New NIHR thematic funding call - Climate change & health in LMICs - seeking applicants and committee members

17 March, 2022

Dear HIFA colleagues,

We have just opened a new thematic funding call under our Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation (RIGHT) programme, open to researchers in LMICs, and we are also looking for researchers, practitioners and community engagement specialists working in the area of health services adaptation and resilience in response to extreme weather events caused by climate change to join the funding committee. Please see brief details and links below:

*** NIHR global health RIGHT Call 5 on climate change and health services now open ***

The NIHR Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation (RIGHT) Call 5 is open to applicants from LMICs and the UK to work on applied health research that can strengthen health service delivery and resilience in LMICs in the context of extreme weather events caused by the changing climate.

Full details on: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/research-and-innovation-for-global-health...

Note: NGOs, charities and non-research organisations such as hospitals may be included in a proposal as co-applicants or collaborators, but they cannot be a lead applicant.

Applications close on 29 June 2022, and an information webinar will be held on 27 April - find out more and register: https://forms.gle/MMSLkQaZuAhSAVc77

We are also seeking applied global health researchers and community engagement and involvement specialists to join the RIGHT 5 funding committee. Find out more and apply to join: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/committees/professional/research-and-innovation-f...

Best regards,

Patrick Wilson

Head of Global Health Communications & Stakeholder Engagement | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) www.nihr.ac.uk/globalhealth e. patrick.wilson@nihr.ac.uk @NIHRglobal

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HIFA profile: Patrick Wilson is Head of Global Health Communications & Stakeholder Engagement at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), UK. Professional interest: Global health research. @NIHRglobal patrick.wilson AT nihr.ac.uk