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Research programmes

The Central Commissioning Facility (CCF) manages the following NIHR research programmes:

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Following a comprehensive review at the end of 2010, the Research for Innovation, Speculation and Creativity (RISC) programme is now closed and no further competitions will be held. Existing grants continue to be managed by the CCF.

For other sources of NIHR research funding, please return to the main NIHR Research page.

Faculty and infrastucture

The CCF also manages the Senior Investigators competition for the NIHR Faculty and, for the NIHR Infrastructure, the following:

AHSC competition 2013

Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) and Units (BRUs) Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs)

Research Centres for Patient Safety and Service Quality

Clinical Research Facilities (CRFs) for Experimental Medicine

Information on Diagnostic Evidence Co-operatives competition can be found here.

NIHR CLAHRC competition 2013

Please use the links to access the guidance for CRFs for Experimental Medicine Competition and Patient Safety Translational Research Centre Competition.

The NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI) is hosted by CCF and based at Richmond House. NOCRI works closely with the NIHR infrastructure managed by CCF.

Research Schools

The NIHR Research Schools also report into CCF:

For more information about the recent call to form an NIHR School for Public Health, please click here.

Patient and Public Involvement

Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) is core to CCF’s review and commissioning process.

Engaging patients and members of the public in research leads to treatments that meet their needs, is more reliable and more likely to be put into practice.

Lay participation is welcomed, with an open call for the registration of new lay reviewers.

Find out more about getting going as a research reviewer.

Researchers seeking NIHR funding through CCF should visit each programme page for more ideas about how to involve patients and other members of the public in their research.

News and call dates

Adding Value in Research

For the latest news, communications and call dates from the CCF visit the news page.

The CCF is leading on the Performance in Initiating and Delivering Clinical Research data collection exercise from providers of NHS services: more information can be found here.

You can subscribe to RSS feeds on the NIHR home page for news and calls.

Programme Grants for Applied Research

Substantial awards for leading applied health research groups to tackle high priority health issues.