National Institute for Health and Care Research

National Institute for Health and Care Research
EstablishedApril 2006[1]
Typeresearch institute
Purposefunding, enabling and delivering health and social care research
Responsible officer
Lucy Chappell[2]
Parent organization
Department of Health and Social Care
Websitewww.nihr.ac.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the British government's major funder of clinical, public health, social care and translational research.[3] With a budget of over £1.2 billion in 2020–21,[4] its mission is to "improve the health and wealth of the nation through research".[5] The NIHR was established in 2006 under the government's Best Research for Best Health strategy, and is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. As a research funder and research partner of the NHS, public health and social care, the NIHR complements the work of the Medical Research Council.[5] NIHR focuses on translational research (translating discoveries from the laboratory to the clinic), clinical research and applied health and social care research.[5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Professor Lucy Chappell appointed as Chief Scientific Adviser". King's College London. 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Professor Lucy Chappell". GOV.UK. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ "NIHR Annual Report 2020/2021" (PDF). National Institute for Health Research. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Best Research for Best Health: The Next Chapter". www.nihr.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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