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NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme (EME) - Mechanism of action of social care interventions

  Tuesday, 06 Dec 2022 | Funding Deadline

The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme funds ambitious studies evaluating interventions with potential to make a step-change in the promotion of health, treatment of disease and improvement of rehabilitation or long-term care. Within these studies, EME supports research in the mechanisms of diseases and treatments. EME is a partnership between the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the NIHR.

The EME programme invites applications to investigate how social care interventions work, within existing and separately funded studies. Proposals will be accepted across a wide range of social care interventions, including but not limited to:

  • Interventions that support daily or independent living and/or reduce the use of social care services e.g., personal care, home help, housing adaptations;
  • Interventions that support childcare, adoption, fostering, health visitors, safeguarding and child protection;
  • Housing interventions e.g., homelessness, housing help for people who draw on social care;
  • Prison and probation interventions for people who draw on social care;
  • Social prescribing in a non-healthcare setting;
  • Interventions looking at disjointed care, unmet needs, equity of access, financial inclusion in social care;
  • Community based support for children, adolescents and adults with social care needs e.g., youth and community work.

Deadline for proposals: 6 December 2022
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