Public Health & Healthcare

Improving how care is delivered and how we keep whole populations healthy

#5 of 29 research categories by total funding · About £93 per person in the UK

Funded awards
9,310
Published funding
£6.3B
Average published award
£835K
Active funded awards
1,545
NIHR-supported projects
2,592

Amounts are published for 7,505 of 9,310 funded awards. Data as of 16 July 2026.

NIHR funds the most Public Health & Healthcare research — 2,825 grants (30% of the topic). The busiest year was 2020, with 1,081 grants.

Top Funders by Funded Award Count

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FunderFunded awards
NIHR2,825
ESRC1,277
Wellcome1,141
InnovateUK866
MRC775
UKRI661
CRUK418
EPSRC350
EC260
AHRC218

Funded Awards by Year

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YearFunded awards
2006130
2007156
2008250
2009244
2010273
2011325
2012339
2013353
2014321
2015470
2016421
2017551
2018523
2019548
20201,081
2021658
2022707
2023678
2024697
2025508

Grants

Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and PolicyUniversity of EdinburghMRC£3.3M2013Completed
Improving care for people with sexually transmitted infections (stis) in a digital NHS.Central and North West London NHS Foundation TrustNIHR£2.8M2020Active
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Burn Trauma, Swansea UniversitySwansea UniversityNIHR£2.2M2017Completed
Research Into Global Healthcare Tools (RIGHT)Brunel University LondonEPSRC£1.1M2007Completed
Histories of Sexual Health in Britain, 1918-1980University of BirminghamUKRI£888K2021Completed
Methods for reducing health inequalities through pricing of health servicesUniversity of YorkNIHR£721K2021Completed
The Cultural History of the NHS.University of WarwickWellcome£579K2015Completed
Measuring quality in community nursing: a mixed methods studyNHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning GroupNIHR£579K2014Completed
The Cultural History of the NHS.University of WarwickWellcome£511K2015Completed
COVID-19 and Inequality: An analysis of inequity of access to remote NHS healthcareHealthwave LimitedInnovateUK£156K2021Completed
The Digitalisation of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare: Black Women’s Inclusion and Exclusion in Prevention, Services and Care (Midlands and London)University of NottinghamNIHR£101K2025Completed
Exploring the role of community pharmacy teams in meeting primary care needs within marginalised communities since the COVID-19 pandemic.ManchesterNIHR£49K2021Completed
'Blockchain everything': Revolutionising the Delivery of Health and Welfare Services in the UKUniversity of WarwickWellcome£6K2021Completed
A legal epidemiological study of patients' rights and healthcare rationing in England during the COVID-19 pandemicUniversity of ManchesterESRCNot disclosed2023Completed
Centralisation of specialist health care services: a mixed-methods programmeUniversity College LondonNIHRNot disclosed2021Completed
Healthcare professionals and street-level bureaucracy: immigration healthcare in England and WalesUniversity of WarwickESRCNot disclosed2024Active
Modern causal methods to estimate the impact of Individual and Group Health Policies using routinely collected dataLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineESRCNot disclosed2021Completed
National Evaluation of Neighbourhood HealthNorthumbria UniversityNIHRNot disclosed2025Active
The Implications of Privatisation in the English National Health Service for Healthcare Labour Supply and ProductivityLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceESRCNot disclosed2024Active
Unlocking data to inform public health policy and practice: University of SheffieldUniversity of SheffieldNIHR£217K2021Completed

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