Help us create and shape new research
Research Built Around Community
Created WITH the community, FOR the community
The Co(l)laboratory programme has adopted a novel approach to doctoral research, based on principles of civic engagement, co-creation, and co-production. To create a programme of research that is grounded in the priorities and lived experience of our local communities, all of our research projects are developed through collaborations between local community-focused organisations and Nottingham academics, with wider insight and ideas from Nottingham and Nottinghamshire citizens.
Read below to find out how you can get involved and help us shape our next research projects.
Research Project Proposal Submission 2024-25 is CLOSED
Key Dates for Prospective Project Teams
Deadline for Submission of Project Proposals:
- Monday 23rd September 2024, 12 noon
Applications Open to PhD & Placement Candidates:
- October 2024
Successful Research Projects Begin:
- 1st April 2025
Are you a prospective Community Partner? Do you need help connecting with researchers?
If you’re a community partner who’s eager to connect with researchers whose work aligns with your organisation’s to spark up potential new collaborations, we’re here to help!
Submit your details to our expression of interest form below and we’ll do our best to introduce you to Nottingham researchers, based on your interests and area of work.
Are you an academic looking for a collaborating partner at either UoN or NTU?
If you’re a researcher in need of a collaborative partner at your sister institution to develop a Co(l)lab project proposal together, why not use our Researcher Match-Making Padlet board.
Follow the link below to see posts from other academics looking for collaborators and to create your own.
Submit a Proposal
If you are part of an academic-community project team, please use the support documents below to help you prepare your PhD and Research Placement project proposals for consideration in our 2024-25 funding call. All final proposals must be submitted through our online forms. We cannot accept submissions by email.
It is essential that all project team members read the guidance BEFORE submitting a proposal is submitted.
PhD Research Projects
To help you prepare your submission, click HERE to download an offline copy of the PhD proposal form questions.
Research Placement Project
To help you prepare your submission, click HERE to download an offline copy of the Research Placement proposal form questions.
Local Priorities for Research
For our 2024-25 project funding call, we will be particularly interested in receiving submissions which address challenges and themes identified by our community workshops.
To explore the community priorities identified by our Notts Community & Research Partnership workshops, visit our Community & Research Partnership Padlet board.
Who can get involved?
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Why get involved?
Community-focused organisations who become co-supervisors of one of the 10 PhD projects we fund each year will be able to benefit from a range of unique benefits and opportunities.
- Become part of an exciting new community of local organisations who are working together to support positive, evidence-base change for local communities.
- Access to university research training and resources for you and wider members of your organisation to support the professional development of individuals and organisations.
- Help shape research that can help to address challenges important to you, your organisation, and the communities you serve.