NIHR Research for Patient Benefit funding

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) scheme encourages proposals for projects covering a wide range of health service issues and challenges. Projects are selected for funding on the basis of the quality of the research proposal and its likely transition into patient benefit locally and for the wider NHS.

The programme supports: studies of the provision and use of NHS services; evaluations of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions; examination of the resource utilisation of alternative means for healthcare delivery; the scrutinising of innovations and developments; and pilots or feasibility projects to help reach the next step of a definitive trial. RfPB particularly welcomes proposals that have benefited from interaction with patients and the public, which relate to patient and service user experience and/or have been drawn up in association with a relevant group of service users.

Follow the link below for further details. The closing date for the current round of applications is 17:00, 23 September 2011.

NIHR website