The NIHR Senior Investigator award recognises the most prominent and prestigious researchers of applied health and social care. Senior Investigators help shape the direction of health, social care and public health research in the UK.
Applications for the NIHR Senior Investigator award are open to researchers from England and Northern Ireland. In addition, Senior researchers in England and Northern Ireland are brought together as a community of Senior Investigators.
As part of the Senior Investigator community, they:
- influence national research plans
- act as mentors and role models for early-career researchers
- lead impactful health, and social care and public health research
- act as ambassadors across health, social care and public health systems
- help develop research capacity and talent in underrepresented groups, specialities and areas of geography
To read more and apply see the NIHR website.
The closing date for applications is 14 September 2026.