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PTY-40065 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

PTY-40065 - Research Skills and Funding
Coordinator: Anne O'Brien Room: N/A Tel: +44 1782 7 34195
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

The Research Skills and Funding module is a USP of the MSci Physiotherapy programme, building on content introduced earlier in Year 1-3. This module introduces you to the importance of funding research, helps you to understand requirements of funding bodies and to differentiate between the different forms of approval required for research.
You will have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills required when applying for grant funding and will enable you to participate in the peer review process.
By the end of the module you will have prepared, produced and defended a grant application relevant to contemporary healthcare practice. You will have developed transferable skills (such as knowledge of audit, team working and academic writing skills) that can be applied in a variety of healthcare settings and specialities.

Aims
This module aims to develop students knowledge and skills that are required when seeking funding for a research project related to health care. The peer review process when applying for funding will be introduced and practised in a formative session. Skills developed will be transferable to support applications for any source of healthcare related funding.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/pty-40065/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically identify the essential features and qualities, including the strengths and limitations of a healthcare related research proposal.: 1
Demonstrate skills in presenting an argument to attract funding for a research project.
: 1
Identify the need for and determine which relevant approvals are required to undertake research or service evaluation in the healthcare arena.: 1
Synthesise and summarise learning following critique of a research proposal during a peer review process.: 1

Study hours

Active learning and teaching including:
~9 hours lectures
~9 hours, workshops and seminars
~4 hours of formative assessment (presentations and peer review).
~8 hours of directed independent study
120 hours of independent study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Viva weighted 100%
25 minute oral presentation (viva)
Students deliver a 15 minute oral presentation of their funding proposal. This is followed by 10 minutes of additional questioning from the examiner. This will include discussion relating to the peer review and approvals process.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025