Pharmacists play a vital role in renal research, offering valuable clinical insight and practical expertise that help to drive progress and improve outcomes for patients.<\/p>\n
In partnership with Pharmacy Research UK, the UK Kidney Association’s Renal Pharmacy Group, the Paediatric Medicines Research Unit, Kidney Research Yorkshire, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, and the Thompson Family Trust, we are providing dedicated funding to ensure renal pharmacists play a key role in shaping the future of kidney care.<\/p>\n
This initiative is now in its second year, building on the success of 2024 to further strengthen the capacity for renal pharmacy-led research across the UK.<\/p>\n
With our new strategic focus, we particularly welcome applications that explore the link between kidney disease and cancer.<\/p>\n
The program is open to all UK-based pharmacists working in renal medicine.<\/p>\n\t
We are committed to increasing the number of pharmacists contributing to research in kidney disease by:<\/p>\n
For pharmacists at an earlier stage who would like to build their confidence and skills, mentorship, guidance and networking opportunities\u00a0are available through:<\/p>\n
Pharmacy Research UK:<\/strong> email office@pharmresuk.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n British Oncology Pharmacy Association:<\/strong> email p.chambers@ucl.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n We are seeking applications that align with our research priorities:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTransforming treatments<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We will find ways to make kidney transplants last longer, dialysis more tolerable, reduce the burden of treatment and monitoring, and improve quality of life for people living with kidney disease. We will harness and develop technology to enable people to take control of their kidney health.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMultiple health conditions<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We will investigate how kidney disease is linked to other conditions that people commonly experience at the same time, including heart disease, diabetes and mental health problems.<\/p>\n We will investigate how kidney disease is linked to other conditions that people commonly experience at the same time, including heart disease, diabetes and mental health problems.<\/p>\n Further research into the provision of psychosocial support for people with kidney disease is under way. It is essential that the evidence base as it emerges can inform the ongoing development of services, and more research follows to ensure that we continue to learn what works in what circumstances.<\/p>\n Evidence shows that a successful transition from child to adult renal services improves patient experience and treatment outcomes. We are interested in hearing about interventions and research projects that take a multi-layered or multi-disciplinary approach to the specific transition needs of young people with chronic kidney disease where their mental health and wellbeing forms a key element, where the patient is empowered to make informed decisions and where health inequalities relating to adolescents are addressed.<\/p>\n The association between poorer mental health and kidney disease is supported by a large body of evidence. The reasons and mechanisms behind this are not well understood and therefore need further research. We want to learn more about the biological, psychological and social factors that contribute to this outcome. We want to hear about research and interventions relating to dialysis and transplantation anxieties and how these can be better supported to prevent the recognised relationship with poorer mental health outcomes.<\/p>\n There is evidence to support, that in some cases and where relevant, home-based dialysis can facilitate increased freedom and an improved quality of life when compared to clinic-based dialysis. However, there are different challenges and barriers associated with home-based therapy including isolation, location, economic impact and culture. We want to hear about interventions and projects that recognise and evaluate the differing needs for psychosocial support in different care settings and provide support to individuals to make an informed treatment choice.<\/p>\n We want to increase the number and range of therapeutic options for those at end stage renal failure. We are interested in research and interventions that look at mental health ‘wraparound’ services at various points of the patient journey (for example, waiting list, dialysis, transplantation, end of life)<\/p>\n We are interested in research evidence that substantiates the inclusion of mental health services either as a core or a flexing part of renal replacement therapy.<\/p>\n We are interested in research that could ultimately result in the implementation of evidence-based changes in:<\/p>\n We will highlight the inequalities of kidney disease; we will investigate why some groups of people are more at risk of kidney disease, and progress to kidney failure much faster. We will press for greater diversity in kidney research, so that discoveries benefit everyone.<\/p>\n We are keen to receive proposals that address kidney health inequalities, particularly those research evidence gaps that have emerged from the Time to Act: A new review of kidney health inequalities<\/a> report launched in July 2024.<\/p>\n\t We welcome applications for the following grant types:\u00a0<\/p>\n\t Research project grants\u202f:<\/b> funds stand-alone research projects that will advance our knowledge in kidney disease<\/p>\n Start-up grants\u202f: <\/b>funds stand-alone research studies to investigate innovative new hypotheses around kidney disease that lack any significant existing research evidence.<\/p>\n Clinical PhD fellowship<\/strong>: to support pharmacists to specialise in renal research<\/p>\n Master of research (Mres) grants:<\/strong> to help pharmacists engage with research early in their careers and build confidence and skills in research methods.<\/p>\n Information of eligibility, grant regulations and conditions, and opening and closing dates for submissions.<\/p>\n\t We are pleased to invite expressions of interest from teams or individuals whose proposals directly address our immediate research priorities, and who seek initial or further support to establish their research career.<\/p>\n We are keen to encourage applications from new investigators who have not previously held competitively awarded project or start-up funding as a principal investigator.<\/p>\n Please note that expression of interest (EOI) applications will not be eligible for submission under the following conditions:<\/p>\n We recommend that applicants review these criteria carefully before preparing an application. If you’re unsure about your eligibility, please contact the research team at Grants@kidneyresearchuk.org<\/a><\/p>\n All submissions to this call will be subject to expert review involving members of our scientific and clinical experts\u00a0committee and experts by experience committee, including external reviewers. Information about the expert review process.<\/a><\/p>\n All applicants must be resident in the United Kingdom and the research must take place in a UK establishment.<\/p>\n Successful applicants will be invited to submit a full application in due course. This invitation is no guarantee of funding which will be competitively awarded. Only applications invited to the second stage will be considered.<\/p>\n We welcome pre-submission enquiries. You can find more information about our grants in our regulations and conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApply now\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n
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\nWe want to hear about projects and interventions that provide a multi-disciplinary approach to kidney care, where mental health and wellbeing is included in ensuring equitable care for those living with kidney disease as part of a wraparound service which may bring other specialties into a renal care setting. How can conversation-based research positively impact mental health and wellbeing? What are the economic impacts of providing this type of wraparound care?\n\n
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