{"id":1287,"date":"2025-04-23T12:54:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2025-04-23T12:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:54:30","slug":"uk-ageing-research-funding-forum-ukarff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/?p=1287","title":{"rendered":"UK Ageing Research Funding Forum (UKARFF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Image.png 945w, https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Image-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Image-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hosted by the Vivensa Foundation (previously referred to as the Dunhill Medical Foundation), the UKARFF is a group of <strong>funders of academic and clinical research<\/strong> related to understanding the mechanisms of ageing and ageing-related disease, improving health and social care for older people, and understanding ageing across the lifecourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forum members include the Department of Health and Social Care, NIHR and relevant UKRI research councils, along with a range of charities including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alzheimer\u2019s Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>British Geriatrics Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fight for Sight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Royal National Institute for Deaf People<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stroke Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Versus Arthritis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\">Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/dunhillmedical.org.uk\/ukarff\/\">UKARFF webpage<\/a> to find details of news and events from around the ageing-related community, as well as <strong>funding calls<\/strong>, publications and other resources relevant to research around ageing and related long-term conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\">Researchers should note that the UKARFF also plans to convene an interest group of organisations that are users of research and advocate on behalf of older people. If you wish to join, you can do so <a href=\"https:\/\/dunhillmedical.org.uk\/ukarff\/member-directory\/join-interest-group\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dunhillmedical.org.uk\/apply-for-funding\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out about call details, eligibility and how to apply to the Vivensa Foundation\u2019s own funding opportunities. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/dunhillmedical.org.uk\/contact-us\/\">subscribe<\/a> to receive news and updates directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted by the Vivensa Foundation (previously referred to as the Dunhill Medical Foundation), the UKARFF is a group of funders of academic and clinical research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1297,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions\/1297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}