SMaRteN are pleased to invite proposals for research projects to address student’s key questions about student mental health. Funding is available as part of the UKRI ‘plus’ funding scheme for Mental Health Networks.
Through the academic year, 2019 – 2020 SMaRteN ran a Priority Setting Exercise with students. Students were invited to submit their suggested key questions for future research into student mental health. This exercise was carried out before the COVID-19 pandemic. These questions have been reviewed by students and grouped into themes. This funding call is inviting researchers to start new research addressing these questions. We will fund projects that focus on one or more of the following themes:
The total funding available through this call is £135,000. Following UKRI funding guidelines, funding will be made available to cover up to 80% of Full Economic Costs. We expect to award funding for a combination of small projects (up to £8,000 at 80% FEC) and medium sized projects (up to £25,000 at 80% FEC). Funding will be available for up to 12 months duration. We particularly invite applications from researchers and organisations working in disciplines outside of psychology and psychiatry. We are prioritising research with BAME groups and would encourage those within this community to apply for funding. Applications from Early Career Researchers are welcome.
The application pack is available here. Please read the application pack before submitting an application. To apply, please complete the online application form here. We recommend that you complete this application form as a word document prior to copying and pasting responses into this online form. The word application form is available here. FAQs are available here.
If you would like to get early feedback on your proposal, you are welcome to submit a preliminary application here. For a template of the preliminary application form, click here
We thought it would be helpful to include some feedback from previous funding call rounds, on what makes a successful bid and the reasons for which applications to previous calls were not funded. You can read our note here.
Through the funding provided through SMaRteN we hope to support and enable researchers to complete the preliminary work to enable them to seek further grant funding to develop a more substantive research project / programme.
Potential funders are outlined here.
Through the academic year, 2019 – 2020 SMaRteN ran a Priority Setting Exercise with students. Students were invited to submit their suggested key questions for future research into student mental health. This exercise was carried out before the COVID-19 pandemic. These questions have been reviewed by students and grouped into themes. This funding call is inviting researchers to start new research addressing these questions. We will fund projects that focus on one or more of the following themes:
- How should support services be designed and delivered within universities?
- Mental Health Literacy across the institution
- What are the causes of mental health problems for students?
- How does academic culture, structure, and assessment impact on student mental health?
- Sense of belonging
- Work and study life balance
The total funding available through this call is £135,000. Following UKRI funding guidelines, funding will be made available to cover up to 80% of Full Economic Costs. We expect to award funding for a combination of small projects (up to £8,000 at 80% FEC) and medium sized projects (up to £25,000 at 80% FEC). Funding will be available for up to 12 months duration. We particularly invite applications from researchers and organisations working in disciplines outside of psychology and psychiatry. We are prioritising research with BAME groups and would encourage those within this community to apply for funding. Applications from Early Career Researchers are welcome.
The application pack is available here. Please read the application pack before submitting an application. To apply, please complete the online application form here. We recommend that you complete this application form as a word document prior to copying and pasting responses into this online form. The word application form is available here. FAQs are available here.
If you would like to get early feedback on your proposal, you are welcome to submit a preliminary application here. For a template of the preliminary application form, click here
We thought it would be helpful to include some feedback from previous funding call rounds, on what makes a successful bid and the reasons for which applications to previous calls were not funded. You can read our note here.
Through the funding provided through SMaRteN we hope to support and enable researchers to complete the preliminary work to enable them to seek further grant funding to develop a more substantive research project / programme.
Potential funders are outlined here.