Funding opportunities

The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme and Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) will be collaborating with the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to fund investigator-led randomised controlled clinical trials in areas of unmet clinical need.

Our Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is considering a number of topics for future commissioned research.

Applications are invited to develop a Mental Health Research Group proposal.

Our Global Health Research (GHR) Health Policy and Systems (HPS) programmes will soon be looking for applications to this new, annual funding opportunity. GHR HPS funds research to improve the understanding and effectiveness of health systems and health policy in low and middle income countries.

The Pre-Application Support Fund offers extra support to prepare a competitive application for an NIHR career development award. 

Our Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA) is inviting outline applications to their commissioned workstream. We are interested in receiving applications to meet recommendations in research identified in NICE guidance that has been published or updated in the last 5 years. 

Our Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is looking to fund evidence synthesis research. In this researcher-led workstream, we are interested in receiving proposals addressing any health problem in areas not otherwise well covered in our HTA portfolio.

Our Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is looking to fund primary research. In this researcher-led workstream, we are interested in receiving proposals addressing any health problem in areas not otherwise well covered in our HTA Programme portfolio.

Our Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme is inviting outline applications to their commissioned workstream. We are interested in receiving applications that address research priorities identified by the James Lind Alliance (JLA) Priority Setting Partnerships (PSP).

The Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme is looking to fund ambitious research about the quality, accessibility and organisation of health and social care services for working age people with multiple long-term conditions.