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Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) is a national, response-mode programme established in 2006 to generate high quality research for the benefit of users of the NHS in England.

It funds regionally-derived applied research projects in health services and social care. Its main purpose is to realise, through evidence, the huge potential for improving, expanding and strengthening the way that healthcare is delivered for patients, the public and the NHS.

RfPB is coordinated at a national level and in January 2010, Professor David Armstrong succeeded Professor Celia Davies as Programme Director.

**FUNDING UPDATE**

From Competition 19, the funding available for an individual RfPB research project will increase from up to £250k to up to £350k, for up to 36 months.

Competition 18 is currently open. The funding available for researchers applying to this competition remains at up to £250k.

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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 Research for Patient Benefit programme will be 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.

PLEASE NOTE:

Researchers can apply to this call through RfPB Competition 18 or Competition 19. Those applying through Competition 18 will only be able to apply for funding up to £250,000 and will not be eligible to apply for the increased funding limit of £350,000 as described above – this is only available to researchers applying through Competition 19.

Please follow the Apply to the Programme link above. Completed forms must be submitted by Friday 25 May 2012. Funding decisions will be made no later than the end of March 2013.

Please find more information here.

Prioritising Patients

Over 400 projects have received support since RfPB first launched in 2006. A review of the first three funding competitions was published in 2008.

Read Prioritising Patients – A review of the first three funding competitions

Apply to join your Regional Advisory Committee

The NIHR is seeking to appoint new members, including Chairs, to serve on RfPB Regional Advisory Committees. For further information about the vacancies available and how to apply, please click on the link below:

Apply to become a committee member now >>

Need the deadlines for applications?

There are three RfPB funding competitions per year. For the timetable of competitions please click here.

Who's who on our Regional Advisory Committees?

For a list of our Committee members click here to access the Regional Advisory Committee map.

What research have we funded?

For an up to date list of NIHR projects funded under RfPB please click here.