submission has been considered in previous grant rounds.

For an application form please click here.

For a list of frequently asked questions (especially important for grant administration information) please click here.

For further information about the grant please contact:

Anisa Jafar, NIHR ACL and ST6 in Emergency Medicine on behalf of the Research & Publications Committee,
Royal College of Emergency Medicine HCRI,
University of Manchester,
Ellen Wilkinson Building,
Oxford Road,
M13 9PL.

anisa.jafar@manchester.ac.uk