Grant funders

National Institute for Health and Care Research

Research council, England

Also known as NIHR, UK NIHR, UK National Institute for Health Research, UK National Institute for Health and Care Research

United Kingdom
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Given in 2025 £516.5m
Typical grant £256k Middle half £153k to £1.2m
New grantees in 2025 19% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

19% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 75% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

London 398 grants · typical £756k
South West 86 grants · typical £250k
South East 86 grants · typical £284k
West Midlands 79 grants · typical £300k
North West 50 grants · typical £267k
East of England 13 grants · typical £250k
Yorkshire and The Humber 13 grants · typical £211k
Maryland 7 grants · typical £210k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Modelling the cost-effectiveness of early term induction of labour to prevent shoulder dystocia for fetuses suspected to be large for gestational age and/or macrosomic (Big Baby 3) £205k 1 Oct 2026
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Developing a perinatal mental health peer support intervention to address the needs of women with experience of intimate partner violence (IPV): a qualitative study £126k 1 Oct 2026
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Supporting airway clearance in the community for people living with a neuromuscular disorder £300k 1 Sep 2026
University of Newcastle upon Tyne Developing reproductive health support to prevent early and unplanned pregnancy among care experienced young people £250k 1 Jun 2026
University of Liverpool The impact and cost-effectiveness of enhanced primary care for people experiencing homelessness in Liverpool £499k 1 Jun 2026
Humber teaching NHS foundation trust Exploring the acceptability, adoption and appropriateness of alcohol screening and brief intervention (ASBI) in perinatal mental health services (ADAPT) £200k 1 May 2026
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Image guided laparoscopic liver resection: a feasibility randomised controlled trial £234k 1 May 2026
University of Birmingham National Research Programme on WHISPAs - workplace health and wellbeing initiatives that are free at the point of use to workplaces £3.7m 1 May 2026
NHS bristol, north Somerset and south gloucestershire integrated care board A mixed methods realist evaluation and economic appraisal of how health screening, education and prevention interventions in mosques impact the health and wellbeing of Muslim communities. £770k 1 Apr 2026
Queen's university of belfast Antifungals - Stopping Early with a Fungal Biomarker-based Stewardship Algorithm in Critical Care. (The A-Stop 2 Trial) £2.9m 1 Apr 2026

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