Introduction
Lifelong Health and Wellbeing (LLHW) is a major cross-council initiative supporting multi-disciplinary research addressing factors across the life course that influence healthy ageing and wellbeing in later life.
Background
LLHW is a major cross-council initiative involving:
• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
• Biotechnology and Biological Research Council (BBSRC)
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Medical Research Council (MRC)
• UK health departments
It supports multidisciplinary research, addressing factors across the life course that influence healthy ageing and wellbeing in later life.
The initiative aims to:
• Lead to improvements in health and quality of later life
• Inform policy and practice
• Increase capacity building in ageing-related research
The Programme
The Research Councils in partnership with the UK Health Departments invite applications for phase 3 of LLHW.
Phase 3 invites high-quality innovative multidisciplinary applications that focus on major ageing-related challenges faced by the UK in the 21st century.
A total of £12.5 million will be available to support high quality cross-disciplinary ageing-relevant research through two modes of support:
• LLHW Research Grants
• LLHW Pilot Studies
This initiative is being administered by the MRC. Full details about the initiative, including application and contact details please visit the MRC website.
Arts and Humanities Research Community & LLHW
Applications will be welcome from multidisciplinary teams in the areas of, but not restricted to, the following:
• Mental health and wellbeing including quality of life, preserving cognitive function and exploiting mental capital
• Resilience for successful ageing: from cell to society including life course influences, markers for ageing and processes of ageing
• Age-related conditions, including frailty and interventions to promote independence in later life
The arts and humanities can make a significant contribution towards the understanding and enrichment of older people’s lives. The LLHW programme gives arts and humanities researchers the opportunity to work with other disciplines to produce multidisciplinary research.
Structure of the call
Funds will be available through 2 modes of support:
• LLHW research grants - up to £10M will be available for multidisciplinary research awards from £300k up to £2.5M over 3 to 5 years.
• LLHW pilot studies - a total of £2.5M to fund up to 10 pilot or feasibility studies for a maximum of 2 years, aimed at informing the development of future cross-disciplinary research proposals.
Selection criteria
Successful applications will be of strategic importance, be truly multi-disciplinary, encompassing the remits of more than one research council, and have clearly articulated and robust methodology and design.
For further background about the LLHW programme visit the MRC: Lifelong Health and Wellbeing website or email: llhw@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk.
Find Out More
This initiative is being administered by the MRC. Full details about the initiative, including contact details and current funding opportunities are on the MRC website.
About AHRC Initiatives
This programme is one of the AHRC programmes which opens up opportunities for research that has intellectual and wider cultural, social or economic urgency and that the Council considers is best supported by concentrated investments. It will also assist researchers working on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary areas which do not fit into conventional funding opportunities.