Professional body networks

Art therapists

British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) runs the Art Therapy Practice Research Network (ATPRN) for members:

https://baat.org/about/what-we-do

Dieticians

British Dietetic Association (BDA) runs a research network open to members:

Dietetic Research Network Forum – British Dietetic Association (BDA)

Dramatherapists

Please contact the British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth) for profession specific research support:

https://www.badth.org.uk/research

Music therapists

British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT) runs a research network open to members:

https://www.bamt.org/resources/research

Occupational therapists

The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) runs Research Connect, a research network open to members:

Research Connect – RCOT

Operating department practitioners

The College of Operating Department Practitioners (CODP) supports the ODP Research & Innovation Community of Practice:

ODP Research & Innovation Community of Practice

Orthoptists

The British & Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS) run a Early Career Researchers Group:

https://www.orthoptics.org.uk/research-welcome-page

Osteopaths

Please contact the Institute of Osteopathy or the National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR) for profession specific support. NCOR run a Practice Based Research Network for those looking use research in practice:

https://www.iosteopathy.org/

https://ncor.org.uk/pbrn/

Paramedics

The College of Paramedics runs a research network:

https://collegeofparamedics.co.uk/cop/ProfessionalDevelopment/Research_Centre

Physiotherapists

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) runs the iCSP research network open to members:

https://www.csp.org.uk/professional-clinical/research-evaluation

Podiatrists 

The Royal College of Podiatry (RCPod) runs a Research Student Network:

https://rcpod.org.uk

Prosthetists and Orthotists

The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) has a research committee to support its members in developing research interests and a mentoring programme:

https://www.bapo.com/research-resources/

Radiographers

The Society of Radiographers runs several research networks for it’s members:

Research Advisory Group | SoR

Research Special Interest Groups | SoR

Formal Radiography Research Mentoring (FoRRM) | CoR

Radiography Research Development Network (RRDN) | SoR

Speech and language therapists

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) run a Research Champions Network open to all RCSLT members. RCSLT also has a network of clinical academic mentors:

https://www.rcslt.org/members/research/research-networks/#section-1