In 2020 The Elizabeth Casson Trust agreed its strategic intentions and operational framework including an aim 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.
At a summary level, we aim to:
Within this, we hope to:
i/ Broaden the ethos of enquiry and knowledge creation in all aspects of occupational therapy to support the creation a research, innovation and enterprise base.
ii/ Ensure our professionally occupation focussed, intra and interdisciplinary high quality research and innovation activity directly informs, influences, and influences on the communities in which we work.
iii/ Support the accessibility and availability of our research and scholarship to our local, regional, national, and international audiences.
iv/ Grow and develop our community of researchers and innovators through supporting their development from early career researchers to established experts and leaders in their field.
v/ Grow our productive partnerships; professional body; research based institutions; health and social care; and other stakeholders.
vi/ Support the implementation, translation, adoption of occupation focussed evidence based practice by occupational therapists.
To this end, the Trust will support the funding of research grants ranging of £25,000 to £200,000 for individuals or groups of researchers. The aim will be to build capacity in evidence generation & knowledge mobilisation such that occupational therapists will use evidence overtly in day to day practice.
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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