Feedback on the Team Achievement nominations to the 2025/26 Vivensa Academy Excellence Awards
Read our general feedback on on the Team Achievement nominations to the 2025/26 Vivensa Academy Excellence Awards.
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Introducing our joint Academy of Medical Sciences Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers awardee
Introducing our joint Academy of Medical Sciences Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers awardee We are happy to announce that Dr. Maria Krutikov has been awarded a joint Academy of Medical Sciences Starter Grant for Clinical Lecturers. This scheme is …
Change conversation series, part four: A year of purposeful change
In this final instalment of a four-part series, we prepare to bid a fond farewell to our CEO Susan Kay who heads off into retirement next week. Her successor, Katy Saunders, has been working alongside her for some time already and is primed to take the helm.
Boosting learning and leadership within community-led organisations
At the Vivensa Foundation, we believe in funding people as well as projects. That’s why we started the Capability Development Programme – to give community-led organisations working with older people the tools they need to succeed: practical learning, leadership development, strategic thinking time and a £15k grant to put their ideas into action.
How the Academy is supporting nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff in research
Here are a few of the ways in which the Academy is providing support to encourage nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff into research.
Feedback on applications to our Joint British Geriatrics Society / Vivensa Foundation Undergraduate Research Placement scheme
Thank you to everybody who submitted an application to the first round of our Joint Undergraduate Research Placement scheme with the British Geriatrics Society. Applications were assessed on a range of criteria which were set out in the call …
Change conversation series, part three: Sharing the learning
This is the third instalment of our four-part conversation series with outgoing Chief Executive Officer Susan Kay (SK) and her successor Katy Saunders (KS). In the last article, they talked about how collaboration serves to de-risk change – by avoiding duplication and wasted effort and building organisational resilience. They expand on the discussion here, focusing on the importance of sharing learning openly and understanding risk appetites in supporting innovative change.
Seeing research from both sides: insights from our Research Grants Committee
We spoke with Mariana Borsa, recently appointed Assistant Professor and group leader at the University of Basel, and Stuart Gray, Professor of Muscle and Metabolic Health at the University of Glasgow, about what it’s like to sit on our Research Grants Committee.
2025 Early Career Researcher Event
On 19 November 2025 we hosted our Early Career Researcher event at the Building Centre in central London. There were posters, research showcase speakers and a panel discussion.
How we developed a values-aligned investment framework
We developed a values-aligned investment framework. This would help us understand how aligned the values of the investment managers and those of the underlying investments were with our own.
Change conversation series, part two: How collaboration can de-risk change
In this second of our four-part conversation series, outgoing Chief Executive Officer Susan Kay (SK) and her successor Katy Saunders (KS) discuss collaboration. And in particular, how it serves to de-risk change.
Five tips for developing a values-based framework for investment
We have developed a values-based framework for investment, and while we are not claiming to have got it 100% right, we are a step on from simply talking about it. By sharing some key learnings from our journey, we hope to help others move their ideas forward too.