CAP Research Seed Fund at Queen’s

The Institute launched the CAP Seed Fund research Programme in September 2006

The aim of the CAP Research Seed Grant is to stimulate and further develop research focused on the needs of older people across Queen’s University. It is envisaged that the CAP Research Seed Grant will strengthen the capacity of researchers to obtain long-term and large-scale research funding in age related research.  This will be achieved by enabling them to undertake, primary or secondary research related to the needs of older people. For example, the researcher/s may carry out a small pilot study or an extended literature review, or they may perform secondary analysis on existing data/statistics.  It is envisaged that researchers will be able to use this work as a foundation on which they can base other long-term research and attract additional large-scale funding.

There are currently 22 CAP funded research projects underway or completed across the University. Details of the studies funded in 2008 can be found here; for 2007 here; and 2006 here.