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If you need help getting started with your research application, contact the Research Design Service (RDS).

If you need help planning and delivering your research in the NHS and the wider health and social care environment in England, contact the Study Support Service for general advice, or contact your Local Clinical Research Network (LCRN) for local advice. 

If you need help applying for funding or after application, contact the relevant NIHR funding programme.

If you need help getting started with your application for funding for training and career development, contact the Research Design Service (RDS).

For information on funding for training and career development, call the NIHR Academy on 0113 532 8444 or email academy@nihr.ac.uk.

For press and media enquiries, please visit our Press Office page to submit your enquiry.

If you are submitting a Freedom of Information request, please contact the Department of Health and Social Care.

If you would like to access the Good Clinical Practice elearning courses or book on to a face to face workshop, please log in to NIHR Learn. 

If you would like information about NIHR Learn and details about how to access it, please visit the NIHR Learn help site

If you have any other queries about learning programmes, including GCP, please complete the Get help with NIHR Learn form

This includes getting involved as a member of the public, or support for researchers looking to involve people in their research.

Contact details for the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Teams in each of our coordinating centres can be found in our contact directory.

INVOLVE, our coordinating centre for public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research, can be contacted on 023 8059 5628 or by email on involve@nihr.ac.uk.

Information on publishing your NIHR-funded research can be found in the NIHR research outputs and publications guidance.

If you are funded by one of the NIHR research programmes that publishes in the NIHR Journals Library, you can contact them on 023 8059 7647 or email at journals.library@nihr.ac.uk.

This includes support for members of the Life Sciences Industry. Contact the NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI) on 020 3794 7380 or email at nocri@nihr.ac.uk

Visit the Our governance page to find out about our coordinating centres, or search for the coordinating centre in our contact directory.

If you have an issue or a question about using the NIHR hub, please use the self-service portal ServiceNow and raise a support ticket. If you are unable to do this then call 0207 333 50 60. 

If you need to report a digital security issue, please use the self-service portal ServiceNow and raise a support ticket. 

If you are unable to do this then call 0207 333 50 60 or email us at digitalsecurity@nihr.ac.uk

Any concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest should be sent to enquiries@nihr.ac.uk These will then be directed to the respective centre, who have a confidential process for dealing with potential conflicts of interest and will oversee the independent review of allegations received. 

Further information on whistleblowing is available from gov.uk

Please contact mishelp@soton.ac.uk for any issues you may be experiencing with the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) Management Information System (MIS).

Please contact ccf@nihr.ac.uk if you have a query about the NIHR Central Commissioning Facility Research Management System.