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NIHR Senior Investigators 

Senior Investigators are the NIHR’s pre-eminent researchers and include some of the nation’s most outstanding leaders of clinical and applied health and social care research. Senior Investigators are fundamental to the formation of NIHR Faculty.  

Two hundred NIHR Senior Investigators have been appointed through four national competitions informed by the advice of an international expert panel. Further annual rounds of competition will be held to maintain numbers at this level. The Senior Investigator Directory provides details of these individuals.

Senior Investigators receive an award of £15,000 a year as a personal discretionary fund, and attract additional NIHR Flexibility and Sustainability Funding to the main NHS organisation with which they hold a contract of employment or an honorary contract.  

NIHR Senior Investigators form the NIHR College, a prestigious body with a programme of events. Senior Investigators:  

  • provide research leadership to the NIHR Faculty, promoting clinical and applied research in health and social care
  • help in planning and speaking at events
  • will host visiting fellows and mentor Trainees
  • constitute a network of experts, able to provide advice to the Department of Health's Director General for Research and Development.

    2011 Senior Investigators annual competition
    The NIHR fifth annual competition for Senior Investigators has now closed. Applicants will be notified of their success in March 2012.  Senior Investigator competition information.

    Senior Investigators events
    The NIHR College of Senior Investigators hold an annual event, every autumn, to allow Senior Investigators to network with their colleagues learn more about the wide-ranging work of the NIHR and act as ambassadors for the NIHR. You can read about past events on the Previous NIHR Events page.

    NIHR given nominating body status by ACCEA
    The NIHR was awarded nominating body status by the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) in 2009.  The NIHR made nominations for the ACCEA 2012 round, with the focus again on Senior Investigators.

     
    College of Senior Investigators

      Senior Investigators - list of fourth round appointments March 2011
      Senior Investigators - list of third round appointments March 2010
      Senior Investigators - list of second round appointments March 2009 
    Senior Investigators - list of appointments March 2008
    Link Senior Investigator Directory
    Link NIHR Faculty Frequently Asked Questions.