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The nation's largest funder of health and care research, providing the people, facilities and technology for research to thrive.
- Health and care professionals
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Supporting health and social care professionals with training and career development enabling high quality research.
- Research training and careers
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Find out more about what health and care research is and how you can develop your research knowledge and skills.
- Good Clinical Practice
- NIHR offers a range of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) courses for the clinical research delivery workforce.
- Introduction to health and care research
- At the NIHR, we receive funding from the government ...
- Health and care research courses and support
- The NIHR have a number of specialist resources and opportunities that can help you take your first step in a research delivery career.
- Associate Principal Investigator Scheme
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The NIHR Associate PI Scheme is a six month in-work training opportunity for any healthcare professional who wants to develop their research skills.
- Apply to be an Associate Principal Investigator
- Find out how to apply for the NIHR Associate PI Scheme, which studies are involved, and how to enrol on NIHR Learn.
- Register your study for the Associate Principal Investigator Scheme
- Find out how to register your study for the NIHR Associate Principal Investigator Scheme.
- Principal Investigator Pipeline Programme
- Take your research nursing or midwifery career to new heights by becoming a Principal Investigator through the Principal Investigator Pipeline Programme (PIPP)
- Clinician Researcher Credentials Framework
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Master’s level qualifications designed for experienced healthcare practitioners from all professional backgrounds who aspire to take on leadership roles in clinical research delivery.
- funding-and-employer-information
- Bursaries, course funding and employer information for the Clinician Researcher Credentials Framework
- faqs
- Answers to your questions about the Clinician Researcher Credentials Framework
- Senior Research Leader Programme for nurses and midwives
- Advance your career with the NIHR Senior Research Leader Programme. Develop essential research leadership skills and improve research in your profession.
- Support by profession
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We support health and care professionals in research. Find information for nurses, midwives, social care and public health professionals, clinical research practitioners and more.
- Clinical Research Practitioners
- The Directory for Clinical Research Practitioners (CRPs) is a space for CRPs seeking accredited registration.
- Nurses and midwives
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Do you want to make a difference to people's lives through health and care research? We can help you develop your research skills, knowledge and experience.
- Research Careers Framework
- Career guidance and information for nurses and midwives who are passionate about health and care research.
- Student nurses and midwives
- As a student nurse or midwife, do you want to make a difference to people's lives? Find out how you can do this through health and care research.
- Career development
- If you're a nurse or midwife interested in health and care research, find out about training courses, funding programmes and initiatives that can help you.
- Research roles for nurses and midwives
- Explore the main health and care research roles for nurses and midwives. These range from getting involved as a clinical nurse, to becoming a clinical academic.
- Resources
- Links to online courses and materials to help nurses and midwives develop health and care research skills and experience.
- Settings for health and care research
- Examples of health and care research that nurses and midwives can get involved in when working in hospitals, primary, community or social care settings.
- Research as part of your career as a nurse or midwife
- Find out how nurses and midwives can get involved in supporting, delivering and leading health and care research to make a difference to people's lives.
- Social care practitioners
- Details for social care professionals about getting involved in research and the support available.
- Public health research
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Apply for research funding, find published evidence, and get support to deliver and evaluate projects in the field of public health research.
- Research funding for public health
- Where to apply for NIHR research funding for public health, including the Public Health Research (PHR) Programme and how to get help with funding applications.
- Research support for public health
- Our research support services can help you deliver research and evaluate projects.
- Evidence and research for public health
- Find NIHR published evidence and ongoing research to help with public health data analysis and ways to improve health in your area.
- Career development in public health research
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Discover training opportunities and funding options to develop your career in public health research.
- Research training awards for public health professionals
- Overview of NIHR research training awards for public health professionals.
- Other information sources for public health research
- Links and information on Health Protection Research Units, Policy Research Units, Applied Research Collaborations and the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
- About public health research at NIHR
- What is public health research? Explore what it is and how we support it through funding opportunities, career development, and published research findings.
- Allied health professionals, pharmacists and healthcare scientists
- Research training for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Pharmacists and Healthcare Scientists
- Doctors and dentists
- If you're a doctor or dentist interested in research, ...
