This event will focus on the work carried out by our partners from the Research and Innovation Team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. We will also have guest speakers from the NIHR who will give some tips on how to write grants as well as information on a few of the programmes they run.

What you will learn:

• The type of projects the Research and Innovation Team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust do
• What considerations need to be made when setting up a clinical trial
• How they engage patients in this process
• How the team supports healthcare-related research projects locally by sponsoring (which is a legal requirement) and helping deliver in clinical areas with the clinical research delivery team.
• What is the NIHR Research Design Service
• Advice from NIHR on grant-writing and an overview of the i4i scheme
• What is the NIHR Oxford and Thames Valley ARC Applied Research Programme

Speakers will include:

• Denise Watson, Head of Research and Innovation - Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
• Sophie Hyndman, PHD, Deputy Director and Senior Research Advisor - NIHR Research Design Service South Central
• Dr. Sara Ward, Senior Manager - NIHR ARC Oxford and Thames Valley

Date: Monday 16th of December

Time: 8.30am - 1.30pm

Location: Diamond Room, The Gateway, Aylesbury

Agenda:

8.30am-9.30am : Registration & Networking

9.30am - 10.45am : Buckinghamshire NHS Trust Speakers

10.45am - 11.00am - Coffee break

11.00am - 12.15pm NIHR speakers

12.15pm - 1.30pm Networking & Lunch

Included:

• Light breakfast & Refreshments
• Lunch

Please note that the workshops are part-funded by European Regional Development Funded (ERDF) and tickets listed as 'UK registered SME' are available to eligible SME applicants only, as part of the Bucks HSC Ventures programme. Sign up to these events to express your interest for an ERDF funded place and a member of our team will follow up with you. Please note that a place on the workshop will not be reserved through making an Eventbrite booking until you have completed and returned a Bucks HSC Ventures application form to a member of the our team. A maximum of one ERDF funded ticket per business is available. Please note that the tickets for eligible SMEs are for registered, Limited Companies or people registered for tax purposes as Sole Traders.