“The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme (PRP) invites applications for a multi-phased research project. The project will aim to gain insight into how improvement happens in the social care sector and the impacts and outcomes from the national core improvement offer support provided to local authorities.
The multi-phased research project will consist of:

• a development phase which will focus on scoping, assessing the feasibility of and recommending possible approaches for evaluation;
• a main phase study which will take forward the evaluation approach identified during the development phase.

Funding is available for both phases of the research project. At this stage, we anticipate commissioning a development phase study (costing up to £200,000), that will inform a subsequent main study costing between £200,000 – £350,000. Given the complexity of the requirement, we may be able to increase the research budget, where applicants are able to demonstrate this is required.

For more information, please consult the Research Specification, the Stage 1 Guidance for Applicants or standard information for applicants linked.

The submission deadline for the application is 1pm, 11 July 2023.”

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