MPS Foundation invites applications for 2024 grant programme

The MPS Foundation has opened applications for its 2024 grant programme.

Now in its third year, the programme invests in research and analysis projects focused on patient safety and the wellbeing of healthcare professionals and teams working in both the medical and dental sectors.

Research projects supported by The MPS Foundation need to be academically robust and evidence based. Available funding will range from £5,000 to £200,000, or equivalent in local currency, depending on the scale, focus and duration of the proposal. The funding is available to both MPS members and non-members from jurisdictions where MPS operates. This includes the UK, South Africa, Singapore, New Zealand, Ireland, Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, the Caribbean and Bermuda.

The funding focusses on five main areas:

• The impact of human factors on patient safety, outcomes, and risk
• The impact of processes and delivery modes on patient safety, outcomes, and risk
• The personal and professional wellbeing of healthcare professionals and teams
• The impact of digital integration and technology on patient safety, outcomes, and risk
• The impact of the effectiveness of teaching and learning innovations upon patient safety, outcomes and risk

The Foundation has supported more than 30 research projects to date, including an initiative to identify and investigate the management of work-related risks to health and wellbeing for medical and dental professionals in private practice.

Dr Graham Stokes, dentist and MPS Foundation chair, said: ‘We are delighted to launch our third grant programme to support research projects on patient safety and the wellbeing of healthcare professionals. Funding for research in this area has been limited but our grant programmes have been changing that. Projects that we have supported in previous years have shown great success in promoting best practise and wellbeing across several countries.

‘Our aim is simple: to fund research that improves safety for patients and the wellbeing of healthcare teams.’

Applicants can register their interest and apply by visiting www.thempsfoundation.org and entering their details via the online grant portal. Calls for expressions of interest close on 3 May 2024 at 17:00 BST.