Suggest a research topic form

Use this form to suggest a research topic as a member of the public, patient, carer, health or care professional.
Describe your idea. A question which can be researched needs to be specific, tell us what existing product or procedure needs to be evaluated.
Is there a particular group of people for this test? Such as pregnant women, children with allergies, older men or the general public?
Is it about quality of life or length of life? Will it save time or money?

About you

How would you describe yourself?
Have you had any input or influence from patients, carers and members of public when creating your suggestion?

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By completing this form you are agreeing to your details being added to our databases.

Your personal information is held and used in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act (2018). The NIHR is the Data Controller under GDPR. Under GDPR, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you.

You should be aware that information given to us might be shared with other NIHR bodies for the purposes of statistical analysis and other NIHR management purposes. We also reserve the right to share details of research applications with other approved research funding organisations outside the NIHR in order to coordinate research activity in the UK. Information collected from you will not be passed to any third party outside the NIHR without your consent, except specifically as detailed above, or where we are under a statutory obligation or entitled to do so by law.

Applicants may be assured that NIHR is committed to protecting privacy and to processing all personal information in a manner that meets the requirements of GDPR.

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