Call for research bids

Closing dates for our next rounds of grant applications are:

end December
end June

The primary issue on which BOHRF is interested in receiving grant applications from research teams with relevant experience is "the ability of an ageing workforce to work effectively as it gets older"

Topics in which we are currently interested in receiving grant applications are outlined below. More detail regarding our thinking on some of these topics can be obtained in:

Please note that all grant applications must make provision for at least one of the deliverables to be an evidence based tool that employers in both private and public sector can apply directly at work. Please see our page on Applying for a Grant or telephone Anna McNeil for a preliminary conversation on 020 8449 7218.

Applications should be sent by e-mail (admin@bohrf.org.uk) and also by post to:
BOHRF, 42 The Croft, High Barnet, Herts EN5 2TL

Performance at Work

Long term absence: effective ways to predict which long term absentees are likely to return to work.
Research questions that relate to the issues in Dame Carol Black’s review “Working for a healthier tomorrow” (available online at www.workingforhealth.gov.uk)
Reducing costs/improving performance (of people and organisations) through investment in health (is health a place worth investing if you want to see increases in performance and profitability in an increasingly competitive environment) e.g. study to improve leadership training and/or work design to improve productivity, reduce absence rates and improve mental health and musculoskeletal disorders.

Management of occupational health risks

The ability of an ageing workforce to work effectively as it gets older
Fitness for work in employees in traditional industries approaching retirement age
Pre-employment health assessments: optimum methods; what works; benefits/value; how is value best demonstrated

Last Update: 17-Jun-2011