The Health Foundation has launched a new research programme, which seeks to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in two distinct areas. This programme aligns with our strategic priorities and complements the existing research funding landscape.
We’re prioritising funding for UK-focused projects that explore:
Each team will receive between £100,000 and £200,000 for projects that will run for up to 12 months (including set-up time).
The projects are all based around highly applied research that has direct relevance to policy and practice, and are run by multidisciplinary teams that combine expertise from a broad range of disciplines. They will each involve patients, the public and/or people with lived experiences.
We want the findings of this research to inform policy and/or service delivery decisions about the future of health and care services, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research into how changes to the way that maternity care was delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic affected inequalities of outcomes and care for women and babies of different ethnicities across Engl...
Research to help understand the impact of changes in health service delivery on cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research to assess the potential impact of economic and welfare policy responses to COVID-19 on mental health and mental health inequalities, including who is impacted the most and what the likely con...
A research project exploring the roll out of ‘asynchronous’ consultations at scale in NHS Grampian, to provide practical learning for future use across the NHS.
Research project to understand the role of community-led action as a protective factor against widening health inequalities during, and in recovery from, the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research into what the geographical and social inequalities are in COVID-19 cases and deaths in England, and which individual and place-based factors explain these inequalities.
Research on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of emergency surgery versus conservative management, to inform decision-making during the COVID-19 recovery period.
Research into the impact of COVID-19 on legal obligations within adult social care and safeguarding across England and Wales, to provide an understanding of how the pandemic has affected adults with c...
This project aimed to better understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health, wellbeing and economic security of ethnically diverse families, both in the short and long term.
A project to explore whether COVID-19 has exacerbated ethnic health inequalities in adults with mental health disorders and physical health multi-morbidities.
We look for talented and passionate individuals as everyone at the Health Foundation has an important role to play.
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