Building research capital to facilitate research
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1School of Health & Human Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK. gillgr@essex.ac.uk
Abstract:
The National Institute for Health Research, Research Design Service (NIHR RDS) was set up to increase the number and proportion of high quality applications for funding for applied and patient focused health and social care research. Access to specialist expertise and collaboration between researchers and health practitioners at the proposal development stage is crucial for high quality applied health research. In this essay we develop the concept of 'research capital' to describe the wide range of resources and expertise required to develop fundable research projects. It highlights the key role the RDS plays supporting researchers to broker relationships to access the requisite 'research capital'.
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