Sponsoring the Drs Confess podcast
We are delighted to share the news that Vivensa Foundation is sponsoring Dr Helen Nuttall and Dr Kate Slade’s ‘Drs Confess’ podcast for the next year.
Collaborations
The winner of the Endowments Investing Challenge is…
Yesterday was the live final of the Endowments Investing Challenge – an initiative that invited the investment industry to create a bold portfolio that prioritises long-term positive impacts on future generations alongside financial returns for a mandate of up to £50 million.
Introducing the SHAPE Exchange: A new programme to transform ageing and housing
At the Housing LIN conference in Newcastle last week, our CEO Katy Saunders launched the SHAPE Exchange – a 5-year programme led by Housing LIN and funded by the Vivensa Foundation.
Introducing our 2025 Joint RNID / Vivensa Foundation Fellow
We are delighted to introduce Samuel Webb as the seventh recipient of our Joint Fellowship with the RNID.
Our combined commitment to actively involve older people in research
The Chief Medical Officer for England’s 2023 Annual Report on Health in an Ageing Society identified that more research needs to include older people. As a result of this, the Vivensa Foundation has joined a number of organisations to …
Putting VCSE-researcher-public sector partnerships at the heart of ageing research
By funding projects that bring together academic researchers and community organisations, we aim to foster collaborations that result in real-world impact for communities of older people.
Introducing our 2024 Joint RNID / Vivensa Foundation Fellow
We are delighted to introduce Przemyslaw (Prez) Jarzebowski as the sixth recipient of our Joint Fellowship with the RNID.
Outcome of the Joint Doctoral Training Fellowship with the British Geriatrics Society for 2023/24
The sixth round of the Joint British Geriatrics Society/Vivensa Foundation Doctoral Training Fellowship scheme opened in late 2023. This scheme aims at supporting frontline healthcare professionals interested in pursuing a career in ageing-related research — including doctors, nurses, and …
Joint Vivensa Foundation / RNID Translational Research Grants
We are delighted to be partnering with RNID to support their Translational Research Grant scheme which aims to support and accelerate the development of research discoveries into potential new treatments to protect and restore hearing and /or silence tinnitus. …
Joint Vivensa Foundation / RNID Early-career Post-doctoral Fellowship
The Vivensa Foundation is working with RNID to build research capacity in age-related hearing research, by supporting the career development of the UK’s most talented new ‘investigators’ towards becoming independent scientists. The latest call for proposals is now open …
2025 Joint BGS / Vivensa Foundation Training Fellowship – open for applications
The next round of our Joint Doctoral Training Fellowship scheme with the British Geriatrics Society is now open, with a deadline for applications of 14 March 2025.
Call for applications: Joint MRC-Vivensa Foundation pre-doctoral clinical research training fellowship
We are collaborating with the Medical Research Council (MRC) to jointly fund their predoctoral clinical research training fellowship scheme, which provides registered healthcare professionals with funding to undertake a PhD.