Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9833

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Publication type: Journal Article

Mayor S.
England's new research funding system leaves some fields of psychiatry out in cold
BMJ 2007 Apr 21; 334:(7598):821
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/334/7598/821

Abstract:

New arrangements for funding academic medical research in England have left some disciplines, particularly in the field of psychiatry, out in the cold, depriving them of research funds and limiting career prospects for people wanting to work in these areas, researchers have warned.

The new system, announced last year, merged the budgets from the two existing streams for the public funding of medical research, those of the Medical Research Council and NHS Research (BMJ 2006;332:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7548.994).

There is now a single fund for academic medical research, administered by the National Institute for Health Research, which was set up to deliver the government’s research strategy. Researchers in many disciplines who previously received funding directly from their NHS trusts have had to apply to the institute, and some have now been told that their research money will cease next year.

Peter Tyrer, professor of community psychiatry at Imperial College . . .