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04 June 2020
The first four arms of ACCORD have now recruited and enrolled COVID-19 patients. Recruitment is ongoing and is being encouraged across sites in the UK as each arm seeks to enroll around 60 patients.
03 June 2020
The NIHR is ramping up its support for research on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, by seeking to fund new research on the acute mental health effects of the pandemic and offering priority delivery support for research on severe mental health problems.
29 May 2020
A new treatment is available to patients in the NHS following the successful results of trials being conducted in the UK using the anti-viral drug remdesivir.
28 May 2020
A UK-wide group of clinical academic trainee funders, including the National Institute for Health Research, has developed a series of principles to support those returning to clinical academic roles.
21 May 2020
Working towards the restoration of a diverse and active portfolio of research funded and/or supported by the NIHR
19 May 2020
A new trial to prevent organ failure and death in COVID-19 patients has been launched, supported by the NIHR.
18 May 2020
The NIHR has launched a new call for global health research to tackle COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
13 May 2020
Thousands of patients severely ill with COVID-19 will have their genetic code studied to help scientists understand whether a person’s makeup could influence how they react to coronavirus.
12 May 2020
New NIHR-funded research suggests that pregnant women are no more likely to become ill with severe COVID-19 than non-pregnant women. However, the majority of women who did become severely ill were in their third trimester of pregnancy, emphasising the importance of social distancing for this group.
11 May 2020
The first trial to test potential treatments for COVID-19 through GP surgeries is being rolled out across the UK. The PRINCIPLE trial has been funded by NIHR and UK Research and Innovation as part of the UK Government’s rapid research response to the coronavirus pandemic.
07 May 2020
The NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have launched a new call for research proposals on the risk factors, transmission and prevalence of the COVID-19 virus SARS-CoV-2.
28 April 2020
COVID-19 treatments could be fast-tracked through a new national clinical trial initiative involving the NIHR and its partners in industry and the government.
27 April 2020
Working with partners across the health and care system, the NIHR is funding, enabling and delivering world-class COVID-19 research, a key element of the Government’s overall response to the pandemic.
25 April 2020
The REMAP-CAP trial is underway and it will start to investigate whether convalescent plasma transfusions improve the speed of recovery and chances of survival for patients with COVID-19.
24 April 2020
The first two healthy volunteers have been immunised with a new experimental coronavirus vaccine, developed with support from the NIHR.
22 April 2020
The NIHR and UK Research and Innovation are jointly calling for research proposals to investigate emerging evidence of an association between ethnicity and COVID-19 incidence and adverse health outcomes.
22 April 2020
A new study funded by NIHR could help A&E departments identify which patients with coronavirus should be admitted to hospital or not.
20 April 2020
New research funded by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation will assess rates of coronavirus infection and immunity in children and teenagers across the UK, to provide vital evidence to guide the government response to the pandemic.
17 April 2020
Twenty-one new studies into the novel coronavirus have been funded by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
16 April 2020
The NIHR has highlighted its continuing commitment to ensuring patients, carers and the public have a say in and help to shape health and care research during the COVID-19 pandemic, producing new commitments on how to adapt.
08 April 2020
Due to a large proportion of our stakeholders being instrumental to the COVID-19 pandemic response, we are postponing our planned stakeholder engagement to review our Open Access (OA) policy for peer-reviewed research publications that result from research supported by the NIHR until further notice.
03 April 2020
The country's five most senior doctors urge NHS Trusts to enrol patients into nationally prioritised COVID-19 trials.
03 April 2020
The Be Part of Research website, has new information and links about COVID-19 available for patients and the public about the research underway.
23 March 2020
The NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have awarded £10.5 million of funding to six new research projects on developing and testing vaccines and therapies for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
19 March 2020
A team of scientists at the University of Southampton have announced a trial of an inhaled drug that may help people reduce the symptoms of COVID-19.