The National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI) is a national initiative made up of government departments, research councils and major medical charities that are working together to encourage and support research into chronic disease prevention. Its core aim is to develop and implement successful, cost-effective interventions that reduce people’s risk of developing major diseases by influencing their health behaviours.
The NPRI funding partners have just completed their fourth phase of funding. NPRI Phase 4 provided a commitment of ~£10 million over five years. Founded in 2004 by the National Cancer Research Institute, the NPRI has had three previous funding calls (2004, 2007 and 2008) which have supported 55 research projects of variable size and duration with a combined commitment of £23 million.
HSC R&D Division is one of the funding partners. The MRC manages the initiative on behalf of its 16 funding partners.