- Engage with research
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Learn more about developing a research culture, NIHR research awards or about grants to grow participation in research.
- Embedding a research culture
- We work with health organisations and the NHS to improve the environment for health and care research in England.
- Involve patients
- Why it is important to involve patients, carers and the public in prioritising, designing and delivering health research.
- Research awards
- We support a range of awards to recognise inspirational work across the NHS, public health and social care to make research a core activity.
- Search our research evidence
- The NIHR's funded research evidence is available to patients, public, health and care professionals and researchers.
- Your path in research
- Our Your Path in Research campaign highlights how people can make research part of their career
- Extra career funding for health and care professionals
- Find out about the new NIHR funding opportunities available for health and care professionals to develop their research careers.
- Partners and Industry
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Working with the life sciences industry, research charities, and other funders to deliver high quality health research.
- NIHR Support for Industry
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Free support from the NIHR for commercial sponsors and life science companies planning and conducting health and care research in the UK.
- Collaborate with us
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The NIHR and its Partners have established national networks of experts ready to work with your organisation or company.
- Partnering with NIHR to build research capacity
- By partnering with us to co-fund Fellowships you can benefit from and help grow research capacity and capability in areas of shared interest.
- Apply for funding
- There are a number of NIHR funding programmes which industry can apply for in order to support their health and care research.
- Access to expertise
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Discover how we can help you identify, partner and work with the UK’s leading academics and clinical experts.
- Patient Engagement in Clinical Development Service
- Connect and collaborate with patients who can help to improve your clinical research design.
- Surgical Technology Evaluation
- A single point of access to expert clinicians and surgeons for companies and innovators developing surgical medical devices and technologies.
- MedTech
- Support for medical technology, device and diagnostic companies throughout the clinical development process.
- Run your study in the NHS
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Free support for the life sciences industry to plan, place and perform health research in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
- Faster costing and contracting
- Access the National Contract Value Review (NCVR) process, the UK interactive Costing Tool (UK iCT) and model Clinical Trial Agreements (mCTAs).
- Good Clinical Practice
- Our Good Clinical Practice training is recognised by TransCelerate and free for all NHS site personnel delivering your study.
- Complex and innovative trials
- Learn how the NIHR infrastructure in the UK delivers complex and innovative clinical trials and studies.
- Delivering research in the community
- The community setting in the UK offers unique opportunities for delivering health and social care research.
- Study Support Service guide
- This page summarises how to access the different tools and services which comprise the NIHR Study Support Service.
- Samples and data
- Support for the life sciences industry to access data, samples and analytical services.
- Contact the Industry team
- Contact the NIHR Industry team.
- Vaccine innovation pathway
- Learn why the UK is a priority location for vaccine research - from traditional and mRNA vaccines, to personalised neoantigen cancer therapy.
- Explore our services and support for the life sciences industry
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This page summarises all of the services the NIHR ...
- Life Science Industry Information Service
- A free, personal consultation for life science organisations to understand and explore the NIHR support that is available and how to access it.
- Funding for life science organisations
- Learn which NIHR funding programmes accept applications from life sciences companies, including SMEs, and how apply.
- Engage with patients to improve your trial design
- A service to help life science organisations collaborate with patients to improve the design and delivery of commercially-sponsored research.
- Expertise Partnering Service
- Protocol development and feasibility review
- Connect with NHS clinical experts to optimise your protocol or to quickly determine if your study is compatible with UK healthcare practice.
- HealthTech Research Centres - support for industry
- Costing and contracting using National Contract Value Review (NCVR)
- Access the National Contract Value Review (NCVR) process, the UK interactive Costing Tool (UK iCT) and model Clinical Trial Agreements (mCTAs).
- Site identification
- A free UK-wide service to rapidly identify investigators and sites to conduct your research in the NHS, general practice, social care and beyond.
- Study set-up support
- Free support to streamline study set-up across multiple sites and tools to help keep your study on track.
- Research activity data
- Explore our open-access clinical research data sources to grow your understanding of the current research landscape.
- Research registries for recruitment
- Learn how registries like Be Part of Research can help commercial life science organisations quickly and easily recruit research participants.
