Mental Health Research Incubator
@mhrincubator
Research career development support and multidisciplinary networking opportunities for researchers and professionals working in mental health. GROW programme for postdocs - applications open February each year
Sign up to the final webinar of the Big Methods Exchange, focusing on causal inference! 🏃 🗓️ 24 August 2026 🕰️ 1pm - 2pm 📍 Online Explore how causal inference works & how it can support your mental health research with Dr Hannah Jones. Learn more & sign up: buff.ly/wjJg7lD
Dr Claire Davidson-Jamieson is a Speech and Language Therapist. In this video, she shares how her research career really started: not with a grand plan, but with curiosity, a research assistant role & realisation that her clinical skills + research interests intersected. 🎥 Link: buff.ly/QYQ1PN6
Sign up to the next webinar of the Big Methods Exchange, focusing on realist evaluation! 🏃 🗓️ 10 August 2026 🕰️ 1pm - 2pm 📍 Online Explore how realist evaluation works & how it can support your mental health research with Dr Anna March. Learn more & sign up: buff.ly/wjJg7lD
Want to find other #mentalhealth & #addiction researchers? 🔎 Or are you keen for others to find you? Check out our interactive #mentalhealth researchers map! Start building your #network, now! 📍 buff.ly/sQ00QuL
If you are an ECR in #mentalhealth and #addiction research and are interested in learning about a range of qualitative & quantitative research methods, come sign-up for The Big Methods Exchange! The next session is on ethnography - sign up now! buff.ly/RDU9iDc
Trying to develop your research career? Have a look at our #OppUps - a live listing of upcoming and current #mentalhealth and #addiction career development opportunities! Find your next fellowship or small grants funding, workshop and more... 🔍 View here 👇️ buff.ly/GVqEK3Y
The time has really flown by! We had a great time at @gladlib.bsky.social for our Fellowship Planning Retreat 2026, working alongside advisors from the @nihr.bsky.social's RSS. It was great hearing about all of our #mentalhealth researchers' proposed projects & having the chance to network.
Things will be quiet here on the next couple of days, as we're currently at the gorgeous @gladlib.bsky.social, running our Fellowship Planning Retreat 2026 for #mentalhealth #researchers! Excited to share pictures soon! ☀️🌳
If you are an ECR in #mentalhealth and #addiction research and are interested in learning about a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods, come sign-up for The Big Methods Exchange! mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/tbme/
Are you interested in mental health and addiction research in schools? 🏫 🤔 We are pleased to invite you to join the SHARE Network: School Mental Health & Addiction Research Excellence Network, a project funded by our 2025 seed fund! Learn more below: buff.ly/bQogxcL
It's not too late to apply to our 2026 Paper Writing Retreat: a fully-funded retreat for #mentalhealth #researchers to work on an oustanding paper. Step away from the daily distractions and immerse yourself in your paper, with tasty food & networking. 🌳📝 Learn more and apply👇 buff.ly/ZWozQwt
Are you a #mentalhealth #researcher keen to improve your methodological skills? The next webinar in the Big Methods Exchange series by @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social focuses on netnography. 🗓️ 15 June 2026 🕰️ 1pm - 2pm 📍 Online Sign up to this webinar now! buff.ly/wjJg7lD
Do you have an opportunity relevant for #mentalhealth & #addiction researchers? 🤔 Our #OppUp page lists upcoming events, funding calls & more for mental health & addiction researchers and we'd love to share yours! Submit your entry below 👇 buff.ly/pE7qfT8
It's not too late to sign up to the next webinar of the Big Methods Exchange, focusing on health economic modelling! 🏃 🗓️ 1 June 2026 🕰️ 1pm - 2pm 📍 Online Explore how health economic modelling can support your mental health research with Dr Sarah Bates. Learn more & sign up: buff.ly/wjJg7lD
Want to find other #mentalhealth & #addiction researchers? 🔎 Or are you keen for others to find you? Check out our interactive #mentalhealth researchers map! Start building your #network, now! 📍 buff.ly/sQ00QuL
Everyday commitments can easily get in the way of working on your paper. This retreat gives you the chance to focus and network with other early career #mentalhealth researchers.🎯 APPLY NOW: buff.ly/ZWozQwt
Our gorgeous venue, in the Oxfordshire countryside, provides the perfect opportunity to step away from all of your responsibilities and find the right headspace to work on that #mentalhealth #research paper. ☀️🌳 Apply now: buff.ly/ZWozQwt
The Big Methods Exchange kicks off on May 15 with a webinar on Framework Analysis (FA) by Dr Tyler Mills. This session will provide an overview of the theory and practical applications of FA, using a worked example. Learn more & sign up: buff.ly/wjJg7lD
Others found a supportive community and the chance to network with other like-minded early career #mentalhealth and #addiction researchers. 👥🙌 APPLY NOW: buff.ly/ZWozQwt
The MHR Incubator team are excited to be attending the @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social’s Half Away Day, with our newest poster on impact!
Apply for our Peer Coaching (PeCo) programme 2026 before it's too late! 🚀 Join PeCo to tackle career challenges & learn coaching approaches to apply in your #mentalhealth #research role. This programme will equip you with actionable solutions to challenges you are facing.💫 APPLY NOW buff.ly/nvmz1rU
Not sure if this opportunity is for you? Read below what our previous participants have said about their experience at our past writing retreats. 🧵 For so many participants, the retreat gave them the boost in productivity needed to make significant progress. 💥 APPLY NOW: buff.ly/ZWozQwt
Applications for our 2026 Paper Writing Retreat are open! Struggling to find the time, space & energy to work on that #mentalhealth and/or #addiction #research paper? Apply to our fully-funded retreat with dedicated writing time, tasty food & the chance to network! 👇 buff.ly/ZWozQwt
Trying to develop your research career? Have a look at our #OppUps - a live listing of upcoming and current #mentalhealth and #addiction career development opportunities! Find your next fellowship or small grants funding, workshop and more... 🔍 View here 👇️ buff.ly/GVqEK3Y
Ready to learn practical skills to help you problem solve? In our Peer Coaching (PeCo) 2026 programme, you are guided on how to support & create actionable solutions to challenges faced by early-career #mentalhealth #researchers. Apply to PeCo now! 👇️ buff.ly/nvmz1rU
Apply for our Fellowship Planning Retreat 2026! Benefits include: 🖋️ access to methodology expertise & 1-to-1 research support surgeries 🖋️ the chance to meet & network with other UK mental health researchers 🖋️ a distraction-free environment ...& more! buff.ly/CmqcUSO
Our Peer Coaching (PeCo) 2026 programme equips #mentalhealth #researchers with the skills to problem solve and gain insights about the career challenges you (or your colleagues) may face. Apply to PeCo now! 👇️ buff.ly/nvmz1rU
Trying to develop your research career? Have a look at our #OppUps - a live listing of upcoming and current #mentalhealth and #addiction career development opportunities! Find your next fellowship or small grants funding, workshop and more... 🔍 View here 👇️ buff.ly/GVqEK3Y
In PeCo, participants learn & practice coaching approaches in a group setting, to tackle career challenges. But what makes this format so special? The below chart provides a handy overview of the differences between group coaching and 1:1 coaching! Apply to PeCo now! 👉️ buff.ly/nvmz1rU
Are you a #mentalhealth #researcher hoping to develop a fellowship application? Want targeted methodology advice (from @nihr-rss.bsky.social), gorgeous views & the chance to network? 🌳 ☀️ Our fully-funded Fellowship Planning Retreat 2026 is definitely for you! Apply now: buff.ly/CmqcUSO