providing the NHS with the support and facilities it needs for first class research

Biomedical Research Centres

The NIHR created twelve Biomedical Research Centres in the first competition within our leading NHS and University partnerships to drive progress on innovation and translational research in biomedicine. The funding for these Centres is in its final year.

A new open competition was launched to select NIHR Biomedical Research Centres for the next five year period starting from 1 April 2012. An International Selection Panel reviewed full applications in July 2011. The NIHR has selected 11 new Biomedical Research Centres to be funded. These were announced on 18 August 2011.
DH press release

View photographs of the Secretary of State's visit to the Newcastle NIHR Biomedical Research Centre

Role
By sustaining scientific excellence, the Centres contribute to the nation's international competitiveness as a major component of our knowledge economy. The Centres, based within the most outstanding NHS and University partnerships in this country, are leaders in scientific translation. They receive substantial levels of funding to translate fundamental biomedical research into clinical research that benefits patients and they are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

New Biomedical Research Centres
The eleven new Biomedical Research Centres will begin operation on 1 April 2012.

NHS Organisation	Academic Partner
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	University of Cambridge
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust	University College London, Institute of Child Health
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust	King’s College London
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	Imperial College London
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	University College London
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Newcastle University
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust	University of Oxford
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust	Institute of Cancer Research
South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)	Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust	University of Southampton
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	University College London

Current Biomedical Research Centres
There are currently five Comprehensive and seven Specialist Biomedical Research Centres.

NHS Organisation	Academic Partner
"Comprehensive" Biomedical Research Centres
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	University of Cambridge
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	King's College London
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	Imperial College London
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust	University of Oxford
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	University College London

"Specialist" Biomedical Research Centres
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust	UCL Institute of Child Health	Paediatric/Child Health
Central Manchester & Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust	University of Manchester	Genetics and Developmental Medicine
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	UCL Institute of Ophthalmology	Ophthalmology
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust	Newcastle University	Ageing
Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust	University of Liverpool	Microbial Diseases
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust	Institute of Cancer Research	Cancer
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust	KCL Institute of Psychiatry	Mental Health

Funding
Each Biomedical Research Centre is awarded funding over five years. The amount awarded to each centre is determined by the scale and nature of the research activity that it conducts and the anticipated impact of that activity. The awards have been made to the NHS partner, and can only be used to support the recurrent costs of patient focused research.

NIHR Briefing document

4.2 Biomedical Research Centres