- Training collaboration opportunities
- Collaborate with the NIHR to grow research expertise, capacity and capability in your therapeutic area of interest or clinical need.
- Samples to conduct research
- Discover the range of research-ready patient samples that are available in the UK to companies conducting commercially-sponsored research.
- Health datasets to conduct research
- Insights for Industry
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Helpful articles and useful guides about NIHR support and the wider UK research environment.
- Our guide to the UK research ecosystem
- This helpful guide for companies conducting health research in the UK explains the roles and remit of the different organisations involved.
- Why you should bring your research to the UK
- Find out why global life science companies are choosing the UK to deliver innovative health research.
- Is your research inclusive?
- 10 step guide: Study Support Service for the life science industry
- Create or log into your CPMS ...
- Our guide to UK research terminology
- Explanations of terminology used by the NIHR that you may encounter when accessing our support and services to plan and deliver research.
- Our support offer for the life sciences industry
- Our support includes access to research facilities and sites, patients, funding, expertise, samples and data.
- Discover: Late-phase support
- Discover how NIHR support can be tailored to your large-scale, late-phase commercial trial.
- Discover: HealthTech support
- Discover how NIHR support can be tailored to accelerate development of your healthtech innovation.
- Discover: Early-phase-support
- Discover how the NIHR’s support can be tailored to accelerate the design and delivery of early-phase research.
- Spotlights on UK research delivery
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Explore some of the UK’s research strengths and learn how we work with the life sciences industry in targeted therapeutic areas.
- UK Vaccine Innovation Pathway
- Learn why the UK is a world-leader for vaccine clinical trials - from traditional and mRNA vaccines, to personalised neoantigen cancer therapy.
- Complex Innovative Trials
- Access UK capabilities, experience and expertise to deliver complex and innovative clinical trials.
- Delivering research beyond the hospital clinic
- Discover how we help commercial life science organisations deliver research in community settings such as community care, schools and prisons.
- Decentralised Clinical Trials
- Learn about expanding capabilities to support companies to deliver decentralised clinical trials in the UK.
- Charities
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How charities can work with the NIHR, to maximise the value of research to patients and the economy.
- Understand the research landscape
- How charities can collaborate with the NIHR to understand the national NHS, public health and social care research landscape, to inform their respective priorities and research questions.
- Identify research needs
- How charities can collaborate with the NIHR to identify research needs and set research priorities.
- Fund research
- How charities can collaborate with the NIHR to co-fund high quality health and care research in areas of shared interest.
- Plan and deliver research
- We help researchers funded by charities to plan, set up and deliver research in the NHS or in public health or social care settings.
- Disseminate research
- How charities can collaborate with the NIHR to share research findings to extend their reach and support changes to practice.
- Attract, develop and retain researchers
- How charities can collaborate with the NIHR to provide training and career development opportunities to attract, develop and retain researchers.
- Share expertise and best practice
- How charities can collaborate with the NIHR to share the expertise of clinical, patient and professional experts and develop consensus on best practice in research funding.
- NIHR Non-commercial Partners
- Charities can become an NIHR non-commercial partner and benefit from faster access to support offered by the NIHR Study Support Service.
- Local Authorities
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Learn more about how we work with local authorities. Explore training opportunities and available funding in public health and social care research.
- Funding for local authority research
- An overview of the different funding schemes and grants available for public health and social care research.
- Professional development and training
- An overview of the training programmes and development awards available for those working in local authorities.
- Evidence and research findings
- Explore our published findings and evidence databases to find research which can inform your local authority decision making.
- Other funders
- The NIHR works with a number of partners in order to fund and support health and care research.
- Patients, Carers and the Public
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Patients, carers and the public have a critical role in health research. Find out how you could get involved in research studies and clinical trials.
- I want to help with research
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You could help to shape what research is funded, how it is done and how it is shared. Find out more about opportunities to get involved with research.
- Research Champions
- Read about our Research Champions, want to get more people involved in research so that we can develop better care and treatment for everyone.
- Become a reviewer
- Help choose the research we fund. We need patients, carers and the public to give feedback on health and social care research funding applications.
- Become a public committee member
- Find out how the NIHR involves patients, carers and the public in its decision-making committees and how to join in.
