Involving the public/ partners in research

Involving the public/ partners in research

• How to engage the public in research
• Getting started with partnerships
• Funding for co-production
• External resources with further guidance

How to engage the public and community partners in research

Independent Mind

This toolkit will help you understand how to make the most out of partnership working.

Getting started with partnerships

Warwick Institute of Engagement

What questions should you be talking through when you start a new partnership? How to navigate university systems and support a productive working relationship.

Collaboration and Co-production Fund

Warwick Institute of Engagement runs a fund specifically to support you to develop relationships with external collaborators. Awards are for up to £3,000 to develop new, or expand existing relationships.

Trauma Informed Practice

Sarah Tombs

How can you keep your public engagement practices safe and supportive while protecting your own emotional wellbeing? Watch these three short videos to learn more.

What Works guide: Artist and Researcher Collaborations

NCCPE

How are researchers and artists working together to engage the public with research? How can these relationships be facilitated? What do these collaborations mean for our understandings of art, science and research? Who benefits from these collaborations? To what extent has engagement with the arts improved public access to and engagement with research?

PPI (Patient and Public Involvement)Link opens in a new window

National Institute for Healthcare Research

Guidance on how to involve patients in research.

Partnership workingLink opens in a new window

National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE)

Guidance for working with specific types of partners including schools, museums, festivals, science centres and more.