Our team is part of NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board (ICB). Our main focus is supporting research in primary care and the out of hospital setting. The list of our currently hosted research grants can be found here.
This website will be archived in September 2026 and the contents here relate primarily to the role of the Norfolk and Waveney ICB Research and Innovation team.
As a result of ICB restructures the team are now part of Norfolk and Suffolk ICB and some of our functions have changed. This means the team no longer provide evaluation or quality improvement support. However the resources and guidance on this website remain valid.
We now have a role in facilitating research, evidence use and innovation across the Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care System (ICS). Our aim is to make this business as usual across the ICB/ICS and encourage system-wide collaboration.
We also work across the East of England and nationally in association with our partners.
We worked with partners across the Norfolk and Waveney ICS to co-create our research and innovation strategy. The strategy aimed to enhance research and innovation across Norfolk and Waveney. The four strategic principles are to ensure that research and innovation is:
Focused on our communities
Driven by a confident and capable workforce
Collaborative and co-ordinated
Embedded in everything we do as a system.
The Research and Innovation Team provides a convening role for the strategy and is co-ordinating implementation activities.