The NIHR is launching a new, open competition to designate and fund the Commercial Research Delivery Centres (CRDCs), an evolution of the current NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre scheme. The centres of excellence will be solely dedicated to delivering commercial research, offering additional commercial research delivery capacity to existing health and care organisations.
CRDCs will be dedicated to delivering commercial clinical research and respond to the five pillars of the UK Clinical Research Delivery Vison: clinical research embedded in the NHS; patient-centred research; streamlined, efficient and innovative research; research enabled by data and digital tools; and a sustainable and supported research workforce.
Please refer to the CRDC application guidance for the full eligibility criteria.
How to apply
Applications must be submitted through the NIHR Research Management System (RMS) before 13:00 on 03 July 2024.
Webinar
A virtual Q&A webinar for this scheme took place on Friday 26 April from 11 am to 1 pm for potential applicants. A recording and a copy of the slides will be made available upon request after the webinar, by contacting the Infrastructure team at infrastructure@nihr.ac.uk.
Frequently Asked Questions
We are currently accepting questions on the remit and aims of the scheme.
The FAQ page will regularly be updated on the website until two weeks before call close.
For any queries on the RMS, please email infrastructure@nihr.ac.uk.