Lifelong health and wellbeing phase 3

This scheme was administered by the MRC.

Co-funding

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates
Department of Health/National Institute for Health Research, England
Health and Social Care Research & Development Office, Northern Ireland
Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care, Welsh Assembly Government
Research and Development Office for Health and Personal Social Services in Northern Ireland
Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care, Welsh Assembly Government

Funding total

Approximately £11.5M

No. of projects funded

7 research grants and 10 pilot studies. For more information visit the MRC website, Lifelong Health and Wellbeing.

Purpose

This major cross-council initiative was to support multi-disciplinary research addressing factors across the life course that influences healthy ageing and wellbeing in later life.

Key aims

To support high-quality innovative multidisciplinary research that addresses major ageing-related challenges across the life course that influence healthy ageing and wellbeing in later life
To improve healthy ageing with research into the following cross-cutting priority areas:

Mental health and wellbeing including quality of life, preserving cognitive function and exploiting mental capital
Resilience for successful ageing: from cell to society including life course influences, health inequalities, markers for ageing and processes of ageing
Age-related conditions, including frailty and interventions to promote independence in later life

Outputs

To follow.

Contact

Lifelong health and wellbeing phase 3
llhwadmin@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk