UKOTRF mission & goals

Building the evidence base for the profession

The UKOTRF aims to fulfil its mission of building an evidence base in order to:

  • promote, maintain and restore health
  • inform service design and delivery
  • develop evidence-based occupational therapy practitioners
  • support the next generation of occupational therapy research leaders

 
The four key goals of the UKOTRF are to:

  1. award research grants for projects to meet the identified research priorities of the profession
  2. develop occupational therapy research leaders
  3. build research capacity and capability to create a cadre of research-skilled occupational therapists
  4. obtain donations for grants to fund occupational therapy research.