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PHIRST Local Government expressions of interest

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Overview

  • Opportunity status:
    Closed
  • Type:
    Programme
  • Opening date:
  • Closing date:
  • Reference ID:
    2449

The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is accepting Expressions of Interest from local government for evaluations of interventions by the NIHR’s Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST).

We invite local authorities in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland to submit an expression of interest to identify specific initiatives within their Local Authorities that would benefit from evaluation. The PHR Programme has appointed academic teams (the ‘PHIRST teams’) that are ready to work with local authorities on evaluation of interventions being conducted by local authorities.

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to identify and prioritise local authority initiatives which have the potential to impact on health, and which require evaluation.

The academic teams (but not the initiative itself) are fully funded to co-design and undertake robust and independent evaluations in partnership with local authorities and their partners.

In order to apply via our online REALMS system, you will need to carefully review the:

This opportunity is now closed

You can review information about this funding opportunity in our application system.

The next call for local government teams to submit an expression of interest (EoI) to the Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) scheme is likely to open in early 2025.

There was a high degree of interest in this round that closed in September 2024, with a large number of EoIs received. Deferring the opening of the next round to early 2025 will help to ensure that our PHIRST teams have capacity to take on further projects, and will provide those submitting a future EoI with an improved chance of being successfully adopted onto the scheme.

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Timescales

  • Expression of Interest deadline: 1pm, 24 September 2024
  • notification of outcome: November 2024

If you have any queries about this initiative please contact the team on PHIRST@nihr.ac.uk.

Contact Details

  • For help with your application contact phr@nihr.ac.uk
  • For more information about the funding Programme, visit the PHR Page
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