Public Health Agency - Research & Development in Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland Research Amendments Process Update- NOW LIVE

Health and Social Care Research & Development Approvals Service

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Pre-Doctoral Bridging Scheme Launched

Pre-Doctoral Support Scheme for 2024-25 is now open.

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Help shape training and support in Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) in HSC research

Are you a health or social care researcher in Northern Ireland? We want to hear from you!

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Collaboration towards Embedding the UK Standards for Public Involvement in the Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register

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Construction work begins on groundbreaking City Deal centre

£64m world-class clinical research centre in Belfast took a major step forward today as construction work got underway.

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Innovation in Action, Panel Session hosted by HSC Industry Engagement at NICON 2024

NICON Event on 16 and 17 October 2024

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Building Research Partnerships: Shared learning in action

This was our first in-person workshop since 2019

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Increased access NIHR funding

The number of funding opportunities created by the HSC R&D Division investment in National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is increasing. The Evidence Synthesis programme, Invention for Innovation (i4i), Research Programme for Social Care (RPSC), Programme Grants for Applied Research Programme (PHfAR) and Programme Development Grants have been added to the suite of programmes accessible to NI Chief Investigators.

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Evidence Synthesis Programme

The NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme funds research projects that identify, evaluate and combine data from existing research studies to provide best evidence, including on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of treatments, tests and other interventions, to support decision-making across health, public health and social care in all four nations of the UK.