Events and Training

INTERVIEWS FOR ROUND 1 WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER, 2026

Funding launch webinars

The slides and recording from the webinar are available to view below.

Join one of our upcoming webinars to find out more about the scheme, eligibility criteria, and application process:

📅 Wednesday 16 September, 12:00-13:00

📅 Thursday 17 September, 11:00-12:00

The webinars are open to prospective applicants, supervisors and mentors, with an opportunity to ask questions and learn how the funding could support your clinical academic career.

Seminar series

We will be hosting a seminar series, with further details to be posted here soon with details of how to register. Seminars will be online and in-person. 

Other Activities 

Further information on MRC research policies and guidance can be found on the MRC policies and standards page webpages. 

Free external resources and training opportunities

Many resources and training opportunities exist on public involvement in research. The following external training opportunities and resources are examples that are freely available to all:

• Importance of public involvement in research - recorded seminar series. Webinars include: invisible labour of public involvement; emotions in public involvement; impact from public involvement.

• Public contributors make recommendations for involving underserved communities in research  - referring to this public contributor led review.

• The Principles of Partnership Working - online tutorial from the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement

• You can create an account for yourself on the NIHR Learn Identity Gateway. This is free to do and will provide you with access to lots of useful training resources around working with people and communities in research, diversity & inclusion, and more. 

• "Varied voices: How to make research more inclusive and diverse through public involvement" is a 1-hour free online course. You will need to sign-up for a BMJ Learning account to access. 

• UK Standards for Public Involvement is a website with essential reading

• Lessons learnt from developing an ethnically diverse patient and public involvement group for breast cancer research  - journal article.

• NIHR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit

• UKRIO Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Resources 

• NIHR A practical guide to being inclusive in public involvement in health research - Lessons learnt from the Reaching Out programme

• NIHR Co-production resources 

• Briefing notes for researchers - public involvement in NHS, health and social care research 

• A collection of resources to support public involvement in research compiled by the Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Kent, Surrey and Sussex

• Public Involvement Front Door - website with practical tips and resources.