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NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) were established in 2006 to produce independent research findings that will have practical application for the benefit of patients and the NHS in the relatively near future.

Nested within the PGfAR programme is the Programme Development Grants scheme. A recent initiative, its primary purpose is to allow investigators to undertake preparatory research that will position them to submit a competitive Programme Grant application.

News and Communications

Download PGfAR review document

Programme Grants for Applied Research: six competitions, 100 awards

A review of Programme Grants for Applied Research is now available to download. The review provides an overview of the programme and the application process and reviews the outcomes of the first six competitions.

The review also features case studies from eight researchers who have been awarded Programme Grants across a broad range of health research, including dementia, children's medicines, diabetes and trauma.

You can download a PDF copy of the review by clicking on the link to the right.

Other news and communications

Please visit our news and communications pages to read updates from CCF, the programmes and the wider NIHR we manage. You can also read guidance for researchers and contact the communications team.

You can subscribe to our calls RSS feed here which will give you updates on calls and competitions from Programme Grants for Applied Research, Research for Patient Benefit and Invention for Innovation.

Applied Health Research in Surgery

The Programme Grants for Applied Research programme is participating in the NIHR call for research on the evaluation of technology-driven implanted or implantable medical devices, surgical procedures or surgical services.

This call for research proposals is a key component of the NIHR’s response to recognition of the need for an increase in research-based evidence related to surgical productivity and to patient outcomes:

through supporting capacity building across a wide range of surgical disciplines; and
increasing the volume of high-quality research on the effectiveness, delivery and organisation of surgery and surgical services.

Further information on how to apply can be found here. Stage 1 applications must be submitted by 17:00 on Friday 25 May 2012. Funding decisions will be made no later than the end of March 2013.

Further general information regarding the call for Applied Health Research in Surgery can be found here.

NIHR Journals Library

We are pleased to confirm that Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) is one of a number of NIHR programmes that will publish final reports within a new initiative known as the NIHR Journals Library, which is based on the Health Technology Assessment journal series.

All existing and future award holders will be expected to produce a report and to have the opportunity to contribute to this important permanent and comprehensive record of the work which NIHR has funded.

The final reports will be published in a high quality journal library
The added value of NIHR Programme Grant funding will be apparent
The library will provide a published archive of all PGfAR outputs

Guidance to help you structure your report can be found here. Meanwhile, further information about the progress of the work at NETSCC to establish the new NIHR Journals Library can be found here.

If you have any questions, please contact the Programme Grants team on:

Tel: 020 8843 8085
Email: programme.grants@nihr-ccf.org.uk

Funding opportunities

For upcoming dates and deadlines for current Programme Grant calls and competitions please click here.

Programme Development Grants

For details of calls and to establish if a Programme Development Grant could help you please click here.

Funded Programme Grants

To see examples of NIHR research funded through the Programme Grants scheme please click here.