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Horizon 2020

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Research activities; Collaboration; Staff exchange; Other.

The conditions and constraints are established. They depend on the type of the action or the specific actions.

Programme Grants for Applied Research

National Institute for Health Research

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Applied health research including health services research; public health research; behavioural research; economic evaluations; and modelling. Delivering research findings that will have practical application for the benefit of patients, typically through improved health care or better health care delivery. Balanced teams of leading researchers, from the NHS and academia working together, who can demonstrate an impressive track record of achievement in applied health research.

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Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme

National Institute for Health Research

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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; Feasibility studies to help reach the next step of a definitive trial.

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Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme

National Institute for Health Research

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Funds research to ensure that healthcare professionals, NHS managers and the public and patients have the best and latest information on the costs, effectiveness and impact of developments in health technology.

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Public Health Research (PHR) Programme

National Institute for Health Research

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The PHR Programme funds research to evaluate non-NHS interventions intended to improve the health of the public and reduce inequalities in health; it will fund both primary and secondary research; precise methods will need to be appropriate to the question being asked and the feasibility of the research.

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Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme

National Institute for Health Research

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Research into any aspect of health service quality, accessibility and effectiveness, as long as its importance to the NHS can be clearly demonstrated; any methodology as long as it is appropriate, proportionate and likely to answer the research questions – which must relate to health service issues; trials, pilot and feasibility studies on relevant topics, with the involvement of a Clinical Trials Unit if required.

Basic scientific or epidemiological research on the causes of disease; Testing of new health technologies or diagnostic techniques; Establishment of a database, as an end in itself. All studies must include specific research questions, and all data collection must directly contribute to answering these questions. The setting-up or maintenance of research units; PhD studentships.

Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme

National Institute for Health Research

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Aimed at supporting 'science driven' studies with an expectation of substantial health gain and aims to support excellent clinical science with an ultimate view to improving health or patient care. Its remit includes clinical trials and evaluative studies, in patients, which evaluate clinical efficacy of interventions and which may also add significantly to our understanding of biological or behavioural mechanisms and processesю

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National Horizon Scanning Centre

National Institute for Health Research

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The NIHR HSC aims to supply timely information to key policy- and decision-makers within the English NHS about emerging health technologies that may have a significant impact on patients or the provision of health services in the near future.

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