- Suggest a research topic
- Suggest a research topic and tell us which health and care research questions you feel need answering.
- I want to take part in a study
- Find out about how easily you can take part in clinical trials and research studies near you and help improve lives.
- Participant in research experience survey
- What's it like to take part in a clinical trial or research study? The Participant in Research Experience Survey gives people a chance to feedback on their experiences.
- Researchers
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Search our latest funding ...
- I need help funding my research
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- Eligibility
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We offer funding through our different funding programmes. Any ...
- International funding
- The NIHR has a long established history of funding ...
- NIHR open access request forms
- Our funding programmes
- The most suitable programme for your research idea depends ...
- Tips for making your application
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Your research question
Start with your research question. For ...
- Build equitable partnerships
- Community engagement and involvement
- We are committed to engaging and involving communities from ...
- Global Health contracting
- Contracting For a number of our funding programmes, contracting ...
- I need help applying for funding
- We provide a range of support to help you ...
- Responsibilities after funding
- Register your study and seek regulatory approval You need to ...
- I need help costing my research
- All of the information you will need around how ...
- I need help designing my research
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- Designing research
- Find out where to get help in designing your ...
- Plan knowledge mobilisation
- When designing your research, you need to plan how ...
- Regulatory approvals and governance
- You need to seek regulatory approval for your research ...
- Setting up and running research studies
- This page covers the main areas to think about ...
- Intellectual property
- Our approach to intellectual property NIHR has a responsibility ...
- Sign a contract
- I need help to deliver my research
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- Reporting on your research
- Reporting impact
- Outputs and branding
- Find out when you need to notify us of ...
- Dissemination and knowledge mobilisation
- This page gives some tips on engaging with some ...
- Progress reports
- NIHR-funded researchers are required to provide regular progress reports ...
- Services to support study delivery
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We can help you deliver quality research across the ...
- Study Support Service
- Place your study We can gather expressions of interest ...
- CRN Portfolio
- Supporting my career as a researcher
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- Starting your research career
- Which research training award
- Find out about the different NIHR research training awards available.
- How to apply
- Managing my award
- How should I communicate my research activities? NIHR funding ...
- Incubators to support research careers
- The NIHR Incubators is a virtual service which supports capacity building and multidisciplinary career development in targeted areas.
- Reviewer Development Scheme
- Register to join the NIHR reviewer development scheme using this form
- Influence our research
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- Become a peer reviewer
- What is a peer ...
- Suggest a research topic
- Suggest a topic Providing the most effective health and ...
- Become a professional committee member
- If you would like to join a committee from ...
- Are you new to NIHR?
- Welcome to the NIHR Our mission is to improve ...
- Do you work in social care?
- Learn more about our research in social care, how you can apply for funding and the support available across the NIHR.
- Are you interested in global health research?
- We fund high quality applied research in developing countries ...
- Managing research recovery
- Research capability funding
- What are the aims of research capability funding? The ...
- CTU support funding
- Funding opportunities
- View all current and future NIHR funding opportunities
- About us
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How the NIHR, the nation's largest funder of health and care research, improves the health and wealth of the nation through research.
- Who we are
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The NIHR is funded by the Department of Health ...
- Our governance
- The NIHR is a virtual organisation whose work is hosted by NHS Trusts, universities and life science organisations.
- Our research performance
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Data on NIHR performance and NHS research delivery performance.
- Data on performance in initiating and delivering clinical research
- Trends and comparable performance data showing how quickly the NHS is recruiting patients to clinical trials and delivering clinical research.
- Submitting data on performance in initiating and delivering clinical research
- Requirements of the Performance in Initiating and Delivering Clinical Research (PID) exercise and how to submit data.
- Annual statistics
- More people than ever before are taking part in health research - we explain the numbers of participants and studies.
- Clinical Research Network performance
- Learn more about Clinical Research Network performance in improving research delivery and supporting researchers in meeting their targets.
- Our annual reports
- Our policies and guidelines
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The NIHR’s approach, policies and guidelines on research practice, transparency, integrity and governance.
- Open Access policy review
- The NIHR has reviewed its Open Access policy for peer-reviewed research ...
- Our visual identity
- Outline of who should use NIHR’s visual identity to acknowledge funding and partnerships - and where to find further advice.
- What we do
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Learn more about our aim to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research and explore our workstreams, funding, expertise and facilities.
- Our place in the UK research landscape
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The NIHR’s place among other public research bodies and how it fits into the health and care research landscape in the UK.
- Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research
- Outline of the work and membership of the independent Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR).
- Funding research
- Information about NIHR funding programmes, schools, research units as well as links to our libraries of published research.
- Investing in infrastructure
- NIHR infrastructure supports research in the UK through its world-leading facilities and expertise.
- Partnering with the public
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Discover our different programmes, websites and information about volunteering and public involvement in research.
- Improving how we partner with patients, carers and the public
- Our plans to improve our working partnerships with patients, carers and the public, including our involvement, engagement and participation activities.
- Training researchers
- Find out about the ways NIHR supports the professional development of people working in research in order to grow research capacity and capability.
- Working with partners
- Find out about the ways NIHR works in partnership with funders, charities and the life-sciences industry.
- Funding Global Health research
- Explore how we provide funding that aims to benefits people living in low and middle income countries.
- Our key priorities
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NIHR areas of strategic focus.
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
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How the NIHR supports and promotes equality, diversity and inclusion across all of its people and research.
- Diversity Data Report
- A collection of the NIHR's work on diversity and equality data monitoring. Read our diversity data report and view our targets for the diversity of committees and panels
- Race Equality in Public Involvement
- An overview of the race equality action group and its aims.
- Under served communities
- An overview of the under-served communities programme and its initiatives.
- Social care
- We fund, support and deliver research in social care, as well as supporting social care researchers and working with people who need care and support, their families and carers.
- Climate change and sustainability
- Explore how we are working to improve sustainability and support a net zero health and care service through our research.
- Multiple long-term conditions
- Details of why research to improve the lives of people with multiple long-term conditions is one of our key priorities and the support we offer researchers in this area.
- NIHR's response to COVID-19
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How the NIHR is responding to COVID-19 by enabling and funding urgent public health research and supporting the restart of non COVID-19 research
- Timeline of NIHR's response to COVID-19
- List of news, documents and resources published about NIHR COVID-19 research
- researching the long term impact
- NIHR’s long COVID research response NIHR’s long COVID research ...
- Our impact
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Learn how our research is making an impact. How we are influencing care and making a positive difference to people and the economy.
- Our impact vision
- Making a Difference stories
- These stories highlight the challenges we are working to address, the nature of our research, and the difference we have made to people's lives.
- Case studies
- These NIHR case studies highlight the challenges our research has helped to address and what difference this has made to lives.
- NIHR Outcomes Framework
- Our outcomes framework shows the commitments which guide our research. It is an evolving tool to display evidence and track our progress in achieving our aims.
- Contact Us
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How to find the right contact in the NIHR who can answer your queries and access to our people directory for specific contact information.
- Contact Us Directory
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Contact details for people, specialties, groups and programmes within the NIHR.
- Directory
- Directory of NIHR people
- News
- Read the latest news from the NIHR
- Blog
- Read the latest blogs from the NIHR
- Document library
- Where to find useful documents, supporting information, reports, policies and guidelines relevant to the NIHR and its research activities.
- Glossary
- Glossary of specific terms commonly used within the NIHR and their precise meaning.
- Events
- A summary of NIHR events
- Stay up to date
- Stay informed on the latest NIHR news and information by subscribing or following our accounts relevant to your interests.
- Press office
- How journalists can contact the NIHR press office and information for press officers communicating about research funded or supported by the NIHR.
- Committees
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Opportunities for academics, clinicians, carers, patients and members of the public to join a committee and help prioritise our research.
- Professional committee positions
- Join our decision-making committees and help shape our research funding decisions.
- Public committee positions
- List of vacancies for public committee positions.
- Jobs
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Explore the jobs and vacancies available at the NIHR and build your career in supporting our health and social care research activity.
- Working at the NIHR
- Find out why working at the NIHR is an excellent opportunity for those passionate about research.
- Reports
- Key NIHR reports, including Best Research for Best Health: The Next Chapter.