Pharmacy Research has UK announced its largest ever annual research funding award of nearly £200k.

These PRUK personal awards are designed to support those new to research as well as pharmacists leading their first projects, fulfilling one of PRUK’s charitable objectives of developing research leaders of the future. The 13 awards cover a wide range of topics that will impact pharmacy services and patient care, such as investigating trends in opioid prescribing, the experience of people with learning disabilities with their medicines and mitigating the challenges faced by community pharmacists at the transition from education into practice.

Dr Rachel Joynes, trust director at PRUK, said, “We are delighted to be able to fund these awards across the field of pharmacy research. The breadth and quality of applications this year was outstanding and this has been reflected in the record amount that we have been able to award. We look forward to seeing the outcomes of these projects and the positive impact that they will have on pharmacy services and patient care.”

These funding awards are either given in the form of research training bursaries or as personal research awards. In addition, PRUK jointly funds two separate research streams with the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association and the British Oncology Pharmacy Association.