Educational Research Links
This page includes some useful links for clinical researchers. If you would like
to suggest a useful website to add to this page please post this in the
forum.
Fundraising for Research
Chief Scientist Office (CSO)
Department of Health (DH)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Grant schemes (research, collaboration, trial, new investigator and more) incuding how to apply.
For more information see -
www.mrc.ac.uk
RDFunding
RDFunding provides its users with direct access to a list of all health related research funding.
For more information see -
rdfunding.org.uk
Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
The SFC distributes more than £1.6 billion to Scotland’s colleges and universities for teaching and learning, research and other activities in support of Scottish government priorities.
For more information see -
www.sfc.ac.uk
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Government Departments & NHS Organisations
Chief Scientist Office (CSO)
The Chief Scientist Office (part of the Scottish Government Health Directorates) supports and promotes high quality research aimed at improving the services offered by NHSScotland, and the health of the people of Scotland.
For more information see -
www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Education for Scotland (NES)
NES helps to provide better patient care by providing educational solutions for workforce development.
For more information see -
www.nes.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Scotland e-library
The NHS Scotland e-Library aims to empower the healthcare family and benefit patient care by providing high quality knowledge support throughout the patient journey.
For more information see -
www.elib.scot.nhs.uk
UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC)
The UKCRC is a partnership of organisations working to establish the UK as a world
leader in clinical research, by harnessing the power of the NHS.
For more information see -
www.ukcrc.org
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Public Involvement
INVOLVE
INVOLVE is a national advisory Group, funded by the Department of Health, which
aims to promote and support active public involvement in NHS, public health and
social care research.
For more information see -
www.invo.org.uk
Patient and Public Involvement Specialist Library
The Library aims to support the implementation of patient, user, carer and public
involvement in health care by providing access, in one location, to the best information
which is available on the Web.
For more information see -
www.library.nhs.uk
People in Research
People in Research helps members of the public make contact with organisations that
want to actively involve them in clinical research.
For more information see -
www.peopleinresearch.org.uk
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Regulation
Clinical Trials Toolkit
The Clinical Trials Toolikt is a one-stop online information resource for researchers carrying out UK publicly funded clinical trials, launched in 2004 by the MRC and the Department of Health.
For more information see -
www.ct-toolkit.ac.uk
Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU)
The Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU) is a collaborative group of trialists and research facilities within Lothian.
For more information see -
www.clinicaltrials.ed.ac.uk
Medical Research Council (MRC) Regulatory Support Centre
The MRC Regulatory Support Centre is a national MRC initiative to help the UK research community with the requirements of the legislative and good practice environment that surrounds research involving human participants, their tissues or data.
For more information see -
www.hrsu.mrc.ac.uk
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
The MHRA was set up in April 2003 from a merger of the Medicines Control Agency and the Medical Devices Agency. It is responsible for ensuring that medicines and
medical devices work, and are acceptably safe.
For more information see -
www.mhra.gov.uk
National Research Ethics Service (NRES)
NRES was launched on 1 April 2007 and comprises
the former Central Office for Research Ethics Committees (COREC) and Research Ethics Committees (RECs) in England. Guidance and information on how to apply for ethical approval is provided on this site.
For more information see -
www.nres.npsa.nhs.uk
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Training
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Regional Courses
Information and dates on a wide range of courses and resources available to all relevant NHS staff.
For more information see -
www.nes.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Research & Development (R&D) Forum
Conferences and workshops organised by the R&D forum and also courses run by
other organisations.
For more information see -
www.rdforum.nhs.uk
RDDirect
RDDirect is a friendly, professional signposting service for all researchers working in health and social care settings. It contains information relevant to health research, whether you are an experienced researcher or a beginner.
For more information see -
www.rddirect.org.uk
Research & Development (RD) Learning
RDLearning provides its users with direct access to health-related training courses, conferences, workshops and short courses.
For more information see -
www.rdlearning.org.uk
The Institute of Clinical Research (ICR) Training
The Institute is firmly committed to the provision of training opportunities for clinical researchers to complement their professional development.
For more information see -
www.instituteofclinicalresearch.org
Translational Medicine at Edinburgh
This on line course provides background and introduction to the emerging discipline of Translational Medicine and the increasingly important role it will play in biomedical research and the biopharmaceutical industry.
For more information see -
www.transmed.ed.ac.uk
UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN) Training
One of UKCRN's key aims is to develop a clinical research workforce which supports the high quality delivery of clinical research studies.
For more information see -
www.ukcrn.org.uk
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