Health Research Part of DHSC

National Institute for Health and Care Research

Research funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research

Funded awards
12,480
Published funding
£7.5B
Average published award
£663K
Active funded awards
2,731
NIHR-supported projects
42,102

Amounts are published for 11,263 of 12,480 funded awards.

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National Institute for Health and Care Research funds most in Education & Skills — 2,876 grants (23%). Its largest recipient is University College London, with 599 grants.

Funded Awards by Year

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YearFunded awards
200624
200778
2008206
2009306
2010426
2011520
2012532
2013520
2014550
2015536
2016519
2017555
2018578
2019582
2020687
2021928
2022990
20231,012
20241,310
20251,283

Grants

Covid-19 VaccineUniversity of OxfordNIHR£34.0M2020Completed
A single-blind, randomised, phase II UK multi-centre study to determine reactogenicity and immunogenicity of booster vaccination against ancestral and novel variants of SARS-CoV-2 (COV-BOOST)University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation TrustNIHR£31.5M2021Completed
Platform Adaptive trial of NOvel antiviRals for eArly treatMent of COVID-19 In the Community (PANORAMIC)University of OxfordNIHR£21.4M2021Completed
Edmond J Safra, Accelerating Clinical Trials in Parkinson’s Disease (EJS ACT-PD) - a Multi-arm Multi-stage Platform Trial for potential disease modifying approaches.University College LondonNIHR£16.1M2024Active
Clinical Characterisation of COVID-19 admitted to hospitals in the United KingdomUniversity of LiverpoolNIHR£11.1M2020Completed
Mental Health Research Group at the University of Keele.Keele UniversityNIHR£11.0M2026Active
Mental Health Research Group at the University of LincolnUniversity of LincolnNIHR£11.0M2026Active
PRevention of Osteoporotic fractures Through Equitable Case finding and Treatment Support (PROTECTS)Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation TrustNIHR£4.9M2026Active
FOCUS-NHS: A Framework for mOnitoring and improving Clinical Use of bioSimilars across the NHSBarts Health NHS TrustNIHR£3.8M2026Active
National Research Programme on WHISPAs - workplace health and wellbeing initiatives that are free at the point of use to workplacesUniversity of BirminghamNIHR£3.7M2026Active
Personalised prevention of breast cancer in people at moderate or high risk– a new approach to optimising prevention in primary care.Barts Health NHS TrustNIHR£3.3M2026Upcoming
Strengths-based, low caseload approach to integrated health, housing and practical support for people experiencing homelessness with multiple complex needs in temporary shelters (hostels): a cluster randomised controlled trial [REACH trial]King's College LondonNIHR£2.9M2026Active
BACBONE: Bracing for spinal bone disease in newly diagnosed myeloma: A phase III randomised controlled trialUniversity of LeedsNIHR£2.9M2026Active
A randomised placebo-controlled superiority trial of GLP-1 receptor agonist for the treatment of alcohol use disorder in people with chronic liver disease and obesity: Controlling Unhealthy Relationships with Both alcohol and obesity (CURB trial)University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustNIHR£2.8M2026Upcoming
PINC2: A pragmatic, multi-centre, parallel-arm, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and safety of exogenous luteal phase progesterone support in natural menstrual cycles in couples with unexplained infertility.Queen Mary University of LondonNIHR£2.7M2026Active
Revitalise: Precise Robotic Delivery of Retinal Intravascular TherapiesKing's College LondonNIHR£2.1M2026Active
ACCelerate - Refinement and implementation of a rapid urine test for the detection of adrenal cancerImperial College LondonNIHR£2.1M2026Active
Acetabular Fractures in older patients Intervention Trial - Global (AceFIT-G)Queen Mary University of LondonNIHR£1.9M2027Upcoming
The GALEAS™ Bladder genomic urine test for de-escalating surveillance in bladder cancer patientsUniversity of BirminghamNIHR£1.6M2026Active
Systematic Assessment of Medical Utility of Radiology Artificial Intelligence - CT Head (SAMURAI-CT)Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNIHR£1.4M2026Active

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