New UK-Swiss bilateral funding for clinical trials to open in 2025
New NIHR £8m funding will soon be available for joint Swiss-UK clinical trials and to support early-career research capacity strengthening.
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Inclusion now a key condition for NIHR funding
The NIHR now requires applicants to show how their research tackles health & care inequalities. Learn about this key funding change
Care home app reduced residents’ hospital admissions
NIHR Evidence has published new work showing the HealthCall Digital Care Homes app cuts hospital admissions by 25% & stays by 11%, saving £113/resident annually
Use our research activity data to help plan your trial
Access NIHR data sources and digital tools to help you to understand the existing research landscape and make evidence-based decisions when planning your trial
NIHR ARC Series on Health Inequalities
Catch-up on this years NIHR ARC webinar recordings exploring Health Inequalities through a lens of Early Life, Later Life, LGBTQ+ Communities and more
Frailty: Research shows how to improve care
Discover NIHR’s latest insights on frailty & its impact. Evidence-based strategies help improve care quality, reduce hospital admissions & support independence
Mobilising research knowledge with adult social care
In this NIHR Webinar recording Prof Claire Goodman discusses the important areas to consider when engaging with & mobilising research knowledge with care homes
NIHR’s Research Delivery Network launched
A new organisation within the National Institute for Health and Care Research with an ambition to help make the UK a more attractive place to research
NIHR Funding to Drive Knowledge Mobilisation
NIHR awards Applied Research Collaborations £7.8m to Drive Healthcare Improvements Through Knowledge Mobilisation – reducing time to roll-our research findings
Shingles vaccine could lower risk of dementia
A new study has found that the new shingles vaccine ‘Shingrix’ is more protective against dementia compared to the previous shingles vaccine.
How we’ve succeeded in recruiting older hospital patients onto our trial
Dr McColl and Prof Pendlebury explain how they’ve tackled the challenge of recruiting older, frail patients with multiple conditions to trials within acute care in hospitals
NIHR funds Masters Programme to inspire students into research
The NIHR has funded universities across 12 regions in England with £33.2m to provide Masters Research training and engagement programmes for students and ECRs.