In 2023 The Elizabeth Casson Trust refreshed its research strategy for the next five years in line with our charitable purpose to support the development of the evidence base of occupational therapy in order to strengthen the understanding of the efficacy, utility and unique contribution of occupational therapy.
Our ambition, in our 75th year, is to catalyse, inspire and respond to the need for occupational therapy research by: opening doors into research careers; strengthening the evidence base; being bold by creating space for generating research activity, and inspiring the use of research in practice.
Our vision is of a strengthened, emboldened and research active profession, building our understanding of the efficacy, utility, and positive effect of research on those who access our services, and on OTs.
The Trust will achieve this vision by facilitating:
We will use our operational framework to focus our efforts on:
We will know we have delivered our ambitions and vision when we can demonstrate by 2028 that we have:
In 2023 the Trust made two research awards following our annual call for proposals.
An award for £41,700 was granted for a study led by Dr Lisa Bushby of St Oswald’s Hospice and Dr Helen Close of Newcastle University: Experiences and decision-making processes for premature withdrawal from important occupations in Motor Neurone Disease (MND): A new preventative role for occupational therapy?
An award of £46,000 was granted for a study led by Charmaine Chandler and Prof Lisa Taylor of University of East Anglia: Adoption and acceptance of Peer Assisted Learning placements – the process of transformation and culture change for occupational therapists.
To read more about these studies, take a look here.
In 2022 the Trust made a research award following our annual call for proposals.
An award for £89,000 was granted for a study led by Prof Daphne Kos of KU Leuven and a multidisciplinary research team across Europe and the UK: State of the art evidence-based Occupational Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis: theory and practice.
To read more about this study and its aims, take a look here.
In 2021 the Trust made two research awards following our call for proposals looking at Occupational Therapy: 2021 and beyond. In total almost £100,000 was granted for:
To read more about these studies and their aims, take a look here.
In 2020 the Trust made two substantial research awards following our call for proposals around the translation of evidence into practice. In total almost £120,000 was granted for:
To read more about these studies and their aims, take a look here.
The Elizabeth Casson Trust is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) non-commercial Partner. This means the studies we fund may be eligible to access the NIHR Study Support Service which is provided by the NIHR Clinical Research Network. Learn more about what this means for you here.
The Elizabeth Casson Trust also offers smaller funding opportunity of awards of £500-£5000 to pump-prime research activity. The award is intended to support activities in any stage of a study/ project which is not part of an academic award. The intention is that the activity supports and enables your development as an early researcher. Read more about this funding award here
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