Our funded projects and awards

Health and Care Research Wales supports a range of personal research awards for health and social care researchers across professions and at different stages of their careers.

To find out more about the awards and projects Health and Care Research Wales have funded please see below.

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‘Evaluating the quality of social work judgements: What happens to children and families following an assessment?’.

Lead Researcher: Dr David Wilkins

Amount: £73,852

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2026

Host Institution: Cardiff University

‘Welsh Basic Income for Care Leavers Pilot: What are the needs, experiences and outcomes for minoritized groups?’

Lead Researcher: Dr Louise Roberts

Amount: £75,000

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2026

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Compassionate care for people from ethnic minority backgrounds: What is it and how can it be applied in social care settings?’

Lead Researcher: Dr Juping Yu

Amount: £75,000

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2027

Host Institution: University of South Wales

Identifying and tackling inequalities for people with severe mental illness needing palliative care: Knowledge needs for addressing barriers across care systems.

Lead Researcher: Professor Michael Coffey

Amount: £74,991

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2026

Host Institution: Swansea University

‘Feeling loved and appreciated: a mixed methods study to examine care-experienced children and young people’s relationships and their association with mental health and wellbeing’.

Lead Researcher: Dr Rebecca Anthony

Amount: £344,426

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2027

Host Institution: Cardiff University

‘What affects the chances of children’s successful reunification from care?’

Lead Researcher: Dr Nell Warner

Amount: £360,749

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 18/11/2026

Host Institution: Cardiff University

‘ DISC Delivering Innovation in Social Care – The Role of the Social Enterprise Organisations in Supporting Family Carers’.

Lead Researcher: Dr Maria Cheshire Allen

Amount: £281,946

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2026

Host Institution: Swansea University

‘PREDicting risk of entry and re-entry Into CAre and risk of placeMENT instability from early life experiences amongst children in Wales: An ecological, multi-domain approach (PREDICAMENT)’.

Lead Researcher: Dr Laura Elizabeth Cowley

Amount: £298,071

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2026

Host Institution: Swansea University

‘Online and Big Data in Social Care Research: Exploring risk factors for increasing rates of suicide and self-harm in children and young people’.

Lead Researcher: Dr Amanda Marchant

Amount: £300,7111

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2027

Host Institution: Swansea University

Determining Best Preventative Social Care Practice in the Contexts of Older People Receiving Care and Support at Home and Those Living with Dementia

Lead Researcher: Dr Simon Read

Amount: £299,992

Start date: 01/10/2021

End date: 30/09/2024

Host Institution: Swansea University

Leaving a pupil referral unit: Exploring the transitions and post-16 destinations of care experienced young people across Wales

Lead Researcher: Dr Phillip Smith

Amount: £328,138

Start date: 01/10/2021

End date: 30/09/2024

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Linking survey and administrative data to enhance understandings of risky behaviours and potential protective factors in children receiving social care: A feasibility study

Lead Researcher: Dr Helen Hodges

Amount: £362,855

Start date: 01/04/2022

End date: 01/04/2027

Host Institution: Cardiff University

How can we improve the experiences and outcomes of autistic children in care? A mixed methods study of needs, services, and good practice

Lead Researcher: Dr Sarah Thompson

Amount: £340,336

Start date: 01/10/2021

End date: 30/09/2024

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Feeding, eating and drinking in neurological care; sharing practice to transform care

Lead Researcher: Julie Marie Latchem-Hastings

Amount: £314,250

Start date: 01/10/2019

End date: 30/06/2025

Host Institution: Cardiff University

A longitudinal investigation of new ‘Smart Speaker’ personal assistants to improve independence and wellbeing in social care settings

Lead Researcher: Dr Georgina Powell

Amount: £331,479

Start date: 01/02/2020

End date: 01/06/2024

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Understanding the higher education experiences of care-experienced young people in Wales: Towards a model of best practice

Lead Researcher: Hannah Bayfield

Amount: £295,618

Start date: 01/10/2019

End date: 31/07/2023

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Investigating the impact of interventions on social care: a quantitative approach using data linkage and joint modelling

Lead Researcher: Dr Joe Hollinghurst

Amount: £310,043

Start date: 01/10/2019

End date: 10/01/2022

Host Institution: Swansea University

The economics of third sector provision of support services for informal carers of people living with dementia and other cognitive conditions in Wales

Lead Researcher: Dr Carys Jones

Amount: £288,266

Start date: 01/10/2017

End date: 10/07/2021

Host Institution: Bangor University

Social exclusion and use of care services in Wales: experiences of people with cognitive impairment and dementia

Lead Researcher: Dr Catherine Macleod

Amount: £269,306

Start date: 01/10/2017

End date: 30/03/2021

Host Institution: Bangor University

Talking Changes: Developing best practice in co-producing well-being outcomes with looked-after children in Wales

Lead Researcher: Dr Jennifer Lyttle-Smith

Amount: £290,493

Start date: 01/10/2017

End date: 30/09/2021

Host Institution: Cardiff University