Funded research opportunities and innovation
Published on 13 March 2023
NHS Scotland Assure has an ongoing financial commitment to research. This ensures that we commission and prioritised our research in order to address known gaps in evidence and reduce risk in the built environment.
Funded research opportunities
In April 2022 NHS Scotland Assure appointed Edinburgh Napier University as Research Commissioning Partner to commission research on our behalf.
The fund is open to researchers who are looking to work collaboratively to identify ways to deliver safe healthcare environments that are free from avoidable risk.
Over the next two years, the research programme will focus on eight priority-research research areas:
- Water systems, including drainage (Design, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance [DICM])
- Ventilation systems (DICM)
- Pathogens, the microbiome, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), transmission risks and burden of disease in the hospital environment
- Hospital design, including size and single room provision
- Lessons learned from Covid-19
- Human factors/Ergonomics and Infection Prevention and Control
- Climate change requirements and the unintended consequences on built environment risks
- The role of safety and harms in relation to medical gases, electrical systems and fire safety.
Further information on the fund including how to apply, future closing dates and events and relevant contact details can be found on the Edinburgh Napier website.
The service is also working to build capacity in co-funded Postgraduate Research.
Get in touch
Contact us to find out more about how NHS Scotland Assure can help finance and facilitate research.