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NIHR briefing documents

Our briefing documents were last updated in July 2016.


1. The National Institute for Health Research

1.01 The National Institute for Health Research


2. NIHR Faculty and research capacity development

2.01 NIHR Faculty  

2.02 Research Training and Career Development

2.03 Leadership Support and Development


3. NIHR research programmes

3.01 Commissioned research programmes

3.02 Response mode research programmes

3.03 Research Schools

3.04 Research Design Services

3.05 Health Protection Research Units

3.06 Blood Transplant Research Units 


4. NIHR research infrastructure

4.01 Clinical Research Network

4.02 Biomedical Research Centres

4.03 Biomedical Research Units

4.04 Clinical Research Facilities for Experimental Medicine

4.05 Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care

4.06 NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure

4.07 Patient Safety Translational Research Centres

4.08 Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres

4.09 Research Capability Funding

4.10 Translational Research Partnerships

4.11 Health Technology Co-operatives

4.12 Diagnostic Evidence Co-operatives

4.13 MRC-NIHR National Phenome Centre

4.14 NIHR National Biosample Centre


5. NIHR research systems and governance

5.01 Faster, Easier Clinical Research

5.02 Information Systems Function

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