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13-03-2024 - NIHR Issues £50 Million Challenge Funding Call on Maternity Inequalities
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has issued the Maternity Inequalities Challenge Funding Call to bring together a diverse consortium of researchers and policymakers to increase the evidence base to address maternity inequalities and improve outcomes for women and children across the UK. This will be through a multidisciplinary whole systems approach to address uncertainties across research, innovation and implementation. The stage 1 process (this call) will invite organisations to apply to join the consortium. At stage 2, successful organisations will collaborate to develop the work programme, which should include large-scale ambitious projects that lead to a step change and measurable improvement in maternity disparities. Between stages 1 and 2, a process to select the co-leads of the consortium will occur.
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