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How to win an RCEM grant

How to win an RCEM grant

RCEM Research Grants

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

+ Research Grants

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

 

+ RCEM Research Grants for Low Income Countries

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

 

Grants funded since 2011

A total of £339,096.25 awarded in grants since 2011 as shown below.

Date Title Amount Award holder
2022 Pilot Study to evaluate the potential diagnostic Utility of Serum Biomarkers in Cauda Equina Syndrome £9,771.00 Muhammad Faisal
2022 ABC Sepsis Neuro - Understanding brain injury secondary to sepsis £9,240.00 Dan Whitehouse
2022 Associations of patient fee-paying status and Emergency Department outcomes: a retrospective study £5,943.04 Will Nevard
2022 Activation of inflammation and Coagulation after Trauma II (ACIT-II) £8,675.80 Dan Horner
2022 The mortality effect of relative hypotension in people with emergency care needs £3,475.20 James Van Oppen
2022 Streaming and redirection of adult minor acuity patients attending the Emergency Department (STREAM-ED) £9,976.00 Jonathan Benger
2022 The DAShED (Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndrome in the ED) study. £8,821.00 Rachel McLatchie
2021 Sampling in Sepsis: Exploring and characterising routine data in patients with sepsis presenting to hospital £500.00 Andrew Ferguson
2021 Body camera use in the emergency department: an exploration of governance, data management and confidentiality £6,270.39 Andrew Tabner
2021 Thromboelastography and blood protein biomarker profiles in patients presenting with isolated traumatic brain injury in the emergency department £7,400.00 Liam Barrett
2021 Variability of childhood atraumatic limp management study £3,250.00 Daniel Murrell
2021 MIS-ABC Sepsis; Mechanistic Inflammatory Sub-study embedded in the Albumin versus Balanced Crystalloid in Sepsis trial – ABC Sepsis £8,685.00 Andrew Ferguson
2020 A qualitative study of trainee experience of academic clinical fellowship in emergency medicine in the UK £3,811.00 Thomas Shanahan
2020 The impact of body-worn cameras in the emergency department: An uncontrolled mixed methods before-and-after study £9,461.00 Nicholas Tillbury
2020 An expert Delphi study to derive an ED triage tool for patients aged 65 and over who fall less than two metres £10,003.00 Sarah Midgley
2020 Exploring unconscious bias towards black patients amongst healthcare professionals in London Emergency Departments £6,238.00 Dr Carole Reid
2020 Express Relief: the identification of the UK Emergency Departments that perform consistently well in the assessment and management of pain £5,250.00 Dr Liza Keating
2020 The COVID-19 Emergency Response Assessment Study: A prospective longitudinal survey of Doctors in the UK and Ireland £4,500.00 Tom Roberts
2020 Cambridge App for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (CAM-TBI) £10,725.00 Assoc. Prof. Virginia Newcombe
2019 Acute Coronary Syndrome rule-out pathways in the Emergency Department (ACS:ED): A review of their real world use. £5,164.00 Dr Thomas Roberts
2019 Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS) Choice Pilot Feasibility Trial £9,369.57 Dr Patricia van den Berg
2019 Refining the National Emergency Department Overcrowding Scale (NEDOCS) as an automated real-time ED crowding tool £8,568.00 Dr Colin Dewar
2019 Finding Voices: young people’s experiences of the Emergency Department £9,300.25 Dr Liza Keating
2018 Ultrasound Directed Reduction of Colles Type distal radius fractures in ED (UDiReCT £9,993.00 Dr Hamza Malik
2018 Predicting severe pneumonia in the Emergency Department £4,887.00 Dr Thomas O’Neill
2018 Optimising shared decision making for patients with chest pain £6,830.00 Dr Charles Reynard
2018 Electronic recording of pain in emergency care £4,400.00 Dr Hilary Sarah Thornton
2018 Headache in the Emergency Department (HED) £6,816.00 Dr Thomas Roberts
2017 Emergency Medicine Burnout Evaluation and Resource Strategies (EMBERS): the state of burnout in UK emergency medicine departments. £9,905.00 Dr Chris Turner
2017 Estimation of cardiac preload in emergency care using non-invasive monitoring £8,243.40 Dr Mohammed Elwan
2016 Combined feasibility and pilot study to inform the design and conduct of the Petechiae In Children (PIC STUDY) £7,770.00 Dr Thomas Waterfield
2016 PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting 2 (PASTIES II): Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) in the Pre-Hospital (PH) environment and ED for patients with pain from traumatic injuries £3,349.80 Dr Tim Nutbeam
2016 A tapping technique for urine production in pre-continent children: evidence review and assessment of acceptability £7,827.00 Dr Matthew Chandy
2015 Aloe Vera Gel £5,474.00 Dr Matt Reed
2015 Identifying Depression in Older Patients £9,767.00 Dr Ian Sammy
2015 Ahead 2 £10,535.00 Professor Suzanne Mason
2014 Pain in the Emergency Department: A feasibility study for KLAPPED (Ketamine Lollipops for Adult Patients in Pain in the Emergency Department). £3,586.00 Dr Nutbeam
2014 Do all HEART Scores beat the same? Evaluating the inter-operator reproducibility of a chest pain risk stratification tool in the emergency department £4,000.00 Dr William Niven
2014 Patient perceptions of provider communication in the minors area of a UK ED: An assessment using the mCAT-T survey. £2,571.00 Dr Blair Graham
2014 Early exclusion of acute coronary syndromes in the Emergency Department: a comparative validation of the MACS and HEART scores £9,573.00 Dr Rick Body
2013 The LEAK Study £1,420.00 Dr Manish Thakker
2013 Prescription of Analgesia in Emergency Medicine Study £2,500.00 Dr S Loh
2013 (SAFER) Atrial Fibrilation in ED Study £2,722.00 Dr James Gagg
2013 Stress in ED Nurses Study £3,563.00 Dr S Dasan
2013 ED Admission Study £15,564.00 Dr Mike Clancy
2012 Evaluating the Impact of Consultant Delivered Emergency Care £10,485.00 Dr Sunil Dasan
2012 Quality Time: Experience Based Co- Design in the Emergency Department £4,285.00 Dr Liza Keating
2012 The Triage Rule-Out Using Sensitive Troponin Chest Pain Study £10,000.00 Dr Edd Carlton
2011 A Pilot Study to Inform A Multi-Centre RCT on an Impedance Threshold Device: The ResQPOD in Cardiac Arrest £8,632.80 Dr John Wright
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