UKRI unveils funding round for research into health inequalities

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced the third phase of a programme funding research into the use of community assets including museums and galleries to tackle health inequalities.

The total funding available in this phase is £25m and it will mark the final batch of applications for the programme, which is supported by a partnership with the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH). 

Applicants are invited to apply for funding to create and test collaborative models for the integration of cultural, community and natural environment assets into health and care systems.

Examples of community assets included in the research programme include artists and arts organisations, libraries, museums and heritage sites, as well as parks, public spaces, community gardens, farms, sports-related assets and housing, legal debt and advice services.

Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding and applications must be interdisciplinary and include non-academic partners and co-investigators. 

The funding will back successful projects estimated to cost between £625,000 and £2.5m for 36 months, providing 80% of the full economic cost.

Applications for funding are expected to open later this month and close in June. Researchers who were funded during phase one and phase two of the programme are encouraged to apply.