WoW-Reckitt Research Project Grant – United Kingdom

The focus of the call is on addressing the under researched area of mild, moderate and strong pain in adolescents associated with their periods. Projects that are specifically looking at treatment from gynaecologists within secondary care is out of scope.

Awards are intended to support independent researchers leading their own work at an established research institution in the UK. They are inviting Expressions of Interest to this round and will then invite applicants to submit a full application following an initial eligibility assessment.

Areas

• Applications are invited for a Research Project Grant, to be undertaken in the UK, focused on period pain in adolescence. They are particularly interested in understanding the following key areas but are not limiting the scope of the call to only these areas:
  • The role of Pharmacists, Primary Care (GPs, sexual and reproductive health services) and other healthcare providers in education on the topic of this call,
  • Education in schools/school curriculums
  • The myths and misunderstandings around period pain,
  • Barriers to good self-management and treatment,
  • Impact of period pain on school/higher education attendance and aspects of quality of life, including for example upon relationships, hobbies, as an early experience of serious pain.

Funding Information

• Research Project Grants provide a maximum grant of £300,000 lasting up to three years.

Eligibility Criteria

• They are open to other ideas brought to them by the community and welcome to this call any proposal which focuses on the overarching topic of addressing period pain in adolescence.
• They anticipate that this research call will attract studies from a broad range of research fields and methodologies around the topic of period pain in adolescence and may include qualitative approaches. They welcome ideas from communities interested in menstrual related pain and it is important that proposals are diversely inclusive. They encourage collaborative applications across disciplines, with patient and public involvement and engagement at the centre.
• The Principal Applicant:
  • Will usually hold a postgraduate qualification and must be leading their own work.
  • Would be expected to be based at an established research institution in the UK.
• The proposed project must be related to addressing period pain in adolescence and be capable of being brought to a conclusion within the duration of the grant.

Ineligible

• The following are excluded from Research Project Grants:
  • Purely laboratory-based research.
  • Projects focused on severe and chronic pain as a consequence of known endometriosis or adenomyosis.
  • Indirect and estates costs.
  • NHS Treatment and Support Costs.
  • The Apprenticeship Levy.
  • Charges for administration by University or NHS Authorities.
  • Funds to cover PhD fees. Wellbeing of Women will consider applications where doctoral researchers are included in the project team, but for PhD studentships an application should be made to the Research Training Fellowships scheme.
• Funds will not be released without evidence of the relevant Research Ethics approval.

For more information, visit WoW.