REQUEST ADVICE
Click above to request our support in developing your research proposal.
RDS YH Public Involvement in Grant Applications Funding Award - Call 29
Click above to find out more about applying for a grant to support patient and public involvement in the design stage of your research.
Make it Clear
Click to find out more about the NIHR's campaign to make sure each study it funds has a clear and concise plain English summary.
NETSCC Online Resources Survey
Our colleagues at Click to participate in the NETSCC survey to collect feedback around how their resources for applicants are presented on their website.
ScHARRHUD
Click the link to access ScHARRHUD - a free, searchable web-based resource holding bibliographic details of studies reporting health state utility values (HSUVs).
Checking that a research idea is really novel
Click to view Claire Beecroft's guide to establishing if your research idea is original.
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The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service Yorkshire and the Humber (RDS YH) provides advice and support to applied health and social care researchers to help them to develop and design high quality research proposals for submission to NIHR and other national, peer-reviewed funding competitions. Support is provided free of charge.
The RDS can
- Help researchers to develop their ideas and design high quality research proposals for submission to national, peer-reviewed funding competitions.
- Provide access to a range of specialist expertise in research design, including advice on research synthesis, study design and methodology (quantitative and qualitative), statistics and health economics.
- Signpost researchers to other sources of expert advice on the applied health and social care research system.
Face-to-face advice is available, supported by telephone and email. Complete our online ‘Request for Advice and Support’ form and we will be in touch to arrange an appointment.
Please contact us at rds-yh@sheffield.ac.uk or telephone our general enquiries number on 0114 222 0828 for more information.
Upcoming RDS YH Workshops
- NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme Information Event Tuesday 10 October in Sheffield. View the flyer for more information.
- RDS YH Grant Writing Workshop Wednesday 31 January in Hull. View the flyer for more information.
If you have any comments or feedback on the service, you can let us know here
