National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
Funded by the Government, they provide support to develop your career from being a clinician involved in research to becoming a skilled academic researcher. They offer an HEE-NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic (ICA) Programme for healthcare professionals and an Integrated Academic Training (IAT) programme for doctors and dentists.
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The Applied Research Collaboration – Oxford and Thames Valley (ARC OTV)
ARC OTV is hosted by Oxford Health NHS foundation Trust and led from the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. They carry out “applied” health and social care research – research intended to solve practical problems – as opposed to more curiosity driven “basic research”.
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Clinical Research Network – Thames Valley and South Midlands (CRN)
The CRN provides funding and support to local qualified NHS providers to run clinical research studies. They also offer a comprehensive training programme for NHS professionals who want to get involved with clinical research.
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Research Design Service (RDS) South Central
The RDS supports researchers to develop and design high quality research proposals for submission to NIHR funding programmes and other open, national, peer reviewed funding competitions for applied health or social care research.
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The Oxford Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Research (OxINMAHR)
OxINMAHR is a vibrant, multi-disciplinary research institute which comprises a community of scholars who share a passion to identify, examine and implement best quality health care within our areas of expertise. Our common goal is to produce world-class health-related translational research that will impact upon health and social care delivery and clinical practice.
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Oxford Academic Health Partners (OAHP)
Oxford Academic Health Partners cultivate transformative partnerships across Oxford’s centres for research, education and clinical practice to deliver solutions for best-in-class health and care. This ensures our region maintains its ability to deliver excellent health research, health education and patient care through an integrated and fertile ecosystem for innovation.
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