Funding available for partnerships to improve health and care in your community.

Are you a community group, charity or social enterprise? Or are you a researcher looking for community groups to partner with on a research project?

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is inviting community groups like yours to work with health and social care researchers to:
  • find better solutions for health and care problems which affect your community or the people you support
  • develop new ways for researchers and communities to work together

You can partner with an NHS trust, NHS Body or another provider of NHS services in England to submit joint proposals for funding of between £50k and £150k over 6-18 months. This opportunity is open to charities or community groups of all sizes, though larger organisations are expected to help smaller ones get involved.

You can find a partner yourself. Alternatively, through this website we are hoping to allow researchers and community organisations a way to find each other. 

You can post your own organisation or search for interested partners using the buttons below, you can do this at any time before submitting your application. Applications aren't currently open, but we will be launching another round of funding in 2023.

If you have any questions or want any more information on this opportunity, please contact programme.grants@nihr.ac.uk.

Find a partner

Team up with researchers or organisations

Add your proposal

Find researchers or organisations to work with you

How to use this site

By clicking ‘Find a partner’, you can contact researchers, community organisations, an NHS trust, NHS Body or another provider of NHS services in England to explore how you could work together.

Clicking ‘Add your proposal’ lets you share your ideas for researchers, community organisations, an NHS trust, NHS Body or another provider of NHS services in England to get in touch with you.

No response? No problem.

If you don’t receive any responses to your submitted proposal, contact our programme grants team. They can give you the contact for your local NIHR Research Design Service who can help match you with potential partners.

Email: programme.grants@nihr.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 8843 8056

You can also contact them for general information and for help during the application process.

You might apply for funding if…

There are all sorts of groups, charities and researchers who might be eligible. For example, you might be:

If you’re not sure whether you qualify, don’t worry — simply get in touch and we’ll let you know.