Our structure

The NIHR is structured so that our health research activities can be managed through four complementary work strands:

Infrastructure: providing the facilities and people for a thriving research environment
Faculty: supporting the individuals carrying out and participating in research
Research: commissioning and funding research
Systems: creating unified, streamlined and simple systems for managing research and its outputs.

We work in partnership with many sectors including other Government funders, academia, charities and industry.

The Department of Health and Social Care's Areas of Research Interest are posted under our Research priorities.

We address our mission and embrace all health and care therapeutic areas.

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Research
- Research Programmes
- Research Schools
Systems
- Research Information
- Faster Easier Clinical Research
Faculty
- Senior Investigators
- Investigators
- Associates
- Trainees
Infrastructure
- Clinical Research Network
- Clinical Research Facilities, Centres and Units

Research Programmes

Research Programmes

Cochrane Review Groups (CRG)
Technology Assessment Reviews (TAR)

Other Programme Work

Senior Investigators

Senior Investigators are the NIHR’s pre-eminent researchers and represent the country’s most outstanding leaders of clinical and applied health and social care research.

Investigators are Faculty members who are leading and doing research. This includes all research staff working on a research project: lead researchers, other senior researchers and research assistants.

Associates

Associates are Faculty members who support research led by others and receive NIHR funding as part of their salary. They include the following individuals:

clinical and clinical support staff
scientific, laboratory and technical staff
study facilitators, study practitioners and data managers
RM&G staff and other CLRN staff.