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General enquiries

If you have a general query, please email: enquiries@nihr.ac.uk 


Press office

For media enquiries and interview requests, contact the NIHR press office via email or phone from 9am-10pm every day. 

Email: pressoffice@nihr.ac.uk
Phone: 020 4587 7470
Urgent out-of-hours contact should be made by phone call. 

The NIHR has a number of spokespeople who are able to speak with expertise on a wide range of topics. Contact the NIHR press office for more information or to put in an interview request.

The press office also offers NIHR researchers support and advice when interacting with the media and guidance on communicating work during the scientific publishing process.


Systems access

For help accessing or using the NIHR Learn system, which hosts Good Clinical Practice please visit NIHR Learn help pages.

For help accessing or using the REALMS system contact: realms@nihr.ac.uk 

For help accessing or using the ARAMIS system contact: academy@nihr.ac.uk 


Funding enquiries

If you have an enquiry related to one of our programmes, please contact the programme directly.

External affairs and charities

For anything relating to parliament or local government, please contact external.affairs@nihr.ac.uk  

For anything about our work with charities or if you are from a charity, please complete our charities contact form.


NIHR Academy and career development

For information on academic training and career development, including applications for fellowships or clinical academic training, contact: academy@nihr.ac.uk 

For help getting started with your application for funding, training and career development, visit the Research Support Service.

If you are looking to contact a specific person, please use our Contact Directory.


Industry and commercial 

For enquiries related to how we support life science companies. Please complete the industry contact form.


Publishing research

We publish comprehensive accounts of our commissioned research in the NIHR Journals Library. You can contact the NIHR Journals Library: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk  

We do not provide support for publishing research that is not funded by NIHR, including covering costs for Open Access publishing.


Freedom of Information

The NIHR is subject to the Freedom of Information arrangements of the Department of Health and Social Care. More information on their policy and how to make a request is available on the Department of Health and Social Care website

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