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Open Access 01-12-2013 | Commentary

Building research capital to facilitate research

Authors: Gill Green, Melanie Rein

Published in: Health Research Policy and Systems | Issue 1/2013

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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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Metadata
Title
Building research capital to facilitate research
Authors
Gill Green
Melanie Rein
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Health Research Policy and Systems / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1478-4505
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-11-12

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