The partnership will work with research teams across England to develop and deliver ground-breaking health and social care research.
The NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) will provide researchers, especially those applying for and in receipt of NIHR funding, access to support, advice and expertise in clinical and applied health and care research.
Research Support Service Hub Director, Martin Williams, said: “We are delighted that the National Institute for Health and Care Research has recognised the strength and quality of our partnership. This prestigious award demonstrates the high reputation of the staff and leadership teams of our member groups and institutions. We look forward to working with research teams across the country to deliver truly innovative research that will make a positive difference to people’s health and care.”
The new service will begin on 1 October 2023. Further information about the NIHR Research Support Service can be found here.
Partner Research Units, Groups and Centres include:
- Derby Clinical Trials Support Unit, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHSFT
- Derbyshire County Council
- Lincoln Clinical Trials Unit, University of Lincoln
- Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Nottingham
- Biostatistics Research Group, University of Leicester
- Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, University of Leicester
- Centre for Ethnic Health Research, University of Leicester
- Centre for Healthcare Equipment & Technology Adoption, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour, Loughborough University
- Community and Health Research Unit, University of Lincoln
- Development Centre for Population Health, University of Leicester
- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester
- Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester
- Healthy Ageing Research Group, University of Lincoln
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group, University of Nottingham
- Institute for Environmental Futures, University of Leicester
- Institute of Mental Health, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and University of Nottingham
- Lifespan and Population Health Unit, University of Nottingham
- Lifestyle & Health Research Group, University of Leicester
- MindTech MedTech and In-vitro diagnostic Co-operative, University of Nottingham
- National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University
- Real World Evidence Unit, University of Leicester
- Social Science, Applied Healthcare and Improvement Research Group, University of Leicester