title: Building research capital to facilitate research.
abstract: The National Institute for Health Research, Research Design Service (NIHR RDS) was set up to increase the number and proportion of high quality applications for funding for applied and patient focused health and social care research. Access to specialist expertise and collaboration between researchers and health practitioners at the proposal development stage is crucial for high quality applied health research. In this essay we develop the concept of 'research capital' to describe the wide range of resources and expertise required to develop fundable research projects. It highlights the key role the RDS plays supporting researchers to broker relationships to access the requisite 'research capital'.
authors.affiliation: School of Health & Human Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK. gillgr@essex.ac.uk
authors.forename: Gill
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rein
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004739:England; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D012946:Social Welfare
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