Funding and opportunities

The latest in funding, opportunities and resources relating to research and evidence-based practice in the speech and language therapy profession.

Last updated: January 2025.

Introduction

This page includes the latest in funding, opportunities and resources relating to research and evidence-based practice in the speech and language therapy profession.  

The opportunities listed here will usually be updated bi-monthly, but relevant closing dates and deadlines are included where relevant.  

For feedback on the content of this page, or if you would like to include something on this webpage in the next update please contact elaine.ashton@rcslt.org

We also send out a bi-monthly research newsletter with the latest news and updates relevant to research and evidence-based practice. You can sign up by emailing info@rcslt.org. 

Resources

Professor Yvonne Wren, Chief Investigator of The Cleft Collective ““Leading the way in cleft research for better lives and futures” on YouTube to find out more about the inspirational research being conducted in this area.

Check out the  new CAHPR website and read about the CAHPR Conference 2024. You can also view conference slides, which are available from the presentations in the past events page.

This blog on patient and public involvement in research may be interest: ‘Conjuring PPI’ – the unseen labour of patient and public involvement

This blog on writing about patient and public involvement in your research articles may be interest: ‘Reporting PPI in research publications is the exception and not the rule’

Inclusive research opportunities and resources

Catch up on a recent NIHR ARC webinar on ‘Exploring equality monitoring data in research’, where over 100 participants discussed the role of equality monitoring data in enhancing research practices.

A team at the NIHR have created a new diagram to explain how young people can get involved in research. Whilst developed with young people in mind, it offers a very accessible approach to explaining the research cycle and opportunities for involvement.  Find out more online.

Some recent publications which may be of interest:

Project / programme grants and funding

National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) 

Medical Research Council (MRC)  

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)  

Wellcome  

Leverhulme Trust 

Nuffield Foundation 

Fellowships and clinical academic opportunities

National Institute of Health Research (NIHR)

Medical Research Council (MRC)

Health and Care Research Wales

Chief Scientist Office (Scotland)

Other funders

The Wellcome Trust supports a range of PhD fellowships in Health Professions, awarded to specific institutes across regions. Check out the fellowships, institutions, and PhD topics available.

The Stroke Association Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Fellowships and Lectureship awards (each with options for a Clinical-Academic pathway) are currently open to applications. Find out more and apply online. Closes 31 January 2025.

PhDs

We now share only funded project-based PhD opportunities, sourced from findaphd.com 

Note, that there may be opportunities to apply for funding with institutions to pursue other PhD topics and we encourage you to contact relevant universities and browse Find a PhD to explore this. 

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