Specialist Centre
for Public Health
delivered by the University of
Southampton and Partners
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The NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) - Specialist Centre for Public Health (SCPH) provides advice and support for public health research outside the NHS.
It is hosted jointly by the RSS Hub delivered by the University of Southampton and Partners and the RSS Hub delivered by Newcastle University and Partners.
In the spotlight:
In the spotlight:
In collaboration with local authority partners, our team of governance and ethics experts have put together toolkits and guidance documents to help aspiring researchers in non-NHS settings set up public health research in their own organisations.
You can view the toolkits online or download a PDF version that includes additional navigation options.
A series of three half-day workshops to help you develop an application for the NIHR Predoctoral Award | Pre-Application Support Fund | SPARC or LA-SPARC Placement.
The workshop series will help you pick a good research area, choose a good supervisory team, design a great career development programme and communicate well when writing your funding application.
Our offer
Our offer
Contacting the Specialist Centre for Public Health gives you access to a wide range of public health expertise, whether you are an experienced researcher or completely new to the field.
Our team provides advice to researchers who are designing research proposals and developing funding applications. We help organisations (such as local authorities) to increase their capacity for public health research, and our governance and ethics team help researchers in non-clinical settings to set up public health research in their own organisations.
This includes public health research in local authorities, the criminal justice sector, education and the voluntary sector.
Bespoke support
Bespoke support
We provide bespoke support for researchers and organisations in Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight (BOBHI) to grow their research capacity and capability. This includes training, collaboration opportunities, and bespoke guidance on governance and ethics.
We provide bespoke support for researchers and organisations in Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight (BOBHI) to grow their research capacity and capability. This includes training, collaboration opportunities, and bespoke guidance on governance and ethics.
Events and training
Events and training
Together with our RSS Hub, we offer training on writing and pitching research funding applications as well as bespoke training for non-NHS organisations looking to increase their research capabilities.
A free to attend, online, three-day masterclass on how to write a grant application for applied health or social care research that is strong from a methodological point of view, reads well and presents a convincing case for funding .
(Please note that this event is not specific to public health research.)
A free-to-attend masterclass on how to improve your chances of success when applying for an NIHR fellowship.
Request support
Request support
Submit a request for support to the NIHR Research Support Service Hub and Specialist Centre for Public Health delivered by the University of Southampton and Partners. The RSS and the SCPH can support researchers in the devolved nations if they are working in collaboration with English partners.
Request bespoke support to develop research capacity in your organisation (Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight)
Request bespoke support to develop research capacity in your organisation (Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight)
For bespoke support to develop research capacity and capability email nihr-rss@soton.ac.uk.
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