16 May 2023
Our first advanced career funding call was launched in January this year, with up to £300,000 of funding available over two years.
This funding call was open to members who have a track record of research in rheumatology and is in addition to our longstanding Early Career Funding call, which is for those members taking their first steps in their research careers.
The advanced career funding call in 2023 was aimed at proposals which improve patient outcomes and influence service development.
We are delighted to announce the worthy winners of this inaugural call!
- Dr Laura Coates, from the University of Oxford: Optimising Patient-Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU) in rheumatology – development of a co-designed PIFU toolkit for patients and clinicians.
- Dr Charlotte Sharp, from the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: Supporting the rheumatology multidisciplinary team to write directly to patients
- Dr James Prior, from Keele University: Flares in Axial Spondyloarthritis - Treating with Effective Resources (FASTER) feasibility study.
We wish winners well with the important work ahead of them.