Nottingham Realism Group presents
Funding for Realist Research Projects
Thursday 6th May 12.00 – 13.30.

Dr Brian Crosbie - How can the Research and Design Service help with funding applications?

Dr Brian Crosbie works at the NIHR Research Design Services (RDS) School of Medicine, Nottingham. Brian’s background is in sociology and qualitative health research. His previous research includes: patients’ experience in stroke rehabilitation, dementia research, health technology studies, and arts and health. Brian has an interests in theoretically informed methodologies including realist methodology, and implementation science. In his current role, Brian is the research impact lead for the RDS East Midlands.

Followed by a Q& A facilitated by

Dr Nicola Clibbens providing insights into the funding process from the perspective of the applicant

Nicola is a lecturer in mental health in the school of healthcare at the university of Leeds. She is a mental health nurse with expertise in acute and crisis mental health. Nicola is currently leading realist research to explain what works for whom in community mental health crisis services.

Professor Jo Rycroft Malone, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medicine at Lancaster University, offering tips and advice for applying for funding based on her extensive experience as an NIHR funding panel member

Jo is also the Programme Director and Funding Committee Chair of the National Institute for Health Research’s Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme, and is involved in a number of different NIHR initiatives, including recently in the UKRI/NIHR rapid response funding panel and long covid funding committee. She is an implementation researcher, including expertise in the use of realist methods. Jo has accumulated a body of research that resulted in her being awarded highly cited global researcher status by Thomson Reuters. Jo is a sub-panel member for unit of assessment 3 – allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy for REF2021, and is an emeritus Senior Research Leader for Health and Care Research Wales.

East Midlands RDS Contact Details

·       rds.em@nihr.ac.uk

·       www.rds-eastmidlands.nihr.ac.uk/

·       twitter: follow @NIHR_RDSEM

 

Dr Nicola Clibben’s useful links

•       Prospero protocol available from https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42019141680 

•       NIHR protocol available here https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hsdr/NIHR127709/#/ 

•       HSR 2020- conference presentation https://hsruk.org/conference-2020/sessions/new-services-and-systems-mental-health-crisis-care-what-works-whom-and-how 

•       Blog available from https://mentalhealthresearchleeds.co.uk/blog/ 

•       n.clibbens@leeds.ac.uk                  

 

Professor Rycroft-Malone’s contact details

•        j.rycroft-malone1@lancaster.ac.uk

•       twitter @jorycroftmalone

 

Link shared by Sonia Dalkin

Blurring the boundaries between synthesis and evaluation. A customized realist evaluative synthesis into adolescent risk behavior, Cooper, 2020 Research Synthesis Methods – Wiley Online Library https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jrsm.1407

 

Email us at MS-NottsRealism@exmail.Nottingham.ac.uk

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Links to recordings of previous events

‘Realist (and Realistic!) Searching - Where do I start and how far do I go?’ presented by Dr Andrew Booth, 12th October 2020

·       https://mediaspace.nottingham.ac.uk/media/t/1_jwja39kt

‘Practical advice on conducting a Realism Synthesis_ Lessons learnt from  the MEMORABLE study’ presented by Dr Ian Maidment, 20th January 2021

·       https://mediaspace.nottingham.ac.uk/media/t/1_e49o5vkm

‘How do you keep community groups and activities for people affected by dementia going_ The SCI Dem realist review.’ presented by Thomas Morton, 25th March 2021

·       https://mediaspace.nottingham.ac.uk/media/t/1_vc1ys4dm

‘The development of a middle range theory as part of a realist(ic) evaluation’ presented by Dr Kate Jack, 20th April 2021

·       https://mediaspace.nottingham.ac.uk/media/t/1_x4dem3u9