Knowledge Mobilisation Internships are designed to support individuals to undertake a small project under the supervision of experienced researchers from one of the ARCs Higher Education Institutions.

Interns can either be from the health and social care workforce or an ARC NWC Higher Education Institution working in partnership with an ARC NWC member organisation. They should submit a knowledge mobilisation project idea that must also align with their partner organisation’s priorities. An internship involves release from the workplace for up to a day a week, for up to a year to carry out a knowledge mobilisation project.

All applicants require:
• a strong interest in knowledge mobilisation,
• a commitment to the programme,
• full managerial support from their organisation, and
• the ability to attend supervisory meetings and training sessions.

Internships can focus on any topic but must adhere to the following key principles:
• align with an ARCNWC theme,
• address a regional or national priority,
• involve co-production with patients/service users, and
• consider health inequalities (applicants should refer to the FOR-EQUITY webpage when considering the health inequality aspects of their applications).

The next application deadline is 11th September 2026.

Following that there will be one final call for Knowledge Mobilisation internships closing in January 2027.

The Knowledge Mobilisation internship application form can be accessed by clicking here. Please send any completed application forms to the ARC NWC Capacity Building team at arcnwc@lancashire.ac.uk

Please get in touch with the ARC NWC Capacity Building team at arcnwc@lancashire.ac.uk for more information about internships or to book onto one of our internship online drop-in sessions.

Knowledge mobilisation projects we have funded so far are listed below:

Dr Alison Moore (North West Cancer Research) – VAPE-FREE: Vaping Awareness & Prevention in Education – For Resilient Empowered Environments.
Dr Shaun Liverpool (Edgehill University) – Targeted digital mental health interventions for young people from marginalised communities: Mobilising evidence to inform practice, policy and future research.
Samantha Pywell (University of Lancashire) The Creative Forest: sustainable art and creative installations in community forests by people living in forensic settings.
Dr Alison Doherty (University of Lancashire) – Exploring healthcare professionals’ experiences of a trial intervention designed to improve the uptake of bowel cancer screening by people with a learning disability.
Cath Harris (University of Lancashire) – Systematic review of end-of-life-care economic literature.
Dr Chinyere Ajayi (University of Lancashire) – Identifying and responding to resettled refugee women’s experiences of domestic abuse and coercive control.
Dr Emma Bray (University of Lancashire) – Improving uptake and impact of NHS Health Checks in under-served populations: A systematic review to inform local implementation strategies.
Simon Wilson (Betterminds Blackpool) – Mobilising advocacy knowledge to support families of neurodiverse children in Blackpool.
Dr Tamsin Walker (University of Lancashire) – Changing Minds Lancashire.
Dr Yasemin Hirst (University of Lancashire) – Exploring the link between stroke and cancer: Towards integrated safety-netting for earlier diagnosis.
Dr Kathryn Gardner (University of Lancashire) – Mobilising evidence on self-injury location on the body to support assessment.
Dr James Hill (University of Lancashire) – Prevention of disease and conditions.
Dr Emma Jones (University of Lancashire) – Co-producing resources on connection and humour in forensic mental health settings. Eden Mackey (East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust) – Embedding specialist pharmaceutical care within the stroke pathway to improve patient flow and outcomes.