Alcohol Research UK 2015 grants programme
Alcohol Research UK's 2015 grants programme has been announced, with a research priority for 2015-16 of ‘measuring change’. See the 2015-2018 Research Strategy here.
Alcohol Research UK say trends in both alcohol consumption and harm have been shifting, including changes in the principles, structure and delivery of treatment for problem drinkers. As such, applications are invited that address any of the following issues:
- Patterns of consumption. Proposals that develop better measures of consumption among individuals and subgroups within the population (including overlooked populations such as prison-leavers, the homeless and minority communities).
- Costs to society. Proposals that seek to improve or refine our estimates of the economic costs and contributions of alcohol to society.
- Impacts of policy. Proposals that develop improved methods for measuring the impact of policy interventions, especially at a local level.
- Treatment and intervention effects. Proposals that improve our capacity to effectively measure both access to, and the impact of, treatment services or harm reduction interventions.
The call includes larger Research Innovation Grants of up to £60,000 for projects of up to 24 months in duration; application deadline of 9 December 2015. Small grants of up to £7,500 are available for projects lasting up to 12 months; application deadline 24 November 2015. All applicants should read both the Research Strategy and the appropriate Guidance for Applicants documents - see here for more.
NIHR local alcohol interventions funding
[UPDATE: Webinar can be viewed here.]
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) have a funding call open to evaluate 'local interventions to reduce intake and harm from alcohol'.
The specific research question asks 'what interventions by local authorities and other local non-NHS organisations are effective in reducing intake and harm from alcohol?'. Proposals must evaluate interventions where the primary outcome measure must be a health outcome, and the research brief [pdf] identifies opportunities as:
- Promoting responsible drinking to protect health and wellbeing in the general population or high risk groups
- Altering affordability, such as local agreements on the sale of cheap alcohol, multi-buy promotions, drinks with low cost per alcohol unit and minimum unit pricing
- Controlling access through the density of licensed premises and permitted hours, and making health a licensing objective
- Changing the night time environment, such as charging a late night levy to local alcohol businesses to support proactive policing, and interventions to reduce alcohol related violence and crime
- Giving businesses more responsibilities and approaches to enforcement of alcohol regulations
- Local controls on alcohol advertising and marketing
NIHR are also holding a webinar on 4 November 2015, 10.30-11.30 to support potential applicants. See here for the webinar sign-up form.
Funded PHD: IBA in University settings
London South Bank University and The Drinkaware Trust are offering a jointly funded PhD studentship, based within the Division of Psychology. The successful candidate will develop a programme of original research examining the feasibility and effectiveness of delivering brief alcohol interventions in a UK university context. The closing date for applications is 28 October 2015 - see here for more details.
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