It can be difficult to navigate the wealth of resources available for developing a grant application. We have found the resources below useful. 

Grant application support:

• NIHR Assessment Criteria: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/research-funding/application-support/domestic-funding-programmes-assessment-criteria

• 3 day Essential Guide to Grant Applications course: https://www.nihr-rss-public-health-soton.org/egga2025-resources/

Public involvement

• National Standards for Public Involvement: https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/pi-standards/home

• Co-production Collective: https://www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/about/our-vision

• PPI's role in all stages of research: https://arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/patient-and-public-involvement/resources/working-effectively-with-public-contributors/research-process-and-ppi-diagram/

• Feeding back to PPI: https://ncto.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Guidance-for-Researchers-PPI-Feedback_2018.pdf

• Guidance for public co-applicants: https://www.learningforinvolvement.org.uk/content/resource/public-co-applicants-in-research-guidance-on-roles-and-responsibilities/

• How to engage stakeholders in research: design principles to support improvement: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6042393/

Inclusion, Equality, and Diversity

• NIHR Inclusion training package:

https://www.learningforinvolvement.org.uk/content/resource/inclusive-research/

• Research Inclusion guide (RRDN East of England): https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/crneoehubhome/research-inclusion

• Toolkit for equitable research: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/toolkit-helps-researchers-develop-more-equitable-and-representative-research

• RDN EDI toolkit: https://www.rssleicesterresources.org.uk/edi-toolkit

• https://shapingourlives.org.uk/report/beyond-the-usual-suspects-research-report/

• Diagram of PPI inclusion throughout the research process: https://arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/patient-and-public-involvement/resources/working-effectively-with-public-contributors/research-process-and-ppi-diagram/

• Why community engagement must be central to digital inclusion: https://nhsproviders.org/resources/beyond-data-why-community-engagement-must-be-central-to-digital-inclusion

• How to engage stakeholders in research: design principles to support improvement: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6042393/

Creative dissemination and knowledge mobilisation:

• Example of creative dissemination, by Flexible Films and Beci Ward: https://generationr.org.uk/hertsypag